About the Center for Law and Computers
Chicago-Kent College of Law was among the first law schools in the country to recognize the importance of computers in the future of legal education and practice, and to make computer facilities available to students from the beginning of their legal careers. The Center for Law and Computers at Chicago-Kent was established in 1983 as a center for research and the teaching of the integration of computers into law practice and legal education. The Center provides students with on-going training in legal productivity tools.
During the first week of school, first-year students learn how to use computers
to help brief cases and prepare individual course outlines as study
aids. These skills go beyond computer basics to give students a
framework in which to organize information in an efficient and logical
manner. Often throughout the semester, the Center also holds more
advanced mini-courses to help students use computers in their substantive
and legal writing courses.
Chicago-Kent College of Law is located in a new state-of-the-art
building with a sophisticated computer network infrastructure. The
law school's three computer labs contain more than sixty personal
computers reserved for law student use, connected to a local area
network. A variety of software, including word processing, database
and spreadsheet tools, and writing analysis programs, is available.
The network allows student workstations to access LEXIS and WESTLAW,
the Career Services Database, and laser printing, and to send electronic
mail (email) to other students, faculty, and administrators, within
the school and around the world.
Law students are also able to take many of their final exams on
computer and to access their final grades through the network. The
network communication ports located in the library, in selected
classrooms and in areas throughout the law school, permit students
to access the Chicago-Kent network with portable laptop and notebook
computers.
Internet resources at Chicago-Kent are continually evolving and
advancing as technology advances. Chicago-Kent has recognized the
growing role of the Internet in education and the world, and is
constantly striving to keep pace!
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