As the field of law evolves to become ever more global, legal information professionals employed by law firms and government agencies increasingly support the work of multilingual attorneys whose legal practices are transnational in scope. Similarly, academic law librarians are…
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Law Librarians Monitoring the Legal Response to COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and the Caribbean has unfortunately become the epicenter of COVID-19 over the last few months. The numbers speak for themselves. The entire region counts for a total of 4,364,705 confirmed cases and 183,481 deaths as of July 26…
Bibliotecarios de Derecho Monitoreando la Respuesta Jurídica al COVID-19 en América Latina y el Caribe
América Latina y el Caribe se han convertido desafortunadamente en el epicentro de COVID-19 en los últimos meses. Las estadísticas hablan por sí solas. La región en su totalidad cuenta con un total de 4,364,705 casos confirmados y 183,481 muertes…
Bibliotecários de Direito Monitorando as Respostas Jurídicas Relacionadas ao COVID-19 na América Latina e no Caribe
América Latina e o Caribe, infelizmente, tornaram-se o epicentro do COVID-19 nos últimos meses. Os números falam por si mesmos. A região inteira constitui um total de 4.364.705 casos confirmados e 183.481 mortes até 26 de julho, com países como…
Online legal research resources from IALS Library
Back in early March, the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) Library was open for our members to come in and peruse our extensive collections of foreign and international law. We had recently re-opened all floors following a refurbishment project,…
A digital teaching revolution due to the corona crisis?
https://www.pikrepo.com/fbafi/e-learning-and-on-line-degree-concept-learning-and-knowledge-blue-version “Knowledge is not a good to be communicated and consumed: it is something that forms and develops when lecturers and students come together; when a student poses a critical question; when a supervisor comments on an argument in a…
COVID-19 and its international response
Across the world, COVID-19 has changed lives. Whether it’s via social distancing or other more severe forms of quarantine, economic disruptions, or the various declarations of emergency from nations spanning the globe, daily routines have been interrupted. Many of us…
Reminiscence of Sydney
IALLs scholarships enable colleagues from around the world to participate in the Annual Courses. The 2019 bursary winners, who attended The Annual Course in Sydney, has been so kind as to share their reflections on the Conference. I saw the…
Under Fire
It’s customary in many parts of the world to use the advent of the new year as an opportunity to reflect on the previous year. For many of us, the beginning of 2020 invites reaching back ten years to see…