Full Schedule

8:00am - 4:00pm EDT

AALL Executive Board Meeting (Current/Incoming Board Members and Current Council Chairs)

Room: Hilton Center Street A

12:00pm - 5:00pm EDT

Registration Open

Room: HCC Outside Exhibit Hall C

7:00am - 12:00pm EDT

Registration (Temporary Registration Desk)

Room: Hilton Lobby Level

7:00am - 6:30pm EDT

Registration Open

Room: HCC Outside Exhibit Hall C

8:00am - 3:00pm EDT

CONELL (Conference of Newer Law Librarians) (Sponsored by Thomson Reuters) Separate Registration Required

Room: Hilton Superior C

Sponsored By

8:30am - 4:00pm EDT

PLLIP Summit: Turn It Up! Amplify Your Practical Skills & Processes (Co-Sponsored by Bloomberg Law, Clio, LexisNexis, and Thomson Reuters) (Separate Registration Required)

Room: Hilton Hope Ballroom

Sponsored By

9:00am - 12:00pm EDT

Libraries, Copyright & Fair Use (Separate Registration Required)

Room: HCC Room 5

Coordinator/Speaker: – U.S. Courts, Ninth Circuit Library

Speaker: – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Speaker: – DLA Piper LLP (US)

Management + Business AcumenInformation Management

12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

Leadership Lunch (By Invitation) (Sponsored by Thomson Reuters)

Room: Hilton Center Street BC

Sponsored By

1:00pm - 4:00pm EDT

Re-Focusing in the Attention Economy: Strategies for Law Librarians and Legal Educators (Sponsored by LexisNexis) (Separate Registration Required)

Room: HCC Room 5

Moderator/Coordinator: – Penn State Dickinson Law

Speaker: – BYU Law Library

Speaker: – University of Idaho

Speaker: – UMKC Law Library

Speaker: – University of Oregon School of Law

Speaker: – Georgia State University College of Law Library

Teaching + TrainingResearch + Analysis

Sponsored By

1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT

Library Tour: Case Western Reserve University Law School Library (Separate Registration Required)

Room: Offsite

1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT

Research Instruction & Patron Services (RIPS-SIS) Executive Board Dine-Around

Room: Hilton Veterans A

1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT

Chapter Council Meet and Greet (Chapter Presidents and Vice Presidents)

Room: Hilton Center Street D

1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT

Library Tour: Cleveland Public Library (Separate Registration Required)

Room: Offsite

1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT

SIS Council Meet and Greet (SIS Chairs and Vice Chairs)

Room: Hilton Center Street A

3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT

Legal History & Rare Books SIS (LHRB-SIS) Meeting - Host City Program

Room: HCC Room 12

4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT

Newcomers Networking Kickoff (By Invitation)

Room: HCC Room 9

5:00pm - 6:30pm EDT

Opening Reception in the Exhibit Hall (Ticketed Event; Full Conference/Saturday Single-Day Registrations Include One Ticket)

Room: HCC Exhibit Hall C

7:00pm - 8:30pm EDT

AALL VIP Reception (By Invitation)

Room: Hilton Center Street BC

7:00pm - 9:00pm EDT

Private Law Librarians & Information Professionals SIS (PLLIP-SIS) Volunteer Appreciation Dinner (Sponsored by Thomson Reuters)

Room: Offsite

Sponsored By

7:00am - 8:00am EDT

Zumba

Room: Hilton Center Street D

7:00am - 5:00pm EDT

Registration Open

Room: HCC Outside Exhibit Hall C

7:30am - 8:30am EDT

Academic Law Libraries SIS (ALL-SIS) Meet & Greet

Room: Hilton Hope Ballroom A

7:30am - 8:30am EDT

Government Law Libraries SIS (GLL-SIS) Annual Breakfast Reception & Awards Ceremony (Sponsored by LexisNexis)

Room: Hilton Center Street BC

Sponsored By

7:30am - 8:45am EDT

Private Law Librarians & Information Professionals SIS (PLLIP-SIS) IP Caucus Breakfast Meeting (Sponsored by ktMINE)

