What makes an institution equitable, and what can middle managers do to incorporate equity into their work? This program follows up on “Creating Belonging” from the 2022 Annual Meeting to discuss equity in depth. An equity-centered approach to management asks us to consider systemic barriers and their legacies, and intentionally reflect on how our institution’s policies, and our approach to management, are impacted by those barriers and legacies. The program will begin with a panel discussion about the concept of equity and the relationship between diversity, equity, and inclusion. The panelists will also discuss how issues of equity arise in middle management and provide a framework for an equity-based approach. Participants will then have an opportunity to apply this framework to a law library-focused case study. 

This event is brought to you by the Leadership Development Committee.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Individuals that have any supervisory responsibility would benefit from this session. 

TAKEAWAYS:

1. Participants will be able to explain the concept of equity, and the relationship between equity, diversity, and inclusion.  
2. Participants will understand the systemic barriers to equity and how librarianship is impacted by those barriers.  
3. Participants will be able to apply a framework to evaluate the policies of their own institutions for equity. 

SPEAKERS:

• Kristina Alayan, University of Maryland School of Law
• Kirstin Nelson, USDA National Agricultural Library

COORDINATOR/MODERATOR:

• Ariel Scotese, University of Chicago D'Angelo Law Library

AALL BODY OF KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS: Professionalism + Leadership At Every Level, Management + Business Acumen

CANCELLATION AND OTHER POLICIES

No refunds will be given for any purchased live AALL webinar. This applies to non-AALL members only; live AALL webinars are free for AALL members.

All AALL webinars include live captioning services.

Join us for an informal discussion about the services we offer to law journal students. We will touch on support models and a some pros and cons of being involved in journal support beyond the reference desk. Additionally, we hope to chat about some of the challenges and emerging issues facing student editors that librarians could address.

Please note: AALL virtual coffee chats are not recorded and registration is open to AALL members only.

MODERATORS:

• Cassie Walker, Southern Methodist University
• Ben Keele, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
• Annalee Hickman Pierson, Brigham Young University
• Ben Carlson, University of Pennsylvania Law School

AALL BODY OF KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS: Professionalism + Leadership At Every Level, Teaching + Training

The webinar will be a discussion among speakers on recommendations and effective strategies for advocating the continued value of the library in 2023. Speakers will discuss strategies for promoting the library’s contributions to the mission of their workplace. Panelists are a mix of librarians and non-librarians that work closely with the law library. Attendees will hear various ideas and perspectives that will help them develop an effective advocacy message at their workplaces.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

 Any librarian leader that needs to "sell" the value of the library to a non-librarian stakeholder to acquire or maintain financial or space resources. 

TAKEAWAYS:

1. Attendees will leave with ideas on how to effectively communicate the importance of the library in today’s market to non-librarian stakeholders.
2. Attendees will learn strategies to effectively advocate for resources for the law library to non-librarian stakeholders. 

SPEAKERS:

• Joe Lucia, Temple University
• Vicki Szymczak, William S. Richardson School of Law University of Hawaii
• Emily Florio, DLA Piper
• David A. Brennen, University of Kentucky College of Law

COORDINATOR:

• Teresa Miguel-Stearns, James E. Rogers College of Law University of Arizona

COORDINATOR/MODERATOR:

• Michelle Cosby, Washington & Lee University School of Law

AALL BODY OF KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS: Professionalism + Leadership At Every Level, Marketing + Outreach, Management + Business Acumen

CANCELLATION AND OTHER POLICIES

No refunds will be given for any purchased live AALL webinar. This applies to non-AALL members only; live AALL webinars are free for AALL members.

All AALL webinars include live captioning services.

Earlier this year, generative AI and popular platforms like ChatGPT burst onto the scene in a big way, offering a new way to generate content and provide users with plain-language answers to their questions. The potential use cases in law are vast, but there remain several unknowns and risks that law firms and academic libraries are still trying to parse. This session explores research from the Thomson Reuters Institute around attitudes towards generative AI in law today and discusses how the technology can and will be used practically in the law firm and academic settings.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Law firm and academic librarians, technology support staff, technology purchasing decision makers, those interested in the future of the profession.

