• Constitutional Law and the Developments of Federalism
• Legal Education: the Problem of Uniformity and Differentiation (Bologna process)
• The Legal System of Russia at Contemporary Stage

In addition to the conference in St Petersburg, there was been an optional extra programme at an additional cost in Moscow on Friday 15th and Saturday 16th September.

I am writing on behalf of the International Association of Law Libraries to thank you for your important part in making its 25th Course in International Law Librarianship which was recently held at the Faculty of Law of St Petersburg State University and at various locations in Moscow such a great success.
The quality of the programme for our Course was outstanding in both its educational and social aspects. There is no doubt that it was one of our most successful conferences. It attracted almost 100 people from over 25 countries. I have had very complimentary comments from many of them about the programme, the locations, and the superb organisation.

I want to thank you for your time and dedication in playing such a major part in the organisation of this conference. It takes considerable skill, determination and imagination to run a complex and lengthy conference so smoothly and to the satisfaction of so many different people. I congratulate you for this achievement.

I am also most grateful to your organisation for permitting you to play such a major part in the conference.

I always believed that a meeting of the International Association of Law Libraries in Russia would be enjoyable and important and so it proved.

I am sure it has gone a long way to help delegates from around the world to understand and appreciate your country. The delegates will go back and talk about the course to many people and I'm sure they will have very positive things to say.

Further information on the Association:
Founded in 1959, the IALL now has over 500 members in more than 50 countries on five continents. The International Association of Law Libraries is a world-wide organisation of librarians and legal information professionals whose basic purpose is to facilitate the work of those who acquire, organise and make available foreign and international legal information resources. Members are drawn from universities, governments and international organisations, the courts, professional societies and law firms, as well as publishers and others involved in the provision of legal information. The International Association of Law Libraries has done much to advance standards and communicate information in this field. Its Annual Course in International Law Librarianship has taken place in the past few years at Yale Law School, the University of Helsinki, and the European University Institute near Florence.

Jules Winterton
President, International Association of Law Libraries
Librarian and Associate Director Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
University of London