Room: Hilton Center Street A

Sponsored By

7:30am - 8:45am EDT

Private Law Librarians & Information Professionals SIS (PLLIP-SIS) KM & Innovation Caucus Meeting

Room: Hilton Hope Ballroom C

9:00am - 10:15am EDT

Opening General Session: How Connection Creates Leadership—Power, People, and Purpose (Co-Sponsored by LexisNexis & Thomson Reuters)

Room: HCC Grand Ballroom BC

Keynote Speaker: – U.S. District Court for the District of Hawai’i

President: – Hawaii State Judiciary

Professionalism + Leadership at Every Level

Co-Sponsored By

10:15am - 11:15am EDT

Exhibit Hall Refreshment Break

Room: HCC Exhibit Hall C

10:15am - 4:00pm EDT

Exhibit Hall Open

Room: HCC Exhibit Hall C

11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

Being New & Alone: Newer Law Librarians on Being a Solo and Small Team Savant

Room: HCC Room 6

Coordinator: – Dickinson Wright

Speaker: – Bowman and Brooke LLP

Speaker: – Butzel Long

Speaker: – Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

Speaker: – Lane County Law Library

Professionalism + Leadership at Every LevelManagement + Business Acumen

11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

Cool Tools Café

Room: HCC Grand Ballroom A

Coordinator: – University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law

Moderator: – Herrick Feinstein, LLP

Speaker: – Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Speaker: – University of Maryland, Baltimore

Speaker: – University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Speaker: – University of Minnesota Law Library

Speaker: – University of Maryland, Carey School of Law, Thurgood Marshall Law Library

Speaker: – University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law

Speaker: – UC Berkeley Law Library

Speaker: – University at Buffalo Law Library

Teaching + TrainingMarketing + Outreach

11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

Exhibitor Showcase: Trust, Verify, Deploy: The Law Librarian's Framework for Responsible Agentic Research

Room: HCC Room 26A

Exhibitor Speaker: – Trellis Legal Research

Sponsored By

11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

From Classroom to Practice: Training the Next Generation of Legal Professionals (Sponsored by LexisNexis)

Room: HCC Room 26BC

Coordinator: – LexisNexis

Speaker: – BakerHostetler

Speaker: – Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Speaker: – Fordham University School of Law

Speaker: – Notre Dame Law School

Teaching + TrainingResearch + Analysis

Sponsored By

11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

See It, Fix It, Open It: ADA Assessment for Every Law Library

Room: HCC Room 25A-C

Coordinator: – Wise Law Library Colorado Law School

Speaker: – Wise Law Library Colorado Law School

Information Management

11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

Strategic Planning 101 for Law Libraries

Room: HCC Room 5

Moderator/Coordinator: – BYU Law Library

Speaker: – University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Speaker: – Troutman Pepper Locke

Speaker: – AKR Consulting

Management + Business Acumen

11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

The Talent Equation: Recruitment, Training, and Retention in Law Firm Libraries

Room: HCC Room 3

Moderator/Coordinator: – DLA Piper LLP (US)

Speaker: – BakerHostetler

Speaker: – Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp LLP

Management + Business Acumen

11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

What’s in a Name? Investigating the Law, Research, and Culture Behind a Major League Rebrand

Room: HCC Room 4

Coordinator: – UC Davis School of Law

Research + Analysis

12:45pm - 1:30pm EDT

Discussion Den: ABA Standard 604: What If We Really Bought No More Physical Books?

