Author Archives: Elmer Masters

About Elmer Masters

Elmer R. Masters is the Director of Technology at the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (www.cali.org) where he works on interesting projects involving technology and legal education like eLangdell, Classcaster, Lawbooks, QuizWright, and the CALI website. He has over 30 years of experience building tech tools for legal education and systems for accessing law and legal materials on the Internet. He is the admin of the Teknoids mailing list (www.teknoids.net) and has been blogging about legal education, law, and technology for over 20 years (www.symphora.com). He has a JD from Syracuse University College of Law and was employed by Syracuse, Cornell Law School, and Emory University School of Law before joining CALI in 2003. Elmer has presented at the CALI Conference for Law School Computing (where he organizes the program), the AALL and AALS Annual Meetings, Law Via The Internet, and other conferences, symposia, and workshops on topics ranging from IT management in law schools to building open access court reporting systems to information architecture design and implementation in law.

Is follow.it a suitable replacement for the now defunct feedburner?

Posted on January 31, 2023 by Elmer Masters

This is why I’m here. Follow.it is free to start and seems inexpensive for most. Each Classcaster blog will need to have it’s own setup that is managed at follow.it. Now waiting to see how the email part works. Seems … Continue reading →

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Some LessonLinks for testing

Posted on October 12, 2020 by Elmer Masters

Try these:   Lesson Title LessonLink URL Citation Form for Briefs and Legal Memoranda https://d7.calidev.org/lessonlink/561/LWR01/5456/jq Plagiarism – Keeping Out of Trouble https://d7.calidev.org/lessonlink/1119/LWR63/5456/jq Ethical Considerations for Legal Memo Writing https://d7.calidev.org/lessonlink/8993/LWR41/5456/jq Appellate Briefs: Ethical and Professional Considerations https://d7.calidev.org/lessonlink/9663/LWR42/5456/jq My 9/14/2020 Lesson :: https://d7.calidev.org/lessonlink/17739/SPL/5457/jq

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Fun with Word?

Posted on September 24, 2020 by Elmer Masters

Maybe? I suppose this could be useful if the template can be tweaked for different content types in WordPress.

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Posting From Word 9/24/2020

Posted on September 24, 2020 by Elmer Masters

It’s easy enough to write in Word and post to WordPress. I don’t know why more folks don’t do it.

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Trying out Open Live Writer

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Elmer Masters

This is Open Live Writer, an open source fork of the MSFT blog editor Live Writer. Open Live Writer is like Word for your blog. Open Live Writer is a powerful, lightweight blog editor that allows you to create blog … Continue reading →

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A Classcaster podcast for 2015-06-19

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Elmer Masters

DRAFT – Please edit this post before publishing. Change the title above to reflect the subject matter of the post. Edit this section to add any additional material for your students or audience. Click here to download the Classcaster audio. … Continue reading →

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Protected: Sample Syllabus

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Elmer Masters

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

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this a test.

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Elmer Masters

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Something interesting from eLangdell.

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Elmer Masters

January 6, 2013 “We begin with a hypothetical court opinion.  Suppose that plaintiff [P] brings a tort suit in federal district court under diversity of citizenship jurisdiction.  The governing statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a), requires that the “matter in controversy” … Continue reading →

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A CALI Lesson

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Elmer Masters
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