The theme for the 2016 American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Show and Conference serves as a tribute to this year’s host city, Chicago, which famously rebuilt itself after a historic fire. In addition, the sculpture in Chicago’s Daley Plaza by Picasso – who some say reinvented art – also inspired the logo for the …
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AALL session recap: How Collaboration and Crowdsourcing are Changing Legal Research
Bob Ambrogi, lawyer, consultant and blogger at Law Sites, spoke at a well-attended session this morning at the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Annual Meeting. Titled “Playing Well With Others: How Collaboration and Crowdsourcing are Changing Legal Research,” Ambrogi’s presentation began with a light-hearted scolding of lawyers and legal professionals who simply “aren’t very good …
AALL session recap: Technological Innovation in the Practice of Law
In a session at AALL called “Hot Topic: Technological Innovation in the Practice of Law,” three panelists spoke about what innovation means to them and precautions people need to take when being innovative. Daniel Lewis, co-founder and CEO of Ravel Law started things off by talking about how innovation is not about replacing lawyers, like some …
AALL Annual Meeting keynote speaker Terry Gross
The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) Annual Meeting is in Philadelphia, PA this year, and this morning’s keynote speech was given by Terry Gross, host and executive producer of Fresh Air on NPR. Gross began her keynote by talking about the paradoxical profession she is in. She considers herself a very private person, yet she …
Brian Knudsen at AALL – listening to our customers
Thomson Reuters understands the value of listening to our customers and gaining insight on how to better serve them. Brian Knudsen, vice president, Large Law for Thomson Reuters, shares some of what he heard from customers during the 107th annual American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) conference in San Antonio, as well as the trends …
Andrew Keen keynote at AALL annual conference
James Kinzer once wrote, “When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.” With that in mind, things got off to an ‘interesting’ start on Sunday morning at the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) annual conference in San Antonio, TX, with a keynote address by Andrew Keen, …
Anne Ellis retires from Thomson Reuters
Fifteen years is an extraordinary run in any job. But 15 years with a front-row seat in service to the librarian community, at a time of unprecedented change in the legal market, makes the time Anne Ellis has led the Librarian Relations program for Thomson Reuters even more extraordinary. It is thus with a mixture …
The global challenges and opportunities of corporate responsibility
This post is a message from the 2013 AALL Annual Meeting and Conference. To read other posts in the series, click here, and watch for more content soon! As a law librarian, you understand the responsibility inherent in your role as a steward of information. By the same token, corporate responsibility is deeply-rooted in the …
From the floor at AALL: Practice technology for academics
This post was written by Mike Carlson, reference attorney at Thomson Reuters Reference attorneys are among the folks participating in this year’s American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) conference. At the end of the first day on Sunday, we chatted about some trends we noticed working the trade show floor. One clear trend was the …
Anne Ellis on the 2013 AALL Annual Meeting and Conference
This post is the first in a series of messages from the 2013 AALL Annual Conference. To read other posts in the series, click here, and watch for more content soon! By Anne Ellis, senior director, Librarian Relations, Thomson Reuters I am proud to gather with fellow law librarians next week at the AALL annual …
