Explore insights from Bloomberg Law’s Attorney Workload & Hour Survey, including new content around the time attorneys in different roles and stages of practice spend on common tasks.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Law librarians, practicing attorneys, support staff, supervising attorneys.

TAKEAWAYS:

1. Attendees will identify current trends in attorney work time/billable time, job satisfaction and burnout.
2. Attendees will recognize how attorneys in different roles and stages of practice spend their time.
3. Attendees will identify areas of attorney work that could benefit from increased efficiencies and/or help from librarians and support staff.

SPEAKERS:

• Molly Huie, Bloomberg Law
• Brittany Long, Bloomberg Law

AALL BODY OF KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS: Professionalism + Leadership At Every Level, Research + Analysis, Teaching + Training, 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 as AALL webinars are free for AALL members.

All AALL webinars include live captioning services.

Molly Huie, Team Lead – Data, Legal Analytics & Business, Bloomberg Law
Huie leads the Data, Legal Analytic & Business team, creating high-value, data-driven content for the Bloomberg Law platform. In addition to Practical Guidance and custom surveys, the team is also responsible for Bloomberg Law’s annual DEI Framework—a listing of law firms that meet or exceed a standard of diversity in the legal industry, as well as their annual Law School Innovation Program. She has a BA from Butler University, and an MS from the State University of New York (SUNY).

Brittany Long, Assistant Team Lead, Data Analysis & Surveys, Bloomberg Law
Long leads the Data Analysis & Surveys team at Bloomberg Law. Her team creates, fields, and analyzes thought-provoking surveys assessing trends and insights in the legal industry. Expert analysts at Bloomberg Law investigate respondent-driven data along with industry-leading content and expertise to continuously position Bloomberg Law as a thought leader in the field. She has a BA from the University of Missouri and an MA from Brandeis University.

The legal industry is in a state of change—and so too are the legal professionals who make the industry run. With the introduction of artificial intelligence and other new technologies, information professionals and others have had to learn new skills, engage with shifting organizational priorities, and find new motivators in training others and accomplishing their work. Based off of the Thomson Reuters Future of Professionals Report, this webinar provides the data to show how the workplace is actively changing – and the skills that legal professionals will need to know to be part of its future.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Law firm, government law librarians, and relevant to academic community.

TAKEAWAYS:

1. Attendees will distinguish how the legal industry’s priorities are changing–and how they may not be the same between firms, their clients, and the government.
2. Attendees will identify benchmarks and how professional skills may need to change because of new technologies and how those technologies can both enhance and threaten human talent.
3. Attendees will discuss what motivators help legal professionals to do their jobs better, and how new technologies may influence workplace hopes, challenges, and overall happiness.

SPEAKER:

• Natalie Runyon, Thomson Reuters Institute

COORDINATOR/SPEAKER:

• Zach Warren, Thomson Reuters Institute

AALL BODY OF KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS: Research + Analysis, Teaching + Training, 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 as AALL webinars are free for AALL members.

All AALL webinars include live captioning services.

Zach Warren leads technology and innovation content and research for the Thomson Reuters Institute. With the Institute, Zach has helmed multiple research projects on technology in professional services, including a series of Generative AI reports for the legal and tax industries, the Digital Strategy Report for law firms, the Tax Technology Report in conjunction with the Tax Executive Institute, and others. Before Thomson Reuters, Zach was the editor-in-chief of ALM’s Legaltech News and regularly featured on Law.com, The American Lawyer and ALM events such as Legalweek.

Natalie Runyon has more than 20 years of experience working for multinational organizations, including Thomson Reuters, Goldman Sachs, and the Central Intelligence Agency. Currently, she is the ESG strategist for the Thomson Reuters Institute. Before her current role, she ran the strategy and operations team, supporting key account programs within the Legal business; and before that, she ran global security in the Americas for three years. As a volunteer leader, she has led strategic leadership and change initiatives on the global and local levels for business resource groups at Thomson Reuters.

This presentation identifies three audiences for whom Tech Services staff can enhance access to information about their library's collections by leveraging the power of their integrated library systems. Audiences include internal library staff, library users, and donors. The presentation will illuminate methods to address each audience, including recent technology the presenter's library is implementing to help researchers find useful print resources.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Librarians working in technical services, access services, and management roles will find benefit from this session.