Room: HCC Room 22

Discussion Leader:

Management + Business AcumenInformation Management

12:45pm - 1:30pm EDT

Discussion Den: Ideas Worth Stealing: Innovations Transforming Law Libraries

Room: HCC Room 4

Discussion Leader: – Wise Law Library Colorado Law School

Discussion Leader: – NSU Law, Panza Maurer Law Library

Discussion Leader: – Sheppard

Discussion Leader: – Syracuse University College of Law

Information ManagementTeaching + Training

12:45pm - 1:45pm EDT

Academic Law Libraries SIS (ALL-SIS) Collection Development Committee Roundtable

Room: HCC Room 12

12:45pm - 1:45pm EDT

Legal History & Rare Books SIS (LHRB-SIS) Cataloging Roundtable

Room: Hilton Hope Ballroom C

12:45pm - 1:45pm EDT

Legal Information Services to the Public SIS (LISP-SIS) Roundtable

Room: Hilton Veterans D

12:45pm - 1:45pm EDT

Native Peoples Law Caucus (NPLC) Meet-Up

Room: HCC Room 8

12:45pm - 1:45pm EDT

Practising Law Institute Luncheon

Room: Hilton Hope Ballroom D

12:45pm - 1:45pm EDT

Private Law Librarians & Information Professionals SIS (PLLIP-SIS) Business Meeting & Lunch (Separate Registration Required)

Room: Hilton Hope Ballroom E

12:45pm - 1:45pm EDT

Research Instruction & Patron Services (RIPS-SIS) and Academic Law Libraries (ALL-SIS) Joint Roundtable

Room: HCC Room 10

12:45pm - 1:45pm EDT

Technical Services SIS (TS-SIS) Sounding Board

Room: HCC Room 9

12:45pm - 1:45pm EDT

Writing Support from RIPS-SIS and Beyond Roundtable

Room: Hilton Center Street A

2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

Cultivating Positivity & Connections in the Workplace

Room: HCC Grand Ballroom A

Coordinator/Speaker: – University of Alabama School of Law

Speaker: – UMKC Law Library

Speaker: – Texas State Law Library

Management + Business AcumenProfessionalism + Leadership at Every Level

2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

Exhibitor Showcase: Setting the Soundtrack for AI: What’s New in Lexis+ with Protégé & Librarian-Led Adoption Stories

Room: HCC Room 26A

Exhibitor Speaker: – LexisNexis

Speaker: – Ogletree Deakins

Speaker: – Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz

Speaker: – Hofstra University Law School Library

Speaker: – Boston College Law Library

Sponsored By

2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

Hot Topic: From Search Engines to AI Answers: Optimizing Web Content for the Next Wave

Room: HCC Room 26BC

Coordinator/Speaker: – Maryland Thurgood Marshall State Law Library

Moderator/Coordinator: – Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Jerome Hall Law Library

Speaker: – Gravity Works Design + Development

Information ManagementMarketing + Outreach

2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

Improving Legal Information Services for Incarcerated Patrons

Room: HCC Room 6

Moderator/Coordinator: – San Francisco Law Library

Speaker: – Ithaka S+R

Speaker: – Cornell University Law Library

Speaker: – Minnesota State Law Library

Speaker: – Cleveland State University College of Law

Marketing + Outreach

2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

The Fight to Preserve Legal Texts

Room: HCC Room 5

Moderator/Coordinator: – University of Minnesota Law Library

Speaker: – NYU School of Law Library

Speaker: – Social Law Library

Speaker: – Legal Information Preservation Alliance

Information ManagementProfessionalism + Leadership at Every Level

2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

Toward Best Practices in Law Library Services for Online Students

Room: HCC Room 25A-C

Moderator/Coordinator: – Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Speaker: – Syracuse University College of Law

Speaker: – Suffolk University School of Law

Speaker: – Ohio Northern University Law Library

Speaker: – Arizona State University School of Law

Marketing + OutreachTeaching + Training

2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

Transform Your Staff Manual

Room: HCC Room 4

Coordinator/Speaker: – Wisconsin State Law Library

Information ManagementProfessionalism + Leadership at Every Level

2:00pm - 4:15pm EDT

Deep Dive: Say "Aloha" to Subject Analysis and Classification

Room: HCC Room 3

Coordinator: – University of Iowa Law Library

Moderator: – Cornell University Law Library

Speaker: – Robert Crown Law Library, Stanford Law School

Speaker: – Jacob Burns Law Library, The George Washington University

Speaker: – Georgetown University Law Library

Speaker: – UCLA Law Library

Information ManagementTeaching + Training

3:15pm - 4:15pm EDT

Diversify Your Case Law: Using Foreign, International, and Indigenous Law to Teach Lateral Thinking

