Many libraries throughout the UK are helping to update FLAG – the Foreign Law Guide – this year. The project team to update and rebuild FLAG is based at IALS, the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London. Team members are…
Author Archive for Michael Lindsey
The origins of IALL
Recently I came across a few documents from the University of Oslo archives that illustrate the start of the International Association of Law Libraries. The most interesting was a letter dated February 24th 1959 from William R. Roalfe inviting representatives…
Grants for professional development
As you know, IALL offers a professional development bursary every year to law librarians from around the world in an effort to assist with the cost of attending the annual course. (A list of the 2013 recipients is available here.) …
Thank you Barcelona
Having just returned from the 32. annual course in law and law librarianship in Barcelona I want to take this opportunity to thank those who attended and made it such a memorable and successful conference. We all owe our deepest…
IALL 2013 Website Award Winner
The IALL 2013 Website Award Winner is Austrian Legal Information System Rechtsinformationssystem des Bundes (RIS) The 2013 winner was announced at the IALL 32nd Annual Course on International Law Librarianship in Barcelona (Spain), 18 September 2013. “RIS is an excellent…
Papers for the 2012-13 Annual General Meeting of the Association
Minutes of the previous AGM in 2012 2013 Agenda for the AGM 2012-2013 President’s Report 2012-2013 Secretary’s report 2012-2013 Treasurer’s report 2012-2013 Auditor’s Report and Accounts 2012-2013 Finance Committee Report 2012-2013 Committee on Communications Report 2012-2013 Scholarships Committee Report
Foreign Law Guide
We all have trusted research tools that we use frequently in our work. For many of us, Foreign Law Guide (“FLG”) is one of these standard resources and it has now entered a new era. A Bit of History Tom…
2012 Membership Statistics
2012 Membership Statistics by Jurisdiction and Membership Level The International Association of Law Libraries is a diverse, non-profit organization of law librarians, academics, practitioners, publishers, and students. In 2012, the Association collected dues from 379 members representing 47 countries from…
The US legal system and same-sex marriage
The topic of same-sex marriage in the US provides a way to explore the complexity of the US legal system, along with some legal research resources. As a federal system, the US has national and state laws covering marriage. Although…
Highlight on Asia-specific subscription based databases
I wanted to take this opportunity to highlight a few Asia-specific subscription based databases. Chancery Law Chronicles (Bangladesh), http://www.clcbd.org/ As the first Bangladesh online case law database, CLC has its work cut out to catch up with developing its…