Continuing Education Committee Annual Report 2023-2024

The Continuing Education Committee had another successful year, sponsoring three presentations during the 2023-24 CALL year. The committee tried to identify topics that would interest all of our members, whether they work for private law firms, academic institutions, or courts or government agencies. Following a practice that began during the pandemic, all three presentations were webinars held over Zoom:

All of our presentations this year garnered immense interest and were well-attended by our CALL Members.

This year’s programs were all recorded and made available on the CALL website. The committee used Zoom to create webinar invites, host the programs, and record the programs.  The cloud storage in Zoom became a concern as we were at about 98% usage.  Shari brought this to the attention of the Board, and they began looking at a number of solutions for increasing capacity for future recordings.

The committee stayed within budget and did not need to pay any speaking or other fees this year.

All of this year’s programs were driven by our volunteer committee members.  Special thanks go to this year’s committee members Caitlin Archer-Helke, Joe Mitzenmacher, and Amy Tomaszewski for their work in putting together our programs. I would also like to thank our Board liaison Todd Hillmer for his input.

Continuing Education Committee Annual Report 2022-2023

The Continuing Education Committee had another successful year, sponsoring four presentations during the 2022-23 CALL year. The committee tried to identify topics that would interest all of our members, whether they work for private law firms, academic institutions, or courts or government agencies.

Following a practice that began during the pandemic, all four presentations were webinars held over Zoom, with links to the recordings available here:
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CALL Public Relations Committee 2021-2022 Annual Report

Chair: Sarah Walangitan

Interim Chair (January – March 2022): Shari Berkowitz Duff

Members: Jesse Bowman, Lyo Louis-Jacques, Kristina DeGuzman

Board Liaison: Scott Vanderlin

Committee Charge: Public Relations Committee maintains the CALL Website and Discussion forum; evaluates and recommends changes for improvements; uses a variety of methods to inform the legal and library communities about CALL, and law librarianship including submitting membership and other CALL news to AALL, and other appropriate organizations, and taking photos at CALL events. Coordinates and plans, with the Vice President/President-Elect, the CALL activities table display in the exhibit hall at the AALL Annual Meeting. Continue reading CALL Public Relations Committee 2021-2022 Annual Report

Looking Back at AALL in Austin

The only things I knew about Austin were what most people probably know . . . it’s home to great barbecue, the University of Texas, the state capitol, and the South By Southwest Festival. But I knew there must be so much more to Austin than that, and how can you not love a place where the city’s slogan is “Keep Austin Weird”!? It had always seemed like it would be an interesting place to visit someday, so when I saw the 2017 Annual Conference was being held there, I was excited. Being a first-time member of the Annual Meeting Program Committee made me more determined than ever to attend. Receiving a CALL grant was instrumental in making that possible. Continue reading Looking Back at AALL in Austin