The International Association of Law Libraries is a diverse, non-profit organization of law librarians, academics, practitioners, publishers, and students. In 2013 the IALL membership includes 399individuals and institutions representing 50countries from all continents except Antarctica. Below is a membership breakdown…
Author Archive for Michael Lindsey
BarNet/JADE – Free Australian Caselaw
The arena of access to justice through freely available Australian legal resources has been served admirably for some time through the services of AustLII, a site which is well known to many IALL members. However, a new service is now…
Apps for commercial databases
At the 103th German Library Congress in Bremen, the German Association of Law Libraries (AjBD – Arbeitsgemeinschaft für juristisches Bibliotheks- und Dokumentationswesen) had organized a Science Slam on apps from commercial database providers and publishing houses. The participants were: Anton…
Japanese Laws in Translation
Translation of the laws and information about the legal systems of the countries of the world is a time-consuming and challenging endeavor, but it is also one of the keys to enabling those in other jurisdictions to research foreign and…
Cornell Fellowship Brings Foreign Law Librarians to the United States
While more established and well known funding opportunities for foreign law librarians have existed for some time to attend conferences (e.g., the IALL bursary and AALL FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians), new funding is continuing to build upon…
A MOOC Point
Universities in North America are currently infatuated with MOOCs. Law Schools are no different. “MOOC” stands for Massive Open Online Course and MOOCs are just that: open-enrollment online courses which can reach tens of thousands and even sometimes over one…
Updating and Rebuilding of FLAG, the Foreign Law Guide
The project to update and rebuild FLAG, the Foreign Law Guide, has been completed in June 2014. You can now search the updated and rebuilt database! FLAG is a guide to collections of foreign and international law held in UK…
Digital Evidence and Electronic Signature Law Review becomes an Open Access journal at IALS
As we find trending stories from high profile trials in law courts round the world featuring emails, texts and voice messages as notable evidence; as ill-advised tweets precipitate newsworthy legal action; as some ill-informed jurors supplement in court…
Scholarships for IALL 2014 in Buenos Aires
There is still time to apply for a scholarships for law librarians to attend The International Association of Law Libraries 33rd Annual Course in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The deadline for applications is June 11th. Please consider applying or help spread…
International law on cultural heritage
At the occasion of the opening of the Roerich Exhibition in the Peace Palace, The Hague, The Netherlands, 15-16 April 2014. CULTURAL HERITAGE The Peace Palace was awarded the European Heritage Label, on April 8th, 2014, in order to emphasize…