Previous Conferences

Courses on topics of international law librarianship and legal information have been a primary feature of IALL’s educational program since 1966. The courses have been held at prominent institutions throughout the world at intervals of one to three years, and have been offered annually since 1993. Throughout its history, the International Journal of Legal Information has published advance information and reports on the courses, as well as selected papers. Since 1994, full proceedings from the courses have usually been published in the Journal. Proceedings from some courses, as well as from other IALL meetings and programs, have been published separately.

41st Annual Course on International Law and Legal Information  LIKE CLOCKWORK? MULTILATERALISM & INTERNATIONAL LAW IN GENEVA Geneva, Switzerland, October 8 to October 11 2023.
40th Annual Course on International Law and Legal Information  U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL APPROACHES TO LAW, JUSTICE AND TECHNOLOGY: LEARNING FROM THE PAST AND STRATEGIES FOR THE FUTURE Palo Alto, California, October 9 to October 12 2022.
39th Annual Course on International Law and Legal Information  THE TRIPTYCH: NATIONAL, EUROPEAAN AND INTERNATIONAL LAW, THE FRENCH WAY Toulouse, France, October 4 to October 7 2021.
38th Annual Course on International Law and Legal Information  LAW DOWN UNDER: AUSTRALIA’S LEGAL LANDSCAPE Sydney, Australia, October 27 to 30, 2019.
37th Annual Course on International Law and Legal Information  LAW IN LUXEMBOURG: WHERE LOCAL TRADITION MEETS EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL INNOVATION Luxembourg, September 30 to October 3, 2018.
36th Annual Course on International Law and Legal Information  CIVIL RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND OTHER CRITICAL ISSUES IN U.S. LAW Atlanta, Georgia, United States, October 22 to October 25, 2017.
35th Annual Course on International Law and Legal Information  COMMON LAW PERSPECTIVES IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT Oxford, United Kingdom, July 31 to August 3, 2016.
34th Annual Course on International Law and Legal Information  WITHIN AND IN BETWEEN: GERMAN LEGAL TRADITION IN TIMES OF INTERNATIONALIZATION AND BEYOND Berlin, Germany, September 20th  – 24th, 2015.
33rd Annual Course on International Law and Legal Information  LIBRARIES AND THE RULE OF LAW Buenos Aires, Argentina September 28th – October 1st, 2014
32nd Annual Course on International Law and Legal Information  CATALAN LAW AND LEGAL INFORMATION IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT Law Faculty of the University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 15th – 19th September, 2013
31st Annual Course on International Law and Legal Information CANADA: THE CULTURAL MOSAIC AND INTERNATIONAL LAW Faculty of Law, University of Toronto & Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Canada September 30 – October 4, 2012
30th Annual Course on International Law and Legal Information THE DYNAMICS OF MALAYSIAN LAW IN THE GLOBAL WORLD University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 4th- 8th December 2011
29th Annual Course on International Law and Legal Information DUTCH GATEWAYS TO INTERNATIONAL LAW The Hague and Rotterdam, Netherlands 5th September – 8th September 2010
28th Annual Course on International Law and Legal Information TURKEY IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT 11th – 15th October, 2009 Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey
27th Annual Course on International Law and Legal Information PUERTO RICO & THE CARIBBEAN: LEGAL INFORMATION IN MULTIPLE LEGAL SYSTEMS November 30th – December 3rd, 2008 San Juan, Puerto Rico
26th Annual Course on International Law and Legal Information GLOBAL CHALLENGES & THE INDIAN LEGAL SYSTEM 1st – 5th December 2007 National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai, India.
25th Annual Course on International Law and Legal Information THE NEW RUSSIA: LAW AND LEGAL INFORMATION 10th-14th September 2006 St.Petersburg (St.Petersburg State University) Russia
24th Annual Course on International Law and Legal Information Florence
23rd Annual Course on International Law and Legal Information Protecting the Environment: a Challenge Across Borders – Legal Issues and Information Resources in Finland and Estonia 15th – 19th August, 2004 University of Helsinki Main Building, Helsinki – Finland National Library of Estonia, Tallinn – Estonia
22nd Annual Course on International Law and Legal Information New Rights – New Laws: Legal Information in a Changing World 21st – 25th September 2003 University of Cape Town’s Breakwater Campus Cape Town, South Africa
21st Annual Course on International Law and Legal Information Order from Chaos: Contexts for Global Legal Information 20-23 October 2002 Yale Law School New Haven, Conn.
20th Annual Course on International Law and Legal Information Comparative and International Law in a Multilingual Environment: Current Issues and Information Resources 23rd – 26th September 2001 Swiss Institute of Comparative Law Lausanne, Switzerland
19th Annual Course on International Law and Legal Information A Common Law for Europe: Legal Systems and Legal Information 20th – 24th August 2000 Dublin International Arbitration Centre of the Bar Council of Ireland
18th IALL Course of International Law Librarianship Australasian Law and Librarianship 12-16 September 1999 Old Treasury Building, Melbourne, Australia

17th Course: “Unification of Private Law and the Italian Legal System”
International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)
Rome, Italy
20-24 September 1998

16th Course: “Human Rights Law: Global Issues and Information Services”
University of Lund
Lund, Sweden 24-28 August 1997

15th Course: “Legal Developments and Legal Information on the Pacific Rim”
Sutton Place Hotel
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 29 September-3 October 1996

14th Course: “Current Trends in International Law: A Challenge for Law Librarians”
University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria 18-21 September 1995

13th Course: “International (Commercial) Arbitration and Law Libraries: A View from the Hague”
Peace Palace
The Hague, The Netherlands 26-29 September 1994

12th Course: “Catalonia, Spain, Europe, and Latin America – Regional Legal Systems and Their Literature”
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Barcelona, Spain 17-21 August 1993

11th Course: “Legal Information Sources and Changing Times in Europe”
Max-Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
Heidelberg, Germany 8-11 September 1991

10th Course:”Legal Aspects of East-West Trade and the Law Librarian”
Hungarian Library of Parliament
Budapest, Hungary 5-10 June 1988

9th Course: “Crossroads in Comparative Constitutional Law Development”
George Washington University
Washington, D.C., USA
28 June – 2 July 1987

8th Course: “Australian and South Pacific Law: Structure and Materials”
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
10-15 May 1981

7th Course: “Japanese Law: Its Structure and Materials”
National Diet Library
Tokyo, Japan
4-8 September 1978

6th Course: “The Legal System, Its Materials and Documentation in the Socialist Countries”
Hungarian Library of Parliament
Budapest, Hungary
16-20 August 1977

5th Course: “The Legal Literature of the United States”
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C. USA
11-15 November 1974

4th Course: “The Unification of Private Law and Law and Legal Literature in Italy”
International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)
Rome, Italy
4-8 September 1972

3d Course: “Law and Legal Literature in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland”
Max-Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
Heidelberg, Germany
7-10 September 1970

“Course in Law Librarianship and Legal Bibliography of Common Law, with Special Reference to English Law”
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, England
25-29 March 1969

“Course in Law Librarianship and Legal Bibliography with Special Reference to European Law”
University of Comparative Sciences
Luxembourg
25 September-1 October 1966