As you may know, the 2008 Equal Justice Conference will be held the first full week of May in Minneapolis. The Conference will include a special pre-conference dedicated to the Self-Represented Litigant Issues as well as a number of general conference sessions that relate to the topic. Here is some…
Fact Sheet: New York City Congestion Mitigation Plan Regarding New York Governor David Patterson’s Congestion Pricing Proposal Governor Paterson’s New York City Congestion Plan
The Legal Division Quarterly is published four time a year as a Newsletter of the Legal Division of the Special Libraries Association. Included in the WinterSpring 2007-08 issue is a very interesting article “Help – The Lifeguard is Drowning!: Thoughts and Reflections on How Librarians Can Stay Afloat in the…
Our Top Ten Stories of the Week Law Firms Melvyn Weiss to Plead Guilty; His Ex-Firm Changes Its Name Mar 20, 2008, 05:39 am CDT Updated: Pioneering securities class-action lawyer Melvyn Weiss has agreed to pay $10 million in fines and penalties and to serve up to 33 months in…
From the AALL E-Newsletter, March 2008: “We have just learned of an exciting new outcome of AALL’s National Summit on Authentic Legal Information in the Digital Age convened by Immediate Past President Sally Holterhoff in April 2007. Delegate Michele Timmons, Minnesota revisor of statutes and a National Conference of Commissioners…
Conference Dates: November 30 – December 3, 2008: You want to join the next IALL Annual Course? The International Association of Law Libraries each year makes available financial assistance to enable law librarians who are normally unable to benefit from Association activities to attend the Annual Course in International Law…
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: Virtual Law: Navigating the Legal Landscape of Virtual Worlds By Benjamin Tyson Duranske This book is an introduction to the emerging and intriguing world of virtual law. It examines current cases and legislation impacting virtual world providers and users, and makes predictions about the future application of…
As of March 18, 2008. CE COURSES Saturday, June 14, 9 AM – 6PM (full-day CE) Cataloging for Non-Catalogers – Course covers ISBD (International Standard Book Description), MARC (Machine-Readable Cataloging), and cataloging using an automated bibliographic utility. Saturday, June 14, 8 AM – 12 PM (half-day CE) Creating a Brand…
Deadline for all Nominations: April 1, 2008. The ABA Commission on the American Jury Project established the Jury System Impact Award to recognize an individual or organization that has made significant contributions and tremendous efforts to the improvement, preservation and strengthening of the American Jury System. The 2008 Award will…
Excerpts from AIIM President, John Mancini’s Keynote Address — 4 March 2008 — AIIM International Exposition and Conference There are four intersecting tensions in the marketplace that have been at work over the past 2 years and are aligning right now to change all of this and to truly create…