The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction

What The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction does

The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit consortium incorporated in Minnesota in 1982 by the University of Minnesota Law School and Harvard Law School, and operationally headquartered at Chicago-Kent College of Law. It builds and distributes a web-based suite of digital legal-education products to nearly all 200 ABA-accredited U.S. law schools, comprising 1,400+ interactive CALI Lessons, the free Creative Commons-licensed eLangdell Press casebook catalog, the formative assessment platform QuizWright, the LessonLink/LessonLive analytics and live-classroom tools, the Classcaster podcasting and blogging network, the A2J Author guided-interview platform for access to justice, and the experimental CALI AI Dev Lab. Members include law faculty, librarians, students, and IT staff; pre-law students are reached via the CALI Summer Challenge pipeline.

CALI is funded primarily through flat-fee annual membership dues ($8,700 for U.S. law schools, $300 for affiliate members and individuals) and supplements this base with foundation and corporate grants (including a $1M 2025 grant from the Once Upon a Time Foundation and prior work with the Pew Charitable Trusts, Microsoft, and Legal Services Corporation on the Legal Navigator Portal). Distribution is consortium-driven: law schools join, students and faculty access all tools at no incremental cost, and content is authored through fellowship programs and peer review. The organization runs with a small staff (under ten listed personnel including Executive Director John Mayer) and reaches an estimated 500,000+ lesson runs per year and 200,000+ cumulative Excellence for the Future Awards, while its A2J platform has logged over 6 million guided interviews since 2005 across 152 countries.

Name

The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction

Legal name

The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction

Website

https://cali.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CALI is a 501(c)(3) non-profit consortium of ~200 U.S. law schools that provides interactive tutorials, free open-licensed casebooks (eLangdell Press), formative assessment tools, and access-to-justice software to law faculty, students, and pre-law pipeline learners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Education Technology

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Assessment Platforms & Computer-Based Testing Authorities (EDADAFAK)

Keywords

• Legal education technology
• Interactive legal tutorials
• Law school consortium
• Open casebook publishing
• Formative assessment platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Law School Membership Dues: CALI is a non-profit consortium of law schools. Law schools pay annual membership dues to access CALI Lessons, QuizWright, eLangdell Press, CALI Author, and other tools. US law schools pay $8,700 annually; affiliate members pay $300 annually
2. Foundation Grants: CALI receives grants from foundations to support initiatives in legal education, such as the $1 million grant from the Once Upon a Time Foundation for publishing free casebooks, developing interactive tutorials, and outreach

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CALI is a non-profit consortium that develops and delivers digital learning resources for U.S. law schools, anchored by a library of 1,400+ interactive CALI Lessons written by law professors and a free open-access casebook publishing imprint (eLangdell Press). It complements these with a suite of standalone platforms—QuizWright for formative assessment, CALI Author for lesson authoring, Classcaster for podcasts and blogs, and A2J Author for legal-aid guided interviews—made available to students and faculty through institutional membership.

Product overview

CALI offers a comprehensive suite of digital legal education products centered around its core offerings: CALI Lessons (over 1,400 interactive tutorials) and eLangdell Press (free, open casebooks). Supporting these core products are multiple add-on tools including QuizWright (formative assessment), CALI Author (lesson authoring software), Classcaster (blogging/podcasting), A2J Author (legal aid form creation), InstaPoll (classroom polling), LessonLink/LessonLive (student tracking and live classroom analytics), CALI Podcasts, Crosswords, and the CALI AI Dev Lab. The portfolio also includes supplementary resources like Lawdibles, Libtour, Time Trial, the CALI Excellence for the Future Awards, and the annual CALIcon Conference. The organization serves law schools, law libraries, and legal education organizations through a membership consortium model.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• eLangdell: CALI's eLangdell® Press publishes free, open eBooks for legal education. 100% Free. Creative Commons licensed. Peer-reviewed.
• Classcaster
• QuizWright
• A2J Author
• CALI Author
• CALI Excellence for the Future Awards
• CALI AI Dev Lab

Products and services

• CALI Lessons Library of 1,400+ interactive online tutorials written by law professors covering legal subjects, providing students with immediate feedback through readings and hypothetical scenarios.
• eLangdell Press Free, open eBook publishing imprint publishing Creative Commons licensed casebooks and supplements for legal education in PDF, MSWord, Kindle, and iPad formats.
• QuizWright Formative assessment platform for legal education allowing faculty to create multiple choice, true/false, and yes/no questions with real-time dashboards.
• CALI Author Lesson authoring software that powers CALI Lessons, available as a web-based platform and free for CALI member-affiliated employees to use for educational or non-profit purposes.
• Classcaster WordPress-based blogging and podcasting platform for legal education that can be used as a course website, scholarship repository, or personal website.
• A2J Author Form creation tool for legal aid developed with Chicago-Kent's Center for Access to Justice & Technology, creating guided interviews that help self-represented litigants navigate the legal landscape with document assembly capabilities.
• InstaPoll Free classroom polling tool that requires no special software for instant polling during classroom instruction.
• CALI Podcasts (Lawdibles) Short audio recordings of law professors explaining narrow legal topics, organized by subject area, plus audiobooks such as the Passing the Bar guide.
• CALI AI Dev Lab Hub for AI experiments including conversational podcasts, talking avatar videos, casebook companions with key terms and questions, and Socratic Quizbot integration with eLangdell books.
• LessonLink / LessonLive Faculty tool for assigning CALI Lessons to students, tracking performance with detailed analytics, question-by-question comparisons, grade reports, and real-time live classroom results.
• CALIcon Conference Annual two-day conference on law school computing and technology for law faculty, IT professionals, law librarians, and administrators, held at member law schools.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 500,000 CALI Lessons run annually by law students
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Chicago-Kent College of Law's Center for Access to Justice & TechnologycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCALI partnered with Chicago-Kent's Center for Access to Justice & Technology to create A2J Author, a tool that creates guided interviews to assist self-represented litigants in navigating the court system. This partnership has enabled over 6 million A2J Guided Interview runs since 2005.
• University of Michigan Law SchoolminorOthersUniversity of Michigan Law School is hosting CALIcon 2026, the annual CALI Conference for Law School Computing on June 4-5, 2026.
• American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLRCAP Advisory Panel is a committee of AALL Academic Law Libraries Special Interest Section (ALL-SIS). This partnership provides peer review for legal research lessons authored through the Legal Research Community Authoring Project.
• Legal Services CorporationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Legal Services Corporation on the Legal Navigator Portal Project using A2J Author technology to help provide legal assistance across the US.
• Pew Charitable TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Pew Charitable Trust on the Legal Navigator Portal Project to expand access to legal help through technology.
• MicrosoftcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Microsoft on the Legal Navigator Portal Project using A2J Author technology.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/center-for-computer-assisted-legal-instruction
• Instagraminstagram.com/caliorg

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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