PLLIP, the Private Law Librarians Interest Group of the American Association of Law Libraries, has created a list of resources to help people follow the numerous orders by US President Donald Trump as well as the many lawsuits trying to stop him:”Private law librarians and information professionals have been busy keeping tabs on AI developments
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2025 NELLCO Symposium
NELLCO, an international consortium of law libraries with headquarters in Albany, New York, will be holding a virtual symposium Tuesday, April 1, 2025 through Friday, April 4 2025.There will be sessions on a wide variety of topics such as:
- Rethinking Legal Research: Analysis as the New ‘Why’ for AI and the NextGen Bar Exam
March/April 2025 Issue of AALL Spectrum
The March/April 2025 issue of AALL Spectrum is now available online.
The issue has a number of feature articles on law library collection development.It is a publication of the American Association of Law Libraries, one of the sister associations of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries.
Statistics Canada Article on Firearms and Violent Crime
A new article on Firearms and violent crime in Canada, 2023 appeared this week in Juristat, a publication from Statistics Canada.
The article looks at the most recent police-reported data on firearm-related violent crime, including incidents where a firearm was present, as well as the firearm-specific violations of discharging a firearm with intent, using a
April 1 Deadline for Canadian Association of Law Libraries Education Reserve Fund
The Education Reserve Fund of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) awards money to CALL members to further their education in pursuits that do not fit the guidelines of already established scholarships. These include such activities as library and/or law courses given outside Canada, study leaves and/or sabbaticals, or other educational activities that do not
April 1 Deadline to Nominate Candidates for CALL Awards
The Scholarships and Awards Committee of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) has announced that nominations are now being accepted for four of the association’s major awards and prizes.Denis Marshall Memorial Award for Excellence in Law Librarianship: For outstanding service to the Association and / or enhancement of the profession of law
Canadian Association of Law Libraries Launches Revamped Law Librarians’ Institute
The following is taken from In Session, the monthly bulletin of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL):CALL is pleased to announced our revamped Law Librarians’ Institute, a specialized training program designed to help legal information professionals, law students, and other legal researchers build and refine their legal research skills.Developed by Annette Demers and
Government of Canada Consultation on Copyright in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence
The government of Canada has released its report on what it heard during consultations on copyright and artificial intelligence that took place between October 12, 2023, and January 15, 2024.
“The consultation sought feedback on three key copyright policy areas related to generative AI technology:
Improved Government and Legislative Libraries Online Publications Portal (GALLOP)
GALLOP, the Government and Legislative Libraries Online Publications Portal, was launched a little more than a decade ago by the Association of Parliamentary Libraries in Canada (APLIC).
It is a portal providing access to electronic provincial government publications.
It has moved to a new platform:
“The GALLOP Portal is intended as a one-stop access
New Zealand Law Commission Consultation Paper on Hate Crime
The Law Commission of New Zealand recently published a consultation paper on hate crime.
“This review has its origins in the 15 March 2019 terrorist attack on Christchurch masjidain
(Muslim places of worship), which claimed the lives of 51 people, leaving 40 people with
gunshot injuries. The murder, attempted murder and wounding of these