TAKEAWAYS:

1. Attendees will discover how their peers and the legal profession are approaching generative AI and ChatGPT technologies.
2. Attendees will learn practical use cases for how these technologies can be applied in today’s libraries.
3. Attendees will explore how the profession could be transformed—and not transformed—by the introduction of these technologies.

SPEAKERS:

• Zach Warren, Thomson Reuters Institute 
• Saskia Mehlhorn, Norton Rose Fulbright 
• Jonathan Franklin, University of Washington School of Law 

COORDINATOR:

• Joe Kubes, Thomson Reuters Institute

AALL BODY OF KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS: Research + Analysis, Information Management

CANCELLATION AND OTHER POLICIES

No refunds will be given for any purchased live AALL webinar. This applies to non-AALL members only as AALL webinars are free for AALL members.

All AALL webinars include live captioning services.

Zach Warren, Manager for Enterprise Content for Technology and Innovation, Thomson Reuters Institute

Warren leads technology and innovation content and research for the Thomson Reuters Institute. He has been writing and speaking on tech and innovation for more than a decade, and with Thomson Reuters, charts the future of professional services industries, including legal, tax, risk, and fraud, through writing, podcasts, speaking engagements, and more. Before coming to Thomson Reuters, Warren was the editor-in-chief of ALM’s Legaltech News and featured on Law.com, The American Lawyer, and ALM events such as Legalweek. He has a bachelor’s from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and an MBA from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management.

Saskia Mehlhorn, Director, Knowledge and Research Services at Norton Rose Fulbright, US LLP

Prior to joining Norton Rose Fulbright, Mehlhorn worked for the University of Houston O’Quinn Law Library as the foreign and international law librarian supporting the international research areas, specifically NAFTA and international arbitration. She has presented on both the national and local level on topics like artificial intelligence, knowledge management, and international arbitration. Mehlhorn received her law degree from the University of Hamburg, Germany, and practiced law in Hannover, Germany, before accepting a position in the QHSE department of Schlumberger Ltd. She also holds a LLM from the University of Houston and an MLIS from the University of North Texas.

Jonathan Franklin, Digital Innovation Librarian at the Gallagher Law Library at the University of Washington

Franklin has over 25 years of experience in the library and information science field and has held a variety of positions, including reference librarian, assistant librarian for library services, and associate dean for library and information systems. He received his JD from Stanford Law School and his MLIS from the University of Washington. Franklin is passionate about using technology to improve access to information and to support the research and teaching of law students and faculty. He is a frequent speaker and writer on topics related to copyright, art law, cultural property, law library organizational structures, and legal informatics.

Discover the fascinating world of artificial intelligence and its transformative impact on the legal industry in this must-attend webinar. Join us as we delve into the different types of AI and shed light on generative AI, a cutting-edge technology that is revolutionizing the way legal professionals operate. Gain a deeper understanding of AI terminology, explore real-world legal use cases, and get a preview of the highly anticipated Lexis+ AI, set to be commercially available this summer. Don't miss this opportunity to expand your AI knowledge and equip yourself with the tools to navigate this new terrain confidently.

TAKEAWAYS:

1. Demystify AI: Enhance your understanding of AI terminology and gain insights into the different types of artificial intelligence used in the legal industry.
2. Generative AI in Action: Learn about the exciting legal use cases and practical applications of generative AI, opening up new possibilities for legal professionals.
3. Sneak Peek at Lexis+ AI: Get a preview and stay up to date with the latest developments and ensure your organization is prepared to embrace this game-changing technology.

