LibGuides: Free and Low Cost Law School Casebooks and Teaching Resources: Online Interactive Lessons &amp; Simulations

Online Interactive Lessons

CALI This link opens in a new window
Interactive online lessons
West Academic Study Aids Online This link opens in a new window
Click on content type in the upper right and select Multiple Choice. Includes Exam Pro - Objective

Simulation Exercises

Akron Law Digital This link opens in a new window
Skills and Values series. We also have a number of the Skills and Values series in print in the library.

Relativity Academic Partner
Relativity provides ediscovery interactive videos, text, access to a version of their ediscovery software and a step by step workbook. Contact Sue Altmeyer if interested.
Transactional Skills : How to Structure and Document a Deal
Contains simulation exercises for negotiating and drafting commercial contracts. On Bloomberg Law.

What Brings You Here Today? : a Practical Guide to Client Interviewing and Counseling by Sarah Moore-Gerwig
Call Number: KF311 .M66 2021
Publication Date: 2021

Simulations for Dispute Resolution (list of links)
U Missouri School of Law

Available for a Cost

Aspen Law Simulation Series
"Series of simulated, experiential learning environments designed to provide students with an interactive law office environment suitable for the development and refinement of competencies needed for the real-world legal workplace." Simulations for many legal subject areas.
West Academic - available for purchase
Bridge to Practice Series and Developing Professional Skills. Patt v. Donner: A Simulated Casefile for Learning Civil Procedure, plus simulations on numerous other topics. The Library has some titles in print. See below.

Civil Procedure and Case Files (some are free or low cost, but others on this list are not)

Buffalo Creek Class Materials
Prof. Joan Steinman, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Harvard Law School Case Studies
Low cost case files
Computer-Aided Exercises in Civil Procedure - 7th Edition Computer-Aided Exercises in Civil Procedure - 7th Edition
2014. Seems more like exam questions than simulation exercises. Some links to the CALI lessons are nonworking.
Civil Procedure: Pleading
Hillel Levin, 2011. Contains an in-class exercise for drafting a complaint.
A Documentary Companion to a Civil Action: Wi Notes, Comments, and Questions
Lewis A. Grossman & Robert G. Vaughn, A Documentary Companion to A Civil Action
with Notes, Comments, and Questions (4th ed. 2008). Low cost
The Power of Procedure
The Litigation of
Jones v. Clinton vii-viii (2002).
Brandt Goldstein et al., A Documentary Companion to Storming the Court (2009).
Not low cost
Putting Legal Doctrine Into Practical Context: A Case File for Civil Advocacy Courses, Sachs v. Jefferson Institute of Technology
$40
Civil Procedure: Doctrine, Practice, and Context, Sixth Edition (Casebook)
Not low cost. Has 2 case files and 42 practice questions.
West Academic - available for purchase
Bridge to Practice Series and Developing Professional Skills. Patt v. Donner: A Simulated Casefile for Learning Civil Procedure, plus simulations on numerous other topics. The Library has some titles in print. See below.

Skills and Values Civil Procedure by Catherine Ross Dunham; Don C. Peters
Call Number: KF8840 .D86 2013
Publication Date: 2013-12-01

Skills and Values Series in Print (Simulation Exercises)

Skills and Values: Alternative Dispute Resolution by John Garvey; Charles Craver
Call Number: Law Casebook
Publication Date: 2013-05-01
Skills and Values Civil Procedure by Catherine Ross Dunham; Don C. Peters
Call Number: KF8840 .D86 2013
Publication Date: 2013-12-01
Skills and Values Evidence by John B. Mitchell; Rick T. Barron
Call Number: KF8935.Z9 M58 2009
Publication Date: 2008-11-01
Skills and Values Family Law by Justine A. Dunlap
Call Number: KF535.Z9 D859 2018
Publication Date: 2017-10-01
Skills and Values Income Tax by Michelle L. Drumbl; Deborah S. Kearns
Call Number: Law OASP
Publication Date: 2011-07-01
Skills and Values Intellectual Property by Courtney Lytle Perry
Call Number: KF2980 .L94 2011
Publication Date: 2012-09-01
Skills and Values Legal Negotiating by Charles B. Craver
Call Number: KF9084 .C73 2020
Publication Date: 2020-04-01
Skills and Values Property Law by Brian D. Shannon; Gerry W. Beyer
Call Number: LAW OASP
Publication Date: 2012-12-01
Skills and Values Torts by Christine D. Ver Ploeg; Peter B. Knapp
Call Number: KF1250.Z9 V47 2011
Publication Date: 2011-06-01

