By Trung Quach – IALL Secretary The IALL constitution needs an update. The current constitution, which can be found here, was last amended in 2016. Some provisions are no longer applicable. Others need clarification and improvement. The IALL Board has…
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What Makes U.S. Elections Different: Three Observations
By Mike McArthur – Duke University School of Law The U.S. Presidential election is fast approaching, and its impact is being felt globally. Media coverage of the U.S. election extends far beyond North America, reflecting the global consequences of electing…
IALL Guidelines for Public International Law Research Instruction
…Announcing a Second Edition, 2024 By David Wills, Chair, IALL’s Education CommitteeLibrarian, Squire Law Library, Cambridge The International Association of Law Libraries (IALL) originally established its Education Committee to address how best to teach law students about researching public international…
The best professional event I have ever attended – and I’m not even exaggerating
By Suzanna Louzada, Public Prosecutor’s Office of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilIALL bursary recipient 2024 “That’s the best professional event I have ever attended” – is what I said to Mark Engsberg in one of our conversations…
Discovering Norway’s past, present and future during IALL’s Annual Course
By: Dino Salkić, senior librarianMaglaj Public Library, BiHIALL bursary recipient 2024 Seen from the Balkans, a windy and war-torn area, limited by constant renovations of destroyed and often completely lost cultural, scientific, and even legal heritage, Norway seems like a…
IHL in Action – Geneva Conventions – 75th anniversary
By: Sonia CrennReference librarian – international humanitarian lawInternational Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)Member of the IALL Board of Directors This week marked the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Geneva Conventions. These four Conventions, adopted on 12 August…
Thank You, Oslo!
By Mark EngsbergPresident, International Association of Law Libraries The 42nd Annual Course of the International Association of Law Libraries (IALL) was held in Oslo, Norway from Sunday, June 16, to Wednesday, June 20, 2024. Hosted by the Law Library at…
What about S2O as a new open-access model for academic law journals?
By: Claudia HollandLibrary Director, Library of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and international Private Law, HamburgMember of the IALL Board of Directors The basic idea of open access is to be able to read, download, save, link to, print…
From Castries to Geneva: The Experience of a 2023 IALL Conference Bursary Awardee
By: Dwaymian Brissette, Law LibrarianEastern Caribbean Supreme CourtIALL bursary recipient 2023 Greetings! My name is Dwaymian Brissette, and I am the Law Librarian/Information Services, Library Services, & Communications Manager at the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC). The ECSC is a…
Chocolates, Watches, Fondue, and Jet d’Eau: My 2023 IALL Journey in Geneva, Switzerland
By: Jeremy F. Flores, Senior Executive AssistantOffice of the General Counsel and Legal ServicesBangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, PhilippinesIALL bursary recipient 2023 Being selected as one of the regular bursary recipients of the International Association of Law Libraries (IALL) provided me…