SPEAKERS:

• Carolyn Bach, LexisNexis
• Claire Jacobson, LexisNexis

AALL BODY OF KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS: Research + Analysis, Information Management

CANCELLATION AND OTHER POLICIES

No refunds will be given for any purchased live AALL webinar. This applies to non-AALL members only; live AALL webinars are free for AALL members.

All AALL webinars include live captioning services.

SPEAKERS:

Carolyn Bach 

Sr. Manager, Faculty and Knowledge & Research Program 

Carolyn has over 30 years of experience working in the legal industry, including many years employed by LexisNexis. She’s held numerous positions and developed a broad range of skills in legal sales, marketing, project management, legal research, training, customer relations and support. In her current role as the Sr. Manager of the Knowledge & Research Program, Carolyn is dedicated to ensuring LexisNexis meets the current and future needs of the legal information professional community. 

Claire Jacobson, J.D. 

Director, Large Markets

Claire partners with the largest law firms, corporations, and government entities across the country to evaluate their legal workflows and technology implementation. She works closely with the LexisNexis product and technology teams to share client feedback and stay on top of the latest developments. Claire received her B.A. from the University of Minnesota and her J.D. from the Mitchell Hamline School of Law.

When we speak, how do we get people to listen? Honing our skills in presenting material to a wide variety of groups is important because it raises our stature and cements our position as leaders in the information industry.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Any librarian that does presentations. 

TAKEAWAYS:

1. Attendees will understand what they need to know and how to prepare before they speak publicly. 
2. Attendees will understand what to do while they are speaking to connect with their audiences.
3. Attendees will learn how to lead an audience to the desired place a speaker needs them to be once a presentation has concluded.

COORDINATOR/SPEAKER:

• Cornell H. Winston, United States Attorney's Office

MODERATOR: 

• Dawn Smith, Yale Law School Lillian Goldman Library

AALL BODY OF KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS: Teaching + Training, Marketing + Outreach
     

CANCELLATION AND OTHER POLICIES

No refunds will be given for any purchased live AALL webinar. This applies to non-AALL members only; live AALL webinars are free for AALL members.

All webinars feature live captioning services. Please contact AALL at elearning@aall.org by May 4, 2023 if you have additional accessibility requests. 

Cornell H. Winston is the Law Librarian / Records Center Supervisor for the United States Attorney’s Office, Central District of California.  He has been at the US Attorney’s Office, one of the largest in the United States, for 20 years.  Cornell has over 35 years of law library experience working at a law school and two law firms in Los Angeles. Cornell is a former chair of the Library Advisory Group for the United States Attorney Offices which provide library support for the US Attorney’s Office’s that don’t have professional librarians.  He has taught legal research classes for many years for Department of Justice support staff at the National Advocacy Center in Columbia, South Carolina. He is the incoming Vice-President/President-Elect of the American Association of Law Libraries

Join us for a webinar on Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (IFLP), hosted in HeinOnline, and learn about AALL's premier product firsthand from the editorial staff of IFLP. In addition to the existing features, this webinar will introduce a brand new feature called IFLP Alerts, which allows users to create customized email alerts pertaining to indexed content of interest (Topics, Regions, Country Subjects, Journals, and Languages).

In today's world, with the internet providing us with easy access to information, it's not always easy to find reliable and relevant information for our research. That's where IFLP comes in - a valuable tool for quickly retrieving the resources you need. The index provides results that match your keyword search in the title, abstract, or author, ensuring that you find articles relevant to your research, rather than articles that merely mention your search term one or two times. With fewer yet higher quality results yielded from an index, you can spend less time searching, and more time learning.

IFLP is a must-have resource for law and academic librarians, law firms, corporations, and more. It offers fully-searchable indexing from 1985 forward, a multilingual index with 26 languages covered, and full-text linking to more than 80,000 articles and book reviews. You also get access to the digitized version of the entire print Index dating back to 1960, ISSN and ISBN linking to your local library catalog or WorldCat, and OpenURL linking to resources at your library.

