Conference Agenda

Here is the conference schedule.

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WEDNESDAY JUNE 3, 2020 - ALL TIMES IN CDT/CHICAGO 

Keynote 1

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• 1:00 pm - Welcome, Opening Remarks & Housekeeping - John Mayer / Executive Director / CALI
• 1:15pm-ish - Opening Keynote followed by Q & A - Craig Boise / Dean and Professor of Law / Syracuse University School of Law

Break + Sponsor Sessions

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• 2:00 pm - 2:10 pm - Break #1 – eat a snack from your Happy Fun Time Schwag Box
• 2:10 pm - 2:20 pm - Sponsor Session #1 - National Society for Legal Technology  + 5 minute Q & A/ Doug Lusk / President / CEO 
• 2:25 pm - 2:35 pm - Sponsor Session #2 - LexisNexis + 5 minute Q & A / Paige Hren / Account Executive, Digital Library 
• 2:40pm - 2:50 pm - Sponsor Session #3 - vLex Justis  + 5 minute Q & A / Colin Lachance / General Manager for North America
• 2:55 pm - 3:00 pm - Break - Eat another snack - CALICon20 calories don't count!

Cluster Sessions - TOPIC: BETTER VIDEO

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• 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm - Everything Important About Zoom Teaching, I Learned From My Cat -  / Director of the Writing Center / NowakAnn /Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
• 3:15 pm - 3:30 pm - Make A Production Out of It: Video Content for Instruction and Outreach - Jennifer Laws / Senior Lecturer, E-Resources and Scholarly Communication Librarian / University of New Mexico School of Law,  Joseph Lawson / Deputy Director / Harris County Law Library, Rena Seidler / Research and Instructional Services Librarian / IU McKinney School of Law
• 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm - Easy Ways to Improve Your Class Videos - Angela Upchurch /  Professor of Law / Southern Illinois University School of Law
• 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm - Q & A with all speakers

Break

• 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm - Break #2 – Turn out the lights and play with your CALI YoYo

Cluster Sessions - TOPIC: SYNCHRONOUS V. ASYNCHRONOUS COURSES - THE DEBATE RAGES

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• 5:00 pm - 5:15 pm - Intersections Between Deliberate Online Pedagogy and Emergency Remote Learning - Susan Landrum / Assistant Dean for Academic Success & Professionalism / NSU Shepard Broad College of Law, Allie Robbins / Associate Professor of Law / CUNY School of Law, Melissa Hale / Director of Academic Success and Bar Programs / Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Natalie Rodriguez / Assistant Dean for Academic Success and Associate Professor of Law / Southwestern Law School
• 5:15 pm - 5:30 pm - Neuroscience and Online Learning - Steve Friedland / Professor and Senior Scholar / Elon University School of Law
• 5:30 pm - 5:45 pm - Synchronous or Asynchronous? Lessons Learned From Teaching During Covid - 
  ProfesssorJennifer Martin / 
• St. Thomas University-Miami School of Law
• 5:45 pm - 6:00 pm - Q & A with all speakers

Zoom Happy Hour

• 6:00 pm CDT - Zoom Happy Hour - YOUR ON MUTE - UNCLICK YOUR MUTE-BUTTON-THING!
  • This is different.  This is a Zoom Meeting which means the cameras are turned on! Everyone will gather in the main room and then be routed (randomly) into your own Zoom Breakout Room ... 3 times.  
• 7:00 pm - SEE YOU TOMORROW

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THURSDAY JUNE 4, 2020 - all times are cdt/Chicago

Cluster Sessions - TOPIC: THE PANDEMIC LAW LIBRARY

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• 1:00 pm - 1:15 pm - The Clock is Ticking: Moving from In Person to Virtual Reference In a Hurry - Kathleen Darvil, Sue Silverman
• 1:15 pm - 1:30 pm - Instruction and Collaboration During COVID-19: Creating an Inclusive Environment - Tina Ching, Zanada Joyner, Kelly Leong, George Taoultsides, Mike Martinez, Dennis Prieto
• 1:30 pm - 1:45 pm - Surviving COVID with the Breakfast Club: Task Management & Communication Tools for Multi-Generational Telework - Rachel Evans, Carol Watson, Geraldine Kalim, Wendy Moore
• 1:45 pm - 2:00 pm - Q & A with all speakers

Break - Sponsor Sessions

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• 2:00 pm - 2:10 pm - Break #3 – definitely time for the fidget box. 
• 2:10 pm - 2:20 pm - Sponsor Session #4 - Procertas + 5 minute Q & A - Joe Colucci / Principal & Co-Founder
• 2:25 pm - 2:35 pm - Sponsor Session #5 - Justia_Free + 5 minute Q & A - Tim Stanley / CEO
• 2:40pm - 2:50 pm - Sponsor Session #6 - Exam4 - My Favorite Mental Models for Decision-Making + 5 minute Q & A  - Greg Sarab / CEO
• 2:55 pm - 3:00 pm - Break - Have you decorated your ID Badge yet?

Cluster Sessions - TOPIC: THE PANDEMIC LAW SCHOOL

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• 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm - Pestilence, Fire, and Floods: Kent during COVID - Deborah Ginsberg / Educational Technology Librarian / Chicago-Kent College of Law Library
• 3:15 pm - 3:30 pm - Colorado Law's Virtual Zoom Rooms - Jonathan Sibray / Senior IT Director /University of Colorado Law School, Teresa Coberly / IT Support Manager / University of Colorado Law School
• 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm - The Beforetimes v The Afterplague: Mad Max Beyond Zoomadrome (sax solos highly encouraged) - Miguel Bordo / Media Services Manager / Duke Law, Deb Kinney / Media Technologist / Duke Law School, Jeff Chilcott / Educational Technologist / Duke Law
• 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm - Q & A with all speakers

Break 

• 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm - Break #4 - 100 pushups, 100 sit-ups, 10 km run. 