Room: HCC Room 6

Moderator/Coordinator: – University at Buffalo Law Library

Speaker: – University at Buffalo

Speaker: – University of Minnesota Law

Speaker: – University of New Mexico

Teaching + TrainingResearch + Analysis

3:15pm - 4:15pm EDT

Exhibitor Showcase: Bring Court to Class: Harness Real-World Courtroom Video to Transform Your Trial Advocacy Program

Room: HCC Room 26A

Exhibitor Speaker: – Courtroom View Network

Sponsored By

3:15pm - 4:15pm EDT

Hot Topic: AI Tools and the Future of Public Law Libraries

Room: HCC 26BC

Coordinator: – Cook County Law Library

Speaker: – Texas State Law Library

Speaker: – Ohio Legal Help

Moderator: – Law Library of Louisiana, Louisiana Supreme Court

Research + AnalysisTeaching + Training

3:15pm - 4:15pm EDT

Intranets with Intention: Designing Law Library Portals That Connect, Inform & Engage with Users

Room: HCC Room 4

Coordinator/Speaker: – Jones Day

Speaker: – Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Speaker: – BakerHostetler

Speaker: – U.S. Court of International Trade

Information Management

3:15pm - 4:15pm EDT

Losing Space, Losing Funds, Not Losing Our Minds

Room: HCC Grand Ballroom A

Moderator/Coordinator: – Boston University School of Law

Speaker: – St Mary's University Law Library

Speaker: – Boston University School of Law

Speaker: – University of Maine School of Law Library

Speaker: – Maloney Law Library, Fordham Law School

Management + Business AcumenInformation Management

3:15pm - 4:15pm EDT

Welcome Aboard!: Navigating the Rough Waters of Onboarding

Room: HCC Room 5

Coordinator: – The Catholic University of America

Speaker: – The Catholic University of America

Speaker: – Wisconsin State Law Library

Management + Business AcumenProfessionalism + Leadership at Every Level

3:15pm - 5:15pm EDT

Diversity Symposium & Reception: From DEI to UD: How Universal Design Can Create a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Environment

Room: HCC Room 25A-C

Coordinator: – Northern Illinois University College of Law

Speaker: – CUNY School of Law

Speaker: – Rutgers Law School

Speaker: – University of Cincinnati Donald P. Klekamp College of Law

Professionalism + Leadership at Every LevelTeaching + Training

5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT

AALL Award Recipients Reception (By Invitation) (Sponsored by Clio)

Room: HCC East Plaza

Sponsored By

5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT

Technical Services SIS (TS-SIS) Resource Management Roundtable

Room: Hilton Hope Ballroom C

6:30pm - 7:15pm EDT

Discussion Den: Can We Make AI Course Policies for Legal Research That Actually Work?

Room: HCC Room 21

Discussion Leader: – Penn State Dickinson Law

Discussion Leader: – University of North Carolina School of Law Kathrine R. Everett Law Library

Teaching + TrainingResearch + Analysis

6:30pm - 7:15pm EDT

Discussion Den: So, What Tools Worked? Or Didn’t? A Follow-Up to Cool Tools for Neurodiverse Librarians and Their Allies

Room: HCC Room 22

Discussion Leader:

Professionalism + Leadership at Every LevelTeaching + Training

6:45pm - 7:45pm EDT

Legal Innovation & Technology SIS (LIT-SIS) Social Event (Sponsored by Clio)

Room: Offsite

Sponsored By

6:30am - 7:30am EDT

Yoga

Room: Hilton Center Street D

7:00am - 8:15am EDT

Academic Law Libraries SIS (ALL-SIS) Directors’ Breakfast (SOLD OUT)

Room: Hilton Hope Ballroom B

7:00am - 8:15am EDT

Academic Law Libraries SIS (ALL-SIS) Middle-Managers’ Breakfast (SOLD OUT)

Room: Hilton Hope Ballroom A

7:00am - 8:15am EDT

Private Law Librarians & Information Professionals SIS (