AALL Annual Meeting and Conference

The Conference of Newer Law Librarians (CONELL) is held every year at the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting and Conference. The purpose is to welcome newer AALL members, introduce them to the Association and its leaders, and provide a setting for newer members to become acquainted with each other. Attendees will have an opportunity to talk with representatives from AALL's Committees and Special Interest Sections to find out firsthand how to get involved and enjoy the benefits of Association membership, to meet new people, and have some fun. CONELL attendees arriving on Friday, July 22, are invited to attend "Dutch Treat Dinners" at 6:30 p.m. that day. The dinners are a great way for attendees to meet each other and members of the CONELL Committee. Saturday's events start with a continental breakfast at 7:30 a.m. and the conference begins promptly at 8:00 a.m., where attendees will meet the AALL Executive Board and participate in Speed Networking and Market Place. Later that day, a fabulous lunch will be followed by a guided tour of a Philadelphia landmark - perfect opportunities to network with new colleagues.

Separate registration fee: $100.00

Attendance is limited for all workshops - be sure to register well in advance of the June 17 deadline!

The Conference of Newer Law Librarians (CONELL) is held every year at the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting and Conference. The purpose is to welcome newer AALL members, introduce them to the Association and its leaders, and provide a setting for newer members to become acquainted with each other. Attendees will have an opportunity to talk with representatives from AALL's Committees and Special Interest Sections to find out firsthand how to get involved and enjoy the benefits of Association membership, to meet new people, and have some fun. CONELL attendees arriving on Friday, July 22, are invited to attend "Dutch Treat Dinners" at 6:30 p.m. that day. The dinners are a great way for attendees to meet each other and members of the CONELL Committee. Saturday's events start with a continental breakfast at 7:30 a.m. and the conference begins promptly at 8:00 a.m., where attendees will meet the AALL Executive Board and participate in Speed Networking and Market Place. Later that day, a fabulous lunch will be followed by a guided tour of a Philadelphia landmark - perfect opportunities to network with new colleagues.

Separate registration fee: $100.00

Attendance is limited for all workshops - be sure to register well in advance of the June 17 deadline!

The Conference of Newer Law Librarians (CONELL) is held every year at the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting and Conference. The purpose is to welcome newer AALL members, introduce them to the Association and its leaders, and provide a setting for newer members to become acquainted with each other. Attendees will have an opportunity to talk with representatives from AALL's Committees and Special Interest Sections to find out firsthand how to get involved and enjoy the benefits of Association membership, to meet new people, and have some fun. CONELL attendees arriving on Friday, July 22, are invited to attend "Dutch Treat Dinners" at 6:30 p.m. that day. The dinners are a great way for attendees to meet each other and members of the CONELL Committee. Saturday's events start with a continental breakfast at 7:30 a.m. and the conference begins promptly at 8:00 a.m., where attendees will meet the AALL Executive Board and participate in Speed Networking and Market Place. Later that day, a fabulous lunch will be followed by a guided tour of a Philadelphia landmark - perfect opportunities to network with new colleagues.

Separate registration fee: $100.00

Attendance is limited for all workshops - be sure to register well in advance of the June 17 deadline!

The Conference of Newer Law Librarians (CONELL) is held every year at the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting and Conference. The purpose is to welcome newer AALL members, introduce them to the Association and its leaders, and provide a setting for newer members to become acquainted with each other. Attendees will have an opportunity to talk with representatives from AALL's Committees and Special Interest Sections to find out firsthand how to get involved and enjoy the benefits of Association membership, to meet new people, and have some fun. CONELL attendees arriving on Friday, July 22, are invited to attend "Dutch Treat Dinners" at 6:30 p.m. that day. The dinners are a great way for attendees to meet each other and members of the CONELL Committee. Saturday's events start with a continental breakfast at 7:30 a.m. and the conference begins promptly at 8:00 a.m., where attendees will meet the AALL Executive Board and participate in Speed Networking and Market Place. Later that day, a fabulous lunch will be followed by a guided tour of a Philadelphia landmark - perfect opportunities to network with new colleagues.

Separate registration fee: $100.00

Attendance is limited for all workshops - be sure to register well in advance of the June 17 deadline!