In this webinar, you will get an in-depth understanding of the product, its features, and how it can help you in your research. You will also get an opportunity to ask questions and interact with the editorial staff of IFLP. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn more about this valuable resource. 

Don't subscribe? No problem! Free trials to IFLP will be made available to any interested attendees following the session. 

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Law firm librarians, academic librarians, foreign & comparative law professors, law students, legal researchers 

TAKEAWAYS:

1. Attendees will learn how to use the new IFLP Alerts feature to create customized email alerts pertaining to indexed content of interest, such as Topics, Regions, Country Subjects, Journals, and Languages, and how it can save time and effort in finding relevant and reliable information for your research.
2. Attendees will understand the importance of using an index for legal and academic research, and how it can help you find articles that are more relevant to your research, rather than articles that may simply mention their search term one or two times. 
3. During this session, the editors will show attendees how to navigate the index for practical use so you can take your research to the next level.

SPEAKERS:

• Marci Hoffman, Berkeley Law Library
• Charles Bjork, Georgetown Law
• Jennifer Allison, Manuscript Spa 

COORDINATOR:

• Ben Boron, HeinOnline

MODERATOR:

• Kevin Durkin-Ortiz, Berkeley Law Library

AALL BODY OF KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS: Research + Analysis, Information Management

CANCELLATION AND OTHER POLICIES

No refunds will be given for any purchased live AALL webinar. This applies to non-AALL members only; live AALL webinars are free for AALL members.

All webinars feature live captioning services. Please contact AALL at elearning@aall.org by April 26, 2023 if you have additional accessibility requests. 

SPEAKERS

Marci Hoffman is the Law Library Director at Berkeley Law.  Ms. Hoffman is also a Lecturer in Resident at Berkeley Law where she teaches the international and foreign legal research seminar, the J.S.D. legal scholarship seminar, and many research classes for other seminars, clinics, research centers, and more.  Ms. Hoffman returned to Berkeley Law in 2003 after working as the international and foreign law librarian at the University of Minnesota Law Library and Georgetown Law Library. Ms. Hoffman is the author of several books and articles on international, foreign and comparative legal research and related issues.  She is the General Editor of the Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (AALL) and the Foreign Law Guide (Brill) database.  Ms. Hoffman is a member of the American Association of Law Libraries, the American Society of International Law, and the International Association of Law Libraries and she has held various leadership within these organizations.  

Charles Bjork joined the Georgetown University Law Library as an International and Foreign Law Reference Librarian in 2014 after earning his master's degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois in 2013.  He serves as an adjunct professor at the Georgetown Law Center, where he co-teaches the two-credit course Research Skills in International and Comparative Law.  He also provides research instruction for the Global Law Scholars Program and for various seminar courses, including Comparative Tax Law, European Union Law, the International Environmental Law Practicum, the Jewish Law seminar, and U.S. and International Customs Law. Mr. Bjork is a member of the American Association of Law Libraries, the American Society of International Law, and the International Association of Law Libraries.  He also serves on the Board of Advisers for the Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals.  Prior to entering the field of law librarianship, Mr. Bjork spent nearly two decades in private law practice in Chicago.  He has a B.A. in political science (with a minor in Russian studies) from the University of Illinois (1990) and a J.D. from Northwestern University (1993).  He remains a member of the Illinois bar, but is now inactive.

Jennifer Allison Jennifer Allison holds a JD from Pepperdine Law School, an MLIS from San Jose State University, and an LLM in German law from the University of Würzburg in Germany.  She worked as an academic law librarian for more than 15 years, including 10 years as an FCIL librarian at the Harvard Law School Library.  Jennifer recently left academia to start her own business, Manuscript Spa, in which she provides pre-publication research and editing services for scholarly books and journal articles.

MODERATOR

Kevin Durkin-Ortiz: Bio coming soon!