TAKEAWAYS:

1. Participants will explore an expanded definition of the target audience of technical service work in law libraries.
2. Participants will consider scenarios for expanding access points to library materials through an integrated library system.

SPEAKERS:

• Jesse Griffin, University of North Carolina School of Law

COORDINATOR:

• Sarah Mauldin, DeKalb County Law Library

AALL BODY OF KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS: Information Management, Marketing + Outreach

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.

Jesse Griffin, Cataloging and Metadata Services Librarian, University of North Carolina School of Law

Jesse joined the Technical Services department of the Kathrine R. Everett Law Library in 2006. Currently, he is the Cataloging and Metadata Services Librarian. He performs an array of duties, all with the purpose of helping all library users find the information they need.

Register today to learn more about the candidates for AALL Vice President/President-Elect prior to the upcoming election on October 1, 2023. Emily Florio, chair of the Nominations Committee, will serve as moderator for the forum. Please note: Registration is open to AALL members only.

Candidates for Vice President/President-Elect
(July 2024-July 2025; Serving On The Board Until 2027)

Emily M. Janoski-Haehlen
Dean and Professor of Law
The University of Akron School of Law
Akron, Ohio

Jenny Silbiger
State Law Librarian
Hawai'i Supreme Court Law Library
Hawai'i State Judiciary
Honolulu, Hawai'i

It's important to make an educated decision, and we encourage members to learn more about the candidates before voting opens. Read the Q&A with the candidates from the July/August issue of AALL Spectrum and the candidate biographies and statements.

Questions for Candidates

Members are encouraged to participate in the moderated forums by submitting questions in advance to candidatesforum@aall.org. Please indicate which candidate forum you would like your question directed to. Members will also have the opportunity to ask a question during the forum via live chat.

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

Register today to learn more about the candidates for AALL Executive Board Member prior to the upcoming election on October 1, 2023. Emily Florio, chair of the Nominations Committee, will serve as moderator for the forum. Please note: Registration is open to AALL members only.

Candidates for Executive Board Member
(July 2024-July 2027)

Shamika D. Dalton
Law Library Director and Associate Professor
William A. Wise Law Library
University of Colorado Law School
Boulder, Colorado

Ariel Scotese
Associate Director for User Services
University of Chicago D'Angelo Law Library
Chicago, Illinois

Abigail "Abby" Walters
Technical Services Manager
Holland & Knight LLP
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Austin Martin Williams
Director of the Law Library & Professor of Law
Georgetown University Law Center
Washington, DC

It's important to make an educated decision, and we encourage members to learn more about the candidates before voting opens. Read the Q&A with the candidates from the July/August issue of AALL Spectrum and the candidate biographies and statements.

Questions for Candidates

Members are encouraged to participate in the moderated forums by submitting questions in advance to candidatesforum@aall.org. Please indicate which candidate forum you would like your question directed to. Members will also have the opportunity to ask a question during the forum via live chat.

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

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

MODERATOR:

• Brandy Ellis, University of Georgia 

COORDINATOR

• 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.

The call for proposals for educational programs at AALL 2024 is open from September 1 - October 6. Do you have a great program topic in mind? Perhaps you’re wondering what makes a strong proposal, or you have general questions about the proposal process itself. Maybe you’ve got past experience to share that could benefit first-time proposers. Join Annual Meeting Program Committee Chair Saskia Mehlhorn and Vice Chair Lisa Goodman for an informal conversation about putting together a fantastic program proposal for AALL 2024 in Chicago, IL. 

Please note: This virtual coffee chats will be recorded and registration is open to AALL members only.

MODERATORS:

• Saskia Mehlhorn, Norton Rose Fulbright
• Lisa Goodman, Texas A&M University School of Law

AALL BODY OF KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS: Professionalism + Leadership At Every Level, Research + Analysis, Information Management, Teaching + Training, Marketing + Outreach, Management + Business Acumen

Program recordings from the 2023 AALL Annual Meeting & Conference were sponsored by LexisNexis. Please note the opinions shared during the programs represent the views of the speakers and not of AALL.

