Category: Winter 2015
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CALL Executive Board Meeting, September 2014
Note: To access complete Minutes from this meeting, visit the Board Minutes page on the CALL website. AALL Headquarters 105 W. Adams St., Suite 3300 (enter on Clark St.) September 9, 2014 9:00 a.m. Board Members Present: Maribel Nash Robert Martin Stephanie Crawford Clare Willis Jamie Sommer Julie Pabarja Margaret Schilt Board Members Absent: none Guests:…
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CALL Executive Board Meeting, October 2014
Note: To access complete Minutes from this meeting, visit the Board Minutes page on the CALL website. AALL Headquarters 105 W. Adams St., Suite 3300 (enter on Clark St.) October 11, 2014 9:00 a.m. Board Members Present: Maribel Nash (via conference call) Robert Martin Stephanie Crawford Clare Willis Jamie Sommer Julie Pabarja Margaret Schil Board Members…
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November 2014 Business Meeting Round-Up
CALL held its second Business Meeting of the year at Tortoise Club, 350 N. State St. on November 20, 2014. President Margaret Schilt called the meeting to order at noon and praised the Meetings Committee for finding a great new venue. Margaret then welcomed several new members.
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CALL 2015-16 Slate of Candidates
The Bulletin is pleased to present your 2015-16 slate of candidates. The candidates’ names are linked to PDF copies of their biographies and statements, which can also be viewed in the members’ area of the CALL website. The election will begin on February 13, 2015 and end at midnight March 15, 2015. To see the bios and statements, login to…
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Digital Voices: Devices that Speak & Listen
Did you know that you can have your computer read text out loud to you? Or that you can read to your computer and it will type what you say? You can, and neither of these features require special programs. Both are built into features that you already have on your computer (they are also…
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Empirical Legal Studies: A Brief Overview
Over the past two decades, empirical legal studies (ELS) has become an increasingly hot research and teaching field in law schools. ELS involves the use of data and statistics to analyze and understand the law, predict judicial behavior, and explore the interactions of law and economics. With its deep connection to the social sciences, ELS…
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International Law Researchers Gather in Chicago
The American Society of International Law (ASIL) held its 2014 Midyear Meeting and Research Forum in Chicago on November 6-8 at three venues: John Marshall Law School, Baker & McKenzie LLP, and Northwestern University School of Law. ASIL has “nearly 4,000 members from more than 100 nations include attorneys, academics, corporate counsel, judges, representatives of governments and…
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What’s Rotten About Legal Scholarship, and How to Cure It: A Georgetown Symposium
When Supreme Court justices cite Internet sources in their opinions, how do they ensure the integrity of those sources for future legal scholars? The answer, unfortunately, is not very well, as illustrated by this dose of digital schadenfreude visited upon Justice Alito. This was the central problem explored by a one-day conference at Georgetown University…
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Law Firm v. Academic Librarians
I recently graduated from library school and started my law librarianship career. Although I had previously set out to become an academic law school reference librarian, I was presented with a wonderful opportunity to begin my law librarianship career at a top law firm. I am often asked how being an academic reference librarian is different…
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