Law Faculty Guide to the Law Library

What is CALI?

CALI stands for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction. CALI.org is a non-profit consortium of law schools – of which UC Law is a member – that develops and distributes legal education lessons to the consortium members.

• CALI courses are available online

How to Access CALI

You will need to set up a password to use CALI online. Go to CALI and look at the information box on the right side of the screen. Click on “Not a registered user yet?”  You will be asked to enter UC Law’s authorization code. You can get this code from any reference librarian. Once you have entered the authorization code, you can set up your password. Have more questions? Check out the CALI FAQs.

First Year CALI Lessons

There are over 410 CALI lessons dealing with First Year topics.  Browse descriptions

Second & Third Year CALI Lessons

There are over 600 CALI Lessons dealing with upper level topics. Browse descriptions

CALI E-Books

CALI publishes a selected number of free e-books. Of particular note are the casebooks and the Federal Rules. The e-books are available at the CALI eLangdell Bookstore. You can even create your own casebook.

• LessonLink is a CALI tool that allows faculty members to view student scores, completion rates and usage of CALI lessons.
• Faculty members can share the LessonLink and Course URLs the same way any other URL is shared - via a post on a course website, by email, or any other method.
• Additional information on CALI tools for faculty can be found at CALI Lesson Teaching Guides.

Creating CALI LessonLINKs Video Tutorial (2:59 min.)