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Open Legal Educational Materials: The Frequently Asked Questions, James Boyle, Jennifer Jenkins
Open Legal Educational Materials: The Frequently Asked Questions, James Boyle, Jennifer Jenkins
Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts
There has been considerable discussion in academic circles about the possibility of moving toward open educational materials—those which may be shared, copied and altered freely, without permission or fee. Legal education is particularly ripe for such a transition, as many of the source materials—including federal statutes and cases—are in the public domain. In this article, we discuss our experience producing an open casebook and statutory supplement on Intellectual Property Law, and answer many of the frequently asked questions about the project. Obviously, open coursebooks are less expensive and more convenient for students. But we found that they also offer pedagogical …
Can Law Students Disrupt The Market For High-Priced Textbooks?, Jane K. Winn
Can Law Students Disrupt The Market For High-Priced Textbooks?, Jane K. Winn
Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts
The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to advance legal education through technological innovation and collaboration. With its eLangdell Press project, CALI publishes American law school textbooks in open access, royalty-free form, offering faculty authors compensation equivalent to what most law school textbook authors would earn in royalties from a traditional full-price publisher. I am writing a new sales textbook and “agreements supplement” based on contemporary business practice that I will publish in open access form with CALI’s eLangdell Press. Relatively few other American legal academics publish in open access form, however, suggesting …
The Idea Of The Casebook: Pedagogy, Prestige, And Trusty Platforms, Joseph Scott Miller, Lydia Pallas Loren
The Idea Of The Casebook: Pedagogy, Prestige, And Trusty Platforms, Joseph Scott Miller, Lydia Pallas Loren
Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts
Independently published, electronically delivered books have been the future of the law school casebook for some time now. Are they destined to remain so? We sketch an e-casebook typology then highlight some features of law professor culture which suggest that, although e-casebook offerings will surely expand, the trust credential that the traditional publishers provide plays a durable, central role in the market for course materials that law professors create.
Self-Publishing An Electronic Casebook Benefited Our Readers—And Us, Eric Goldman, Rebecca Tushnet
Self-Publishing An Electronic Casebook Benefited Our Readers—And Us, Eric Goldman, Rebecca Tushnet
Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts
Self-publishing our electronic casebook, Advertising and Marketing Law: Cases & Materials, wasn’t some grand ambition to disrupt legal publishing. Our goal was more modest: we wanted to make available materials for a course we strongly believe should be widely taught in law school. Electronic self-publishing advanced that goal in two key ways. First, it allowed us to keep the price of the materials low. Second, we bypassed gatekeepers who may have degraded the casebook’s content and slowed the growth of an advertising law professors’ community.