Kathleen (Katie) Brown is the associate dean for information resources atCharleston School of Law. A recognized leader in legal technology and ethics,she was named a 2024 vLex Fastcase 50 honoree and received the 2024 AALSSection of Technology, Law & Legal Education Technology & Ethics Awardfor her contributions to advancing these areas in legal education. Brown holds a JD from Seattle University School of Law with afocus on intellectual property law, an MS in Library and Information Sciencefrom Drexel University, and a BFA from DePaul University. She is a frequent CLEinstructor on topics including legal ethics, artificial intelligence, legaltechnology, process optimization, and legal research. Her teaching experiencespans courses such as Legal Technology for Practice, Art of Advocacy,specialized legal research, and multiple courses on artificial intelligence. An active member of AALL, Brown has served in numerousleadership roles, including on the AALL Executive Board from 2011 to 2014. Herresearch interests encompass intellectual property, legal technology ineducation, artificial intelligence, and acting skills for lawyers. Her recentscholarship, co-authored with Jessica de Perio Wittman, is published in Volume8 of the Journal of Legal Technology at Texas and available online: Who isShaping Technological Competence in ABA-Accredited Law Schools?

As the director of the Harris County Robert W. Hainsworth Law Library, serving the third-largest county in the United States. He is the first African American Director in the Law Library’s 110-year history. With 30 years of experience across the legal and corporate sectors, Andre is a recognized leader in advancing diversity, innovation, and technology-enabled service delivery in the legal industry. Davison has held numerous leadership roles with AALL, including serving on the Executive Board (2022–2025). His work reflects a deep commitment to strengthening member engagement, elevating the profession, and expanding the impact of law libraries in their communities. His accomplishments have earned multiple honors, including his law firm’s Diversity Award (2018), winning the AALL Innovation Tournament (2019), and receiving the Fastcase 50 award (2020), which recognizes the law’s most innovative and visionary leaders. In 2021, he was elected Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management, and most recently, he received the Houston Bar Association President’s Award for his service as 2024–2025 Co-Chair of the HBA County Law Library Committee. He currently serves on the Access to Justice Network Advisory Board, the State Bar of Texas Access to Justice Technology Committee, and as Co-Chair of the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee. He holds a BBA in Marketing from the University of Houston and an MS in Information Science from the University of Texas.

Miriam Childs has been the director of the Law Library of Louisiana in New Orleans since May 2016. She started with the Law Library in 2003 as an assistant librarian responsible for serials and acquisitions. In 2006, she was promoted to head of technical services, and later to associate director in 2013. Throughout her tenure, Childs has managed or supported all areas of library operations, including staff management and training, cataloging, database maintenance, reference and research services, government documents, and preservation. She joined the library with a strong technical services background; her previous roles include serials librarian at the University of New Orleans, reference and collection management librarian at the Jefferson Parish Public Library, and assistant librarian at Exxon Chemical Baton Rouge. She received both her BA in History (1992) and her MLIS (1993) from Louisiana State University.

Over a career spanning nearly 20 years, Giudice has been an active part of the ever-evolving legal information profession.  His professional experience not only includes law librarianship but technology consulting, training, and change management.  He has written widely on topics important to the law librarian community and has undertaken efforts to build community in challenging times.  His personal and professional associations include the American Association of Law Libraries, the Chicago Association of Law Libraries, MENSA, the Knights of Columbus, and he is librarian in residence for the Italian American Veterans Museum.  Giudice is also a two-time published author.  His second book titled A Librarian’s Sojourn: Messages of Hope and Inspiration, is a collection of personal reflections on justice, compassion, and inclusion, written during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In her role, Pavuluri teaches legal research, including an AI-augmented course she designed, which was among the first of its kind in legal academia. She is a member of the Vanderbilt AI Law Lab (VAILL), where she co-develops workshops on AI tools for legal practice and evaluates emerging legal technologies. Pavuluri is the creator of Teaching AI-Augmented Legal Research, an open resource for legal educators building their own AI research courses, workshops, and CLEs. She holds a JD cum laude from the University of Georgia School of Law, an MS in Information Science from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a BA from Emory University. Before academia, she was a research librarian at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough.