WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23. This virtual event goes beyond the hype to focus on how AI is actually being used in law libraries and legal information settings today. Designed for professionals who understand the value of AI as a tool, this program offers a practical, experience-driven look at how colleagues are integrating AI into their daily work—what’s working, what’s not, and where the greatest impact is being realized.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 and WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23. This two-day virtual event goes beyond the hype to focus on how AI is actually being used in law libraries and legal information settings today. Designed for professionals who understand the value of AI as a tool, this program offers a practical, experience-driven look at how colleagues are integrating AI into their daily work—what’s working, what’s not, and where the greatest impact is being realized.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. This virtual event goes beyond the hype to focus on how AI is actually being used in law libraries and legal information settings today. Designed for professionals who understand the value of AI as a tool, this program offers a practical, experience-driven look at how colleagues are integrating AI into their daily work—what’s working, what’s not, and where the greatest impact is being realized.

Every librarian knows the struggles of advocating for their library, whether it be for users, staff, space, the collection, or budget. It is an uphill battle. But librarians know better than most that a good story moves people. In this program, participants will learn and apply the building blocks of effective library advocacy storytelling.

This session introduces a practical, research backed framework for fostering engagement and well being by centering everyday leadership—regardless of title—on the core human needs of significance and belonging. Drawing on insights from The Power of Mattering(Zach Mercurio), How to Know a Person (David Brooks), Leaders Eat Last(Simon Sinek), and Dare to Lead (Brené Brown), as well as and Gallup’s Q12 and CliftonStrengths, attendees will explore how to cultivate resilient, energized teams even in high pressure environments.

This program reveals how core librarian competencies—like research, presenting, recording training videos, instructional design, audience analysis, and knowledge about the publication industry—are the perfect foundation for launching your own venture. Discover how these ventures serve as the ultimate incubator for the project management and leadership skills essential for career advancement, all while leading with the "Aloha" of your own unique passion and vision.

With mergers happening more often than you can say "Generative AI enhancement," it is more important than ever to be on top of our contract management game, develop shared tracking tools, and proactively build relationships across our orgs.

This program will feature concrete discussions on management across all types of law libraries, focusing on how professionalism standards have dramatically changed in some ways, and stagnated in others. The panelists will examine a variety of issues that managers must address, including on-the-job training, change management, effective communication and self-advocacy, meeting colleagues where they are, managing up, down, and sideways, sharing constructive feedback, and finding or maintaining passion. The program will follow a lively and engaging choose-your-own adventure format, with a hypothetical manager confronting complicated managerial problems involving professionalism standards in a changing world.

This program covers the essential, often unwritten rules, relationships, and realities (the "alohas") of management within the profession. Whether you're new, recently promoted to middle or senior leadership, or an experienced, evolving manager, this program provides fresh perspectives.

A consistent onboarding experience impacts both the immediate and future needs of new hires, and this program will discuss how to meet these needs proactively. Through both lecture and guided roundtable discussions, presenters will focus on the key steps for creating a successful plan using their recent experiences of onboarding new library staff in different departments.