The Conference of Newer Law Librarians (CONELL) is held every year at the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting and Conference. The purpose is to welcome newer AALL members, introduce them to the Association and its leaders, and provide a setting for newer members to become acquainted with each other. Attendees will have an opportunity to talk with representatives from AALL's Committees and Special Interest Sections to find out firsthand how to get involved and enjoy the benefits of Association membership, to meet new people, and have some fun. CONELL attendees arriving on Friday, July 22, are invited to attend "Dutch Treat Dinners" at 6:30 p.m. that day. The dinners are a great way for attendees to meet each other and members of the CONELL Committee. Saturday's events start with a continental breakfast at 7:30 a.m. and the conference begins promptly at 8:00 a.m., where attendees will meet the AALL Executive Board and participate in Speed Networking and Market Place. Later that day, a fabulous lunch will be followed by a guided tour of a Philadelphia landmark - perfect opportunities to network with new colleagues.

Separate registration fee: $100.00

Attendance is limited for all workshops - be sure to register well in advance of the June 17 deadline!

The Conference of Newer Law Librarians (CONELL) is held every year at the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting and Conference. The purpose is to welcome newer AALL members, introduce them to the Association and its leaders, and provide a setting for newer members to become acquainted with each other. Attendees will have an opportunity to talk with representatives from AALL's Committees and Special Interest Sections to find out firsthand how to get involved and enjoy the benefits of Association membership, to meet new people, and have some fun. CONELL attendees arriving on Friday, July 22, are invited to attend "Dutch Treat Dinners" at 6:30 p.m. that day. The dinners are a great way for attendees to meet each other and members of the CONELL Committee. Saturday's events start with a continental breakfast at 7:30 a.m. and the conference begins promptly at 8:00 a.m., where attendees will meet the AALL Executive Board and participate in Speed Networking and Market Place. Later that day, a fabulous lunch will be followed by a guided tour of a Philadelphia landmark - perfect opportunities to network with new colleagues.

Separate registration fee: $100.00

Attendance is limited for all workshops - be sure to register well in advance of the June 17 deadline!

This year's Meeting in Philadelphia will kick off with the opening of the Exhibit Hall at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, followed by an Opening Reception on the exhibit hall floor. This light hors d'oeuvres and cocktail reception, featuring local favorites, will allow attendees to gather to network and visit exhibitors without scheduling conflicts and will allow plenty of time for dine-arounds and receptions to follow.

Registered attendees will receive a ticket to this event; additional guest tickets are available for purchase.

AALL would like to acknowledge and thank LexisNexis for their past ten years of partnership in sponsoring the Opening Event!

Pacific Chapters Joint Reception

ALL-SIS Breakfast and Business Meeting (sponsored by LexisNexis)

Exhibit Hall Breakfast Break

The Supreme Court and Free Speech 

How the Supreme Court is fracturing over speech issues, and how the press and the public are both causing it, and suffering for it

Dahlia Lithwick is a senior editor at Slate, and in that capacity, writes the "Supreme Court Dispatches" and "Jurisprudence" columns. She is a biweekly columnist for Newsweek. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Harper's, The Washington Post, and Commentary, among other places. She received the Online News Association's award for online commentary in 2001 and again in 2005, for a series she coauthored on torture, and was the first online journalist invited to serve on the Steering Committee for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. She is the co-author of "Me v. Everybody: Absurd Contracts for an Absurd World," a legal humor book, and "I Will Sing Life: Voices from the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp", a book about seven children from Paul Newman's camp with life-threatening illnesses. She lives in Charlottesville, VA with her husband and two sons.

This session will be webcast live here.

Professor James A. Serpell will discuss the development of human attitudes to animals and animal - assisted therapeutic interventions.

Target Audience: Librarians exposed to maritime issues but not working in specialty firms

Learning Outcomes:
1. Participants will gain an understanding of key issues in the practice of modern-day maritime law.
2. Participants will learn where to find answers to key maritime issues.

Pirates, rovers, and assailing thieves. Drunken sailors and leaking rigs. With modern-day piracy and increased ship-based disasters, more and more maritime issues are creeping into our daily lives and legal practices. This program will cover key issues in current maritime practice, what is on the horizon in the field, and where you can find answers once the issues are sorted out. Our speakers represent both academia and the private sector for a well-rounded presentation of the topic. Prepare to set sail for the high seas!

Emerging technologies are touching all aspects of the law library. Join us for a smorgasbord of tools and gadgets that will help you create, organize and deliver information, increase productivity, and connect with users. Move from table to table as tech-savvy law librarians demonstrate a variety of hot new technologies.