Cluster Sessions - TOPIC: BEYOND THE LECTURE

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• 5:00 pm - 5:15 pm - Online conversation spaces: encouraging meaningful dialogue on chat boards -
  Jill Smith / Instructional Technology Librarian
• Georgetown University Law Center, Will Monroe /  Assistant Director for Instructional Technology / LSU Law Center
• 5:15 pm - 5:30 pm - Moot Court + Pandemic = New Future? - Tessa Dysart / Assistant Director of Legal Writing / The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
• 5:30 pm - 5:45 pm - Looking Back on Spring 2020 ... and Moving Forward - Kim Edwards / Director of Technology Services / University of Richmond School of Law, Mason Ramsey / Technology Services Specialist / University of Richmond School of Law, Carl Hamm / Multimedia Production and Technology Specialist / University of Richmond School of Law, Paul M. Birch / Computer Services Librarian / University of Richmond School of Law
• 5:45 pm - 6:00 pm - Q & A with all speakers

6:00 pm CDT - We Got Nuthin' - See You Tomorrow!

Tom Boone is having a Quarantine Happy Hour on Facebook. "The “Last-Minute Crashing the CaliCon Party” Happy Hour"  Let's all crash his crashing party.  Here is the link to the post - https://community.cali.org/t/unofficial-totally-unauthorized-thursday-happy-hour/130

*disclaimer - like the beer hikes, this is NOT an officially sanctioned CALICon2020 activity.  You assume all liability if you choose to attend ;-) 

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FRIDAY JUNE 5, 2020 - all times are cdt/chicago

Cluster Sessions - TOPIC: CLINICS AND ENGAGEMENT

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• 1:00 pm - 1:15 pm - 5 Small Ways Students Stayed Engaged in Online Learning - Melissa Kidder / Director of Legal Clinics and Externships and Assistant Professor of Law / Ohio Northern University, Amanda Olsen /  Law Student Graduate /Ohio Northern University
• 1:15 pm - 1:30 pm - Teaching Practical Skills & Clinical Education during a Pandemic - Dionne Gonder-Stanley / Associate Clinical Professor / North Carolina Central University School of Law, Dorothy Hairston Mitchell / Clinical Professor/Supervising Attorney / North Carolina Central University School of Law
• 1:30 pm - 1:45 pm - Engaging clients, the courts and the community during Covid-1: Clinical education during Covid-19 - Jenny Wondracek / Director of Legal Educational Technology / UNT Dallas College of Law, Angela Downes / Law Professor / UNT Dallas College of Law, Gabriela Sotelo / Professor / UNT Dallas College of Law
• 1:45 pm - 2:00 pm - Q & A with all speakers

Break - Sponsor Sessions

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• 2:00 pm - 2:10 pm - Break #5– If you haven't changed your yoga pants for three days, now might be a good time. 
• 2:10 pm - 2:20 pm - Sponsor Session #7 - PLI - Practising Law Institute + 5 minute Q & A - JC Kinnamon / Director, Research & Development
• 2:25 pm - 2:35 pm - Sponsor Session #8 - PowerNotes + 5 minute Q & A - Wilson Tsu / Founder
• 2:40pm - 2:50 pm - Sponsor Session #9  - Examsoft + 5 minute Q & A - Staci Miller / Manager of Client Success, Law, Jason Gad / VP of Business Development
• 2:50 pm - 3:00 pm - Break - Where's My Wasabi Kit Kat????

Cluster Sessions - TOPIC: STUDENT VOICES

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• 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm - Student Perspectives: Legal Education in a Pandemic - Jessica Frank (moderator) / A2J Project Manager / CALI, Carly Cazer / 3L / Syracuse University College of Law, Jenna Forster / 2L / University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Kevin Frazier / ?L / University of California, Berkeley School of Law, Alexandra Jones / 3L / Duquesne University School of Law
• 3:15 pm - 3:30 pm - Tales From the Epicenter: Remote Evening Academic Support In The Time of COVID, NYC - Laura Mott / Director, Academic Support, Evening 1L / CUNY Law, Asima Chaudhary / Director of the Evening 2L program / CUNY School of Law
• 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm - Reflections on Distance Learning - Dmitriy Ostrovskiy / Student / Chicago-Kent College of Law, Zachery Taylor / Student / Chicago-Kent College of Law
• 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm - Q & A with all speakers

Break

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• 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm - Break #lostcount - The kids are awfully quiet ...
• 4:10 pm - 4:30 pm - CALI, Covid-19, Distance Legal Education, and the Future + Q & A - John Mayer / Executive Director / CALI
  • First Look at the Brand New "What is CALI?" Onboarding Video (DRAFT VERSION)
• 4:40 pm - 5:00 pm - Last Break before the big, final keynote.

Keynote 2

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• 5:00 pm CDT – Closing Keynote - The Crisis We Needed -  Cat Moon / Director of PoLI Institute and Innovation Design, Program on Law & Innovation &  Lecturer in Law / Vanderbilt University School of Law
• 5:45 pm - 6:00 pm - Q & A 

Wrap Up & GiveAways

• 6:00 pm CDT - RAFFLE OF THE NERDS and OPEN ZOOM MEETING - tell us how we did and how to make it better. 
• 6:30 pm - See You Next Year ONLINE!  20201.calicon.org