As budgets tighten, project/donation monies dwindle, and space/collection protection becomes a real concern, we need to be thinking about how we can maintain our seat at the table and/or advance a particular initiative. Join us as we discuss the elements of an elevator speech, examine what can go wrong, and explore options to make drafting a smooth ride. We then invite you to try your hand at crafting a pitch that is right for you and/or your department and join us a few weeks later for a coffee chat and feedback! 

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Any librarians who have a plan, idea, or would like to seek support/funding inside or outside of the library. Basically, everyone is welcome and could benefit! 

TAKEAWAYS:

1. Attendees will learn the elements of an elevator pitch.
2. Attendees will understand when it is appropriate to use elevator pitches and for whom.
3. Attendees will craft an elevator pitch of their own to advance a particular initiative or their work. 

SPEAKERS:

• Zanada Joyner, Francis King Carey School of Law at University of Maryland 
• Alan Keely, Retired from Wake Forest University Law Library
• Christine Park, New York University Law Library 
• Amanda Watson, University of Houston Law Library

SPEAKER/MODERATOR:

• Jennifer Mart-Rice, University of Iowa Law Library

AALL BODY OF KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS: Professionalism + Leadership At Every Level, Marketing + Outreach, Management + Business Acumen

CANCELLATION AND OTHER POLICIES

No refunds will be given for any purchased live AALL webinar. This applies to non-AALL members only; live AALL webinars are free for AALL members.

All AALL webinars feature live captioning services. Please contact AALL at elearning@aall.org by March 30, 2023 if you require additional accessibility services. 

SPEAKERS: 

Zanada Joyner is the Associate Director for Collections & Information Discovery in the University of Maryland Carey School of Law Thurgood Marshall Law Library. She oversees the acquisition of materials in all formats, ensuring the library’s collection effectively supports the diverse and evolving needs of the law school community.  Prior to joining the law school, Zanada was the Senior Reference Librarian at North Carolina Central University, School of Law Library, and worked in reference at the University of Georgia Law Library as well as, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Library. She graduated with a bachelor’s and J.D. from Loyola University New Orleans and earned her MLIS degree from Rutgers University. Zanada is an active member of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) and the Southeaster Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries (SEAALL). She was awarded the 2018 AALL Minority Leadership Development Award and the 2022 Joseph L. Andrews Legal Literature Award as co-editor of the textbook, Introduction to Law Librarianship. 

Alan Keely recently retired as the Associate Director of Collection Services at the Wake Forest University Law Library after more than 27 years.  He has been a member of the Technical Services Special Interest Section and the Library Systems & Resource Discovery Special interest section since joining AALL in 1995.  He is also the 2021 recipient of the Renee D. Chapman Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions in Technical Services Law Librarianship.

Professor Amanda Watson is the Director of the University of Houston Law Library as well as an Assistant Professor Law and an Associate Librarian. She teaches legal research. Her scholarship focuses on the intersection of law libraries and technology. Her work has earned many accolades including the American Association of Law Libraries/LexisNexis Call for Papers Award, two invitations to the Yale Law Library Symposium, and a research grant from the American Association of Law Libraries and LexisNexis. Prior to joining the faculty, Professor Watson was the Associate Director of the Tulane University Law Library, the State Librarian of Mississippi, and the Manager of Information Services at Phelps Dunbar, LLP. She is a first-generation college student.

Christine Park is a Reference Librarian at the NYU Law Library since 2021. She is also an adjunct legal research instructor at Fordham University’s Law School. Prior to joining NYU, she was a George Strait Fellow at Fordham University's Maloney Law Library. Christine received her B.A. from Barnard College, her J.D. from Boston University School of Law, and her M.I. from Rutgers University. She is currently the PEGA-SIS Vice-Chair. 

