As firms transition from remote work to hybrid or fully in-person working models, librarians are reinventing themselves and doing more to advise and support their firms. As their roles evolve, so must their resources. Staying on top of current market trends in law and practice can be streamlined with the help of Practical Law, a go-to legal guidance resource for the go-to person at the firm.

Library and information people are great in a crisis. We always said this but now we can prove it - over the past few years we have seen a global pandemic, continuing war and political instability, and now we will see a downturn and even a recession. This session will offer practical insights into how knowledge and information people can communicate their value.

The role of the legal information professional continues to evolve, and knowledge of current technologies is critical to professional growth and success. Law librarians are expected to understand and be involved in leveraging and implementing advanced technologies. This professional development webinar will increase your understanding of key technologies currently at play, focusing on SSO/SAML, APIs, data analytics, and visualization.

In small interactive group sessions that build on our AALL 2021 panel, speakers and participants will address what changes we have implemented, what has and hasn’t worked, what challenges we must address now and how to do so. We will lay a solid foundation by starting our discussion with managing budgets.

Various global (Sustainability Accounting Standards Board), regional (EU), and jurisdictional frameworks of standards and disclosure requirements have been introduced in response to 1) investors' growing calls for greater clarity and standardization across the world and 2) an expanding pool of litigants and defendants that has spurred aggressive change in the last 24 months. These factors have forced in-house and outside counsel to catch up to this evolving environment. Attend this session to learn about this emerging area of law and hear from your peers on how they are supporting their law firm practices.

In this program, panelists from a variety of settings and participants will talk about the challenges with leading remote teams and what leaders should do going forward to succeed in a remote and hybrid environment.

This session will discuss the history of CRT and CLR and how law librarians can use them to address biases, expose truths, and improve their institutional cultures and their services.

This program will explore the unique anxieties that marginalized groups face when returning to the physical office space. We will describe best practices for facilitating the return to the office and suggest methods to support the wellness of marginalized groups.

Improving attorney workflow through the implementation of APIs is hot topic this year as firms make plans to move forward with data integration initiatives. Attendees will hear from an experienced panel and learn about the key use cases and how to go from inception to implementation⁠—including data challenges, resources needed, and what success looks like.

Through a robust discussion of the responsibilities that middle managers have in diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, this program aims to provide middle managers with the tools to challenge their own biases and evaluate the environment within their department. Participants will have the opportunity to work on scenarios that allow them to apply the concepts discussed in the class to real-world scenarios. After the session, participants will receive additional resources and information.