By: Mark Engsberg, President, International Association of Law Libraries The 40th Annual Course of the International Association of Law Libraries (IALL) was held in Palo Alto, California from Sunday, October 9, to Wednesday, October 12. This year’s theme was U.S.…
By David GeeIALL Secretary Following an online electoral ballot, I am pleased to be able to announce the names of the newly-elected Officers and Board Members of the 2022-2025 Board of Directors. These Officers and Board Members will take over…
By Heather CaseyThe author is a member of the IALL Board of Directors I’ve been thinking a lot lately about all the ways law permeates my life. Though I do my best to keep my work and personal lives separate,…
As directed by Article VII, Section 3 of the IALL Constitution, I am hereby submitting notice of the slate of candidates selected by the IALL Nominating Committee to all members for the required 60 days from the date of this…
By: Jean M. Wenger, Director of the Law Library/Senior LecturerChicago-Kent College of Law Library, Chicago, Illinois, USAThe author is a member of the IALL Board of Directors Access to justice is integral to the rule of law. Access to justice…
By: Tormod Andersen, Academic LibrarianLaw Library, University of Oslo The 39th Annual Course of the International Association of Law Libraries was presented last month. As a first-time participant and a completely new member of IALL I would therefor like to…
Beginnings In mid-March 2020, as we slowly began to comprehend that Covid-19 really was a big thing, my university, the University of Melbourne, almost overnight completely shut down its physical campus and we began what would be nearly a year…
As we prepare for the 39th Annual Course of the International Association of Libraries, which will be presented virtually from Toulouse, France in October, it seems appropriate to take a look at current legal issues in France. There are numerous…
AI Effect AI is everywhere! It actually characterises digital age. We call it “AI Age”. AI systems[1] have direct effect on digital transformation, data driven economy, individual life, society at large and on business models. We could classify its effect…
2020 marked the centennial of the ratification of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The amendment guarantees American women that their right to vote “shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on…