SPEAKER/MODERATOR/COORDINATOR:

Jennifer Mart-Rice is the Assistant Director for Access & Collections at the University of Iowa Law Library. She teaches a variety of legal research, advanced legal research, and legal technology courses and prides herself in creating a diverse, inclusive, and accessible curriculum and classroom environment designed to connect with all learners and assist them as they navigate their educational journey. Jennifer regularly writes, presents, and focuses her attention on topics related to legal research and instruction, collection development, technology, and professional/personal development and mentorship. Prior to joining Iowa Law, Jennifer was the Head of Collection Services at Washington and Lee University School of Law and the Assistant Director for Collection Development, Acquisitions, and Serials and an Assistant Professor of law Library Services at Northern Kentucky University, Chase College of Law. She is a first-generation college student and an inactive member of the Indiana State Bar. 

More vendors are providing access to state court filings, but the offerings are not the same. How do you distinguish between what's available in PACER and at state courts? Which vendors are emerging to lead the pack? Join us as Noah Aron, the former Chief Product Officer of OneLegal, reviews emerging state court trends and technologies that will impact your firm in 2023.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Any law firm with practice in state court and looking to save time and money with automated workflows.

TAKEAWAYS:

1. Attendees will understand the complexities of the emerging state court technology landscape.
2. Attendees will understand what information is or is not available from state courts.
3. Attendees will review emerging technology trends and approaches from a state court level that impact law firms in 2023.

SPEAKERS:

• Noah Aron, PacerPro

COORDINATOR:

• Greg Gerik, PacerPro

MODERATOR:

• Anna McGrane, PacerPro

AALL BODY OF KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS: Research + Analysis, Information Management

CANCELLATION AND OTHER POLICIES

No refunds will be given for any purchased live AALL webinar. This applies to non-AALL members only; live AALL webinars are free for AALL members.

All webinars feature live captioning services. Please contact AALL at elearning@aall.org by March 16, 2023 if you have additional accessibility requests. 

Noah Aron, Advisor

As the former Chief Product Officer of One Legal, Noah has over a decade of strategic end- to-end legal product development with a focus on developing industry-leading products. He has led multiple startups from early days to acquisition and teams through digital transformations. He has a wealth of experience working with local courts and developing robust engineering teams.
 

Anna McGrane, CEO and Co-Founder
 
Anna McGrane is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, New York University School of Law, Peking University School of Law, and Fullstack Academy of Code. Speaking five languages, Anna practiced at the London firm of Herbert Smith Freehills in its Moscow office and with the NRDC in Beijing. She is an organizing member of the NYU Law & Tech community and the Baylor University Brain Trust. She has been featured in Legal Tech News and Lawyers Who Code, and is a Fastcase 50 honoree.

You don’t need anyone to tell you what CI is. You may even have produced some reports yourself. You’re ready to move beyond basic reports. How do you engage with Marketing? How do you broaden and deepen your offerings? How do you deepen your offerings? What analysis can you provide and how do you provide it? How do you build out the CI function?

TARGET AUDIENCE:

This webinar will appeal to all librarians: from those who may have heard of CI and don’t know much about it to librarians building basic and full CI reports. 

TAKEAWAYS:

1. Attendees will be introduced to the broad structure of CI.
2. Attendees will understand CI offerings and how to improve reports.
3. Attendees will learn how to justify CI offerings within the library, marketing and firm management settings. 

SPEAKER/MODERATOR/COORDINATOR: 

• Ben Brighoff, Foley & Lardner LLP

AALL BODY OF KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS: Research + Analysis, Marketing + Outreach, Management + Business Acumen

CANCELLATION AND OTHER POLICIES

No refunds will be given for any purchased live AALL webinar. This applies to non-AALL members only; live AALL webinars are free for AALL members.

Ben Brighoff is the Senior Manager of Competitive Intelligence at Foley & Lardner LLP.  

Prior to joining Foley & Lardner in 2019, he served as the Competitive Intelligence Manager at Jenner & Block LLP.  Ben served as co-chair of the Legal Marketing Association Competitive Intelligence Special Interest Group from 2017 to 2019.  He received his Master’s degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois in 2011.  Ben resides in Chicago, Illinois.