West Academic Simulation Exercises in Print

(Bridge to Practice) Civil Procedure Simulations by Michael Vitiello
Call Number: KF8841 .V57 2023
Publication Date: 2023-05-01
(Bridge to Practice) Contracts Simulations by Michael Malloy; Deborah Gerhardt
Call Number: KF801.Z9 M35 2022
Publication Date: 2021-12-14
(Bridge to Practice) Criminal Procedure Simulations by Michael Vitiello
Call Number: KF9619.85 .V58 2021
Publication Date: 2020-10-22
(Bridge to Practice) Family Law Simulations by Jessica Weaver; Jamie Abrams
Call Number: KF505 .W43 2021
Publication Date: 2021-02-08
Bridge to Practice: Legal Research Simulations by Warren Rees
Call Number: KF240 .R44 2022
Publication Date: 2022-03-02
Developing Professional Skills, Constitutional Law by Brannon Denning
Call Number: KF4550.Z9 D46 2014
Publication Date: 2014-05-12
Developing Professional Skills - Criminal Law by Douglas Blaze; Joy Radice
Call Number: KF9219.85 .B59 2017
Publication Date: 2017-02-24
Developing Professional Skills, Criminal Procedure by Renee Hutchins
Call Number: KF9619.85 .H87 2017
Publication Date: 2016-12-09
Developing Professional Skills: Professional Responsibility by Paula Schaefer; Alex Long
Call Number: KF306 .S33 2018
Publication Date: 2017-12-04
Ethics for the Real World:Building Skills Through Case Study by Renee Knake Jefferson, M. Ellen Murphy
Call Number: KF306 .K63 2022
Publication Date: 2022
Foundation Press
Developing Professional Skills: Property by Colleen Medill
Call Number: KF561 .M43 2011
Publication Date: 2011-11-10

Class Projects - Creating Web Tools for the Public

A2J Author
Create guided interviews to help clients fill out a legal form or help them through a process. This software is available for free to law schools, courts and legal aid societies.
For EXAMPLES of guided interviews created with A2J Author: https://lawhelpinteractive.org/FindForms
Josef Q
uses advanced AI to transform policies and regulations into digital Q&A tools. This can help employees get quickc answers to policy and compliance questions.

Legal Writing, Research & Drafting Modules

Procertas Technology Trainer
The library purchases Procertas for use in Law School Classes. Contact Sarah Starnes sstarnes@uakron.edu if you would like to use Procertas for your class.
Teaches:
- Microsoft word for contract drafting
-Word for briefs
-Word for memos
- Excel for law practice use
- PDF for legal
-Powerpoint for legal use
Core Grammar for Lawyers
Core Grammar for LawyersSM (CGL) is an online, self-directed learning tool designed to help law students and practicing attorneys acquire the grammar and punctuation skills that are prerequisites to successful legal writing. Small fee to use.
Lexis Interactive Citation Work Station
Lexis Learn
Research tutorials with embedded questions
On-Demand Learning
Interactive video research tutorials & certifications, guided research exercises. Writelaw includes Coretech technology modules, legal soft skills, and practice technology.

Open Learning Resources Collections

Currently there does not seem to be a huge number of interactive or simulations for law, but check the following:

Teaching Commons - Law
Open educational resources including textbooks, course materials and multimedia
Live Carta Catalog
Includes mostly open source and low cost casebooks.
1,000 +FREE Online Textbook Library & Learning Resources for All Subjects
Look at the subject Legal Studies
OER Commons
Search by keyword, and filter by subject area (law), type of material (full course, textbook, lecture, etc.)
OASIS
Search for open content including textbooks, books, videos, podcasts, simulations and more. Does not have a subject category for law.
Searches Open Textbook Library, OpenStax, Libretext and more