The ABA Comission on Women in the Profession will be holding the 18th annual Margaret Brent Awards luncheon on August 10th in New York, NY:
2008 Honorees:
Hon. Ruth Cooper Burg, Judge (Retired), Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, Washington, DC
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The following e-mail was received from Richard Zorza, Access to Justice:
As many of your have heard, in September 2008, the Self-Represented Litigation Network will be launching its leadership package entitled: Court Leadership and Self-Represented Litigation Solutions for Access, Effectiveness, and Efficiency.
Following the model of last years successful judicial conference at Harvard, the launch, to be held at the Court Solutions Conference sponsored by the National Center for State Courts, held in Baltimore on September 8-10 will provide an opportunity for groups of leaders to come together and learn about, and practice the use of leadership tools for innovation for the self-represented.
An Introduction*
David Badertscher
How trustworthy are state-level primary legal resources on the Web? The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) published the State-by-State Report on Authentication of Online Legal Resources (Authentication Report) that answers this very important and timely question. The comprehensive report examines and draws conclusions from the results of a state survey that investigated whether government-hosted legal resources on the Web are official and capable of being considered authentic. The survey was conducted by the Access to Legal Information Committee of AALL. For a quick overview, the Authentication Report’s Executive Summary provides an excellent introduction to some of the underlying issues and facts surrounding the pressing and timely issue of the authenticity of state primary digital legal materials.
Newsletter No. 5 of 2008
2008-2009 LGRMIF Grant Applications:
I know that many of you are wondering about the status of your 2008-2009 grant application. Here is where we are now: The first step in the review process, the formal evaluation by outside reviewers and staff members, was recently completed. All reviewers had to evaluate and score each proposal assigned to them and return it to the State Archives by April 18th. This information is now being compiled and shared with the other Members of each panel. Those panels, which are organized by grant category, meet on May 14th to make final recommendations on funding to be forwarded to the Commissioner of Education, who by state law authorizes all grant awards.
ABA Section on Business Law
Specialized Cyberspace and Technology Programming Sponsored by: Committee on Cyberspace Law
Web 2.0: Wikis, Blogs, Mash-Ups and Avatars; or, The Explosion of User Generated Content and the Legal Challenges That Arise –
Take the Lead:
AALL Leadership Academy October 3-4, 2008 Hyatt Lodge 2815 Jorie Blvd Oak Brook, Illinois 60523
Accounting Briefings – May
FAS 161 and FAS 133: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going? : May 6
Corporate and Securities:
The Organisation of South African Law Libraries (OSALL) is one of the sponssors and will be participating in this Conference:
NINTH Southern African Online Information Meeting
Tuesday 3rd of June to Thursday 5th of June 2008 CSIR Conference Centre
Under Pressure: How Do We Keep the Courts Fair and Impartial?
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 9:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Presented by the Coalition for Justice Hosted by the American University Washington College of Law Washington, DC
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