The colonization of the New World brought the centuries old whiskey distillation cottage industry to America. Whiskey distillation diversified during the 18th-century immigration of Scots-Irish and Germans, overtook the rum business in the 19th century, and has been an interesting component of U.S. statutory and regulatory law for 200 years. This program will review the history of whiskey in America, as well as demonstrate historical statutory and regulatory research methods with “whiskey” as a topic.

This program is sponsored by the Legal History & Rare Books SIS.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Librarians, Faculty, and Attorneys interested in the regulation of alcohol products. Also anyone interested in legal history and/or whiskey.

TAKEAWAYS:

• Participants will be able to discuss key historical, and current, regulatory and statutory law concerning whiskey distillation and sales in America.
• Participants will be able to identify methods for conducting U.S. historical regulatory and statutory law research.
• Participants will be able to discuss the history of whiskey and describe how whiskey is distilled.

SPEAKER:

• Dave Willis, Co-Founder and Head of Whiskey Production, Bully Boy Distillers

COORDINATOR/MODERATOR:

• Laura Ray, Outreach & Instructional Services Librarian, Cleveland State University College of Law

AALL BODY OF KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS: Research + Analysis, Teaching + Training

Program recordings from the 2023 AALL Annual Meeting & Conference were sponsored by LexisNexis. Please note the opinions shared during the programs represent the views of the speakers and not of AALL.

In the wake of COVID, workplaces have changed. Some workplaces have transitioned to fully remote or hybrid formats, while others have transitioned from remote to wholly in-person for some employees, although not necessarily for all. As we, our users and our patrons, navigate these virtual and hybrid workspaces, how do we stay connected to our colleagues and our patrons? How can we promote our services, resources, and offerings across the three different types of workplaces? This program will include discussion by a panel, consisting of panelists from each type of workplace (in-person, hybrid, and fully remote) before breaking into smaller groups to brainstorm ways to stay connected and share any successes or failures they have experienced while navigating this new workplace.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Anyone impacted by a decrease in in-person interactions with patrons at their place of employment, as well as those struggling with a return to fully in-person work.

TAKEAWAYS:

• Participants will be able to assess issues that have arisen within their workplaces while navigating at least some remote work.
• Participants will be able to identify and discuss potential issues, both positive and negative, surrounding an increase in remote work, whether participants themselves are remote, hybrid, or in-person.
• Participants will be able to identify and discuss possible solutions for increasing involvement and awareness as patrons and users of our resources.

SPEAKERS:

• Molly Brownfield (she/her/hers), Director of the Law Library & Assistant Dean for Information Services, University of Texas Tarlton Law Library
• Kelly Leong (she/her/hers), Associate Dean of Library Services, Dr. Lillian & Dr. Rebecca Chutick Law Library Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University

MODERATOR:

• Amanda Marshall (she/her/hers), Senior Legal Researcher, BakerHostetler

AALL BODY OF KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS: Marketing + Outreach

Program recordings from the 2023 AALL Annual Meeting & Conference were sponsored by LexisNexis. Please note the opinions shared during the programs represent the views of the speakers and not of AALL.

Citators have sustained the American common law for two centuries. Yet citators are tools created by humans and are, accordingly, subjective. For instance, in the years leading up to Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Shepard's assigned a red signal to Roe v. Wade while KeyCite attached a yellow flag to the same case. This program provides attendees with background about the historical development of citators, insight into the way determinations about the validity of cases are made, and strategies for conveying the subjectivity of citators to patrons.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Any and all law librarians who wish to gain a deeper understanding of citators. This program is especially useful for those who have an instructional role in their law library, whether in a law school, government, or firm library.

TAKEAWAYS:

• Participants will learn about the historical development of citators as essential legal research tools in a common law system.
• Participants will gain a basic understanding about how modern legal research vendors make determinations about the validity of cases.
• Participants will learn ways to convey the subjectivity of citators to their patrons.

SPEAKERS:

• Cindy Dabney (she/her/hers), Outreach Services and Foreign, Comparative & International Law Librarian and Lecturer in Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
• Aaron S. Kirschenfeld, Clinical Associate Professor of Law and Digital Initiatives Law Librarian, University of North Carolina School of Law

COORDINATOR:

• Nicholas Mignanelli, Head of Reference and Lecturer in Legal Research, Yale Law School

MODERATOR:

• Grace Lo, Reference Librarian, Stanford Law Library

AALL BODY OF KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS: Research + Analysis, Teaching + Training