How to change the cursor into a hand when a user hovers over a list item?

In light of the passage of time, as people have mentioned, you can now safely just use:

li { cursor: pointer; }

Use for li:

li:hover {
    cursor: pointer;
}

See more cursor properties with examples after running snippet option:

An animation showing a cursor hovering over a div of each class

.auto          { cursor: auto; }
.default       { cursor: default; }
.none          { cursor: none; }
.context-menu  { cursor: context-menu; }
.help          { cursor: help; }
.pointer       { cursor: pointer; }
.progress      { cursor: progress; }
.wait          { cursor: wait; }
.cell          { cursor: cell; }
.crosshair     { cursor: crosshair; }
.text          { cursor: text; }
.vertical-text { cursor: vertical-text; }
.alias         { cursor: alias; }
.copy          { cursor: copy; }
.move          { cursor: move; }
.no-drop       { cursor: no-drop; }
.not-allowed   { cursor: not-allowed; }
.all-scroll    { cursor: all-scroll; }
.col-resize    { cursor: col-resize; }
.row-resize    { cursor: row-resize; }
.n-resize      { cursor: n-resize; }
.e-resize      { cursor: e-resize; }
.s-resize      { cursor: s-resize; }
.w-resize      { cursor: w-resize; }
.ns-resize     { cursor: ns-resize; }
.ew-resize     { cursor: ew-resize; }
.ne-resize     { cursor: ne-resize; }
.nw-resize     { cursor: nw-resize; }
.se-resize     { cursor: se-resize; }
.sw-resize     { cursor: sw-resize; }
.nesw-resize   { cursor: nesw-resize; }
.nwse-resize   { cursor: nwse-resize; }

.cursors > div {
    float: left;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    background: #f2f2f2;
    border:1px solid #ccc;
    width: 20%;
    padding: 10px 2px;
    text-align: center;
    white-space: nowrap;
    &:nth-child(even) {
       background: #eee;
    }
    &:hover {
       opacity: 0.25
    }
}
<h1>Example of cursor</h1>

<div class="cursors">
    <div class="auto">auto</div>
    <div class="default">default</div>
    <div class="none">none</div>
    <div class="context-menu">context-menu</div>
    <div class="help">help</div>
    <div class="pointer">pointer</div>
    <div class="progress">progress</div>
    <div class="wait">wait</div>
    <div class="cell">cell</div>
    <div class="crosshair">crosshair</div>
    <div class="text">text</div>
    <div class="vertical-text">vertical-text</div>
    <div class="alias">alias</div>
    <div class="copy">copy</div>
    <div class="move">move</div>
    <div class="no-drop">no-drop</div>
    <div class="not-allowed">not-allowed</div>
    <div class="all-scroll">all-scroll</div>
    <div class="col-resize">col-resize</div>
    <div class="row-resize">row-resize</div>
    <div class="n-resize">n-resize</div>
    <div class="s-resize">s-resize</div>
    <div class="e-resize">e-resize</div>
    <div class="w-resize">w-resize</div>
    <div class="ns-resize">ns-resize</div>
    <div class="ew-resize">ew-resize</div>
    <div class="ne-resize">ne-resize</div>
    <div class="nw-resize">nw-resize</div>
    <div class="se-resize">se-resize</div>
    <div class="sw-resize">sw-resize</div>
    <div class="nesw-resize">nesw-resize</div>
    <div class="nwse-resize">nwse-resize</div>
</div>

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