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Might Law School be Lightening Up?

Jessica Mathewson-Library Media Technical Asst.-jessica.mathewson@law.csuohio.edu | September 12, 2008 - 09:13

Did you know the typical law student carries approximately 28 pounds of books worth about $1000 a semester? So says the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. A group of representatives from law schools around the country, publishers and e-book makers, are hoping to change that. So much is electronic, it seems only fitting that law schools and publishers follow suit. Of course, there are exceptions to this. But the group, which is meeting in Seattle later this month, feel it is time to start making the move toward an electronic alternative.


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Elmer Masters | 12/09/2008, 18:19

Jessica,
CALI is already testing an electronic alternative to the traditional casebook with our eLangdell project ( http://www.cali.org/elangdell ) which provides law faculty with a toolkit for creating, sharing, and distributing course materials. Right now any law school faculty at CALI member schools are free to try it out and let us know what they think.

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