ALL-SIS ALL-NEW Roundtable

Target Audience: Library staff who work on group projects, especially those who lead projects and those who support collaborative organizations

Learning Outcomes:
1. Participants will evaluate the range of new technologies available to enhance collaborative work.
2. Participants will be able to identify and use skills needed to manage teams in collaborative work.

How do you collaborate with others? What if they work in other cities, countries, and time zones? New project management platforms such as Basecamp, collaborative mindmapping, and wireframe/mockup tools like Mockingbird and Balsamiq join familiar tools like wikis and Google Docs to make teamwork easier, regardless of where everyone is located. Join legal information consultants Connie Crosby and Kathie Sullivan for a tour of the latest collaborative tools being used in a number of industries and explore how law libraries can use them. Before the conference, Crosby and Sullivan will create a wiki for collecting resources and discussions about these tools; watch the CS-SIS blog for an invitation to participate. Lessons from this collaboration will be incorporated into the presentation.

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Modeled after Versailles, this beautiful building on the famous Philadelphia Benjamin Franklin Parkway houses an incredible variety of historic, scholarly, and modern materials. "First imagined in the mid-1890s, begun in earnest in 1910, and not completed for 17 years, the Central Library building is a triumph of civic architecture and library science as well as a monument to the fortitude, commitment, and aspirations of the librarians, trustees, local politicians, architects, and general public, who persevered during decades of tribulation including legal and political battles and a world war." Specialized collections range from Pennsylvania German Fraktur and imprints; the history of the automobile; a treasure trove of maps, prints, and drawings; a fine library of choral and chamber music; and a collection of vintage theatre materials. The digital collections include: historical materials on Philadelphia, vintage postcards, and medieval manuscripts.

Walking tour: 15 minute walk

Sharpen your Google search skills, and learn how to teach these same skills to lawyers and staff. This session will cover what librarians need to know about Google Scholar and Google Books, and will demonstrate the best techniques for getting fewer, but better, results from Google searches. It will also show some of the latest Google tricks from the lib, including WonderWheel, Google Instant, and Google Trends.

ALL-SIS Faculty Services Roundtable

West Luncheon for Government and Academic Librarians

Exhibit Hall Refreshment Break (sponsored by Wolters Kluwer Law & Business)

To keep the conversation flowing in Philadelphia, informal “Coffee Talk” discussions will be held on Tuesday morning. Attendees can brainstorm, sound off, and share their challenges, experiences, and ideas—and strengthen ties to their professional community. The following topics have been proposed by AALL members:

Creating Value in Law Firm Libraries – What I Learned at the Association of Legal Administrators Conference
Monice M. Kaczorowski, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Tips and Tricks for Career Advancement
Ronald E. Wheeler, Jr. University of San Francisco School of Law, Dorraine Zief Law Library

Social Media Monitoring – What Tools are You Using?
Caren Biberman, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

The Ins and Outs of Teaching Online
Shaun G. Jamison, Concord Law School

Best Practices for Indicating the Update Status of Loose-Leaf Titles in Online Catalogs
John Pickett, Johnson County Law Library

Government Relations Office/Advocacy Meet and Greet
Julie Strandlie and Emily Feldman, AALL Government Relations Office

Join AALL’s Government Relations Office staff for an informal gathering to discuss AALL/Chapter advocacy efforts and how we can work together to make a difference.

Developing Research Competencies
Carol Bredemeyer, Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law Library; chair, Law Student Research Competencies Task Force 

An AALL task force has been appointed to develop law student research competency standards. Members will discuss what should be included in those standards.

The Future of AALL and Law Librarianship
David S. Mao, Law Library of Congress; chair, Futures Summit Planning Committee 

A Futures Summit will be held this fall in Chicago to enlist the membership in planning for the future of both the profession and the association. AALL members will discuss issues related to member engagement, communication (including social media), leadership development, mentoring, generational differences and ongoing changes in the profession of law librarianship. We invite you to share your thoughts, ideas, and comments about what should be included as discussion topics on the Summit agenda, and to hear from members regarding their thoughts about our collective professional futures. 

Come with your coffee, pull up a chair, and chat with your colleagues!

Join us as we look forward to the 2012 Annual Meeting in Boston with themed snacks and soft drinks. As attendees visit with exhibitors before the closing of the exhibit hall, there will be an opportunity to "meet the candidates” on the Executive Board ballot, view the Boston welcome video, win fabulous prizes and witness the passing of the gavel to our new president, Darcy Kirk.

Registered attendees with badges are welcome at this event.