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MAALL 2015 Program – Everything’s Up to Date: Preparing Practice-Ready Students
On October 22, 2015, Lindsey Carpino and Annie Mentkowski presented “Everything’s Up to Date: Preparing Practice-Ready Law Students.” (The inaugural CALL “What’s Buzzin’?” brown bag event functioned as the dress rehearsal for their MAALL 2015 presentation – if interested, the summary of the notes are here). The MAALL presentation can be viewed in its entirety…
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MAALL 2015 Conference Webcasts
In case you missed the 2015 Mid-America Association of Law Libraries (MAALL) conference in Kansas City, Missouri, you can watch many of the sessions online here. CALL Members at MAALL (webcasts): Leading and Directing Law Libraries Jennifer Prilliman Heidi Kuehl John Edwards Joyce McCray Pearson Everything’s Up to Date- Preparing Practice Ready Law Students Lindsey…
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The Invisible Benefits of Library School
I have worked in libraries for the last 14 years in a variety of roles, but it was only last year that I decided to attend a graduate program in Library and Information Sciences. Since I am a full time staff member at Loyola University Chicago’s Law Library and commute almost 3 hours a day to…
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CALL Continuing Education Event: Librarians as Strategic Partners to Lawyers
On October 20, 2015, Neal, Gerber and Eisenberg hosted a CALL Continuing Education Event, “Forecasting Opportunities for Rainmakers: Librarians as Strategic Partners to Lawyers.” Below is a description of the program followed by a recap by one of the law firm librarian panelists, Skadden’s Vanessa Meihaus. Program Description: “Law librarians have the opportunity to innovate…
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Forecasting Opportunities for Rainmakers: Librarians as Strategic Partners to Lawyers
I was thrilled to share insights from the marketing and business development perspective at the October 20, 2015 CALL program “Forecasting Opportunities for Rainmakers.” Here are a few take-aways that emerged from our conversation: Collaboration NOT Competition. Our professional lives are already hectic enough with responding to or preparing for the various requests we receive from…
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From the Courthouse
Once upon a time I was a librarian in a public library. I was a teen services librarian to be exact. Prior to that, I was a paralegal. My two worlds have magically come together and now, for going on three years, I have been a law librarian at the DuPage County Courthouse. Although there…
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Whatever Happened To . . . Laura Weidig?
In an organization as large as CALL, members come and go and many of us sometimes wonder where our former colleagues have gone and what they are doing personally and professionally. This article is the revival of a past series featuring individuals who were Chicago law librarians at one time and who have moved on to…
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All About ILTA
The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) formed over 30 years ago due to the shared needs and concerns of law firm accounting professionals using Wang Computers. As technology seeped and then poured into legal entities, ILTA grew in areas of expertise and support. ILTA’s membership includes law firms, corporate and non-profit legal departments, courts, law…
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CALL Committee Round-Up
The CALL Committee Round-Up is a CALL Bulletin featured column where all of our committees provide an update for us each issue to let us know what they are working on.
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Volunteer Opportunities at AALL Chicago 2016
Do you like to greet visitors and make them feel welcome? Do you like to guide others to local restaurants? Do you like to staff the hospitality booth? Or do you prefer to help out behind the scenes with fellow librarians? Chicago is the host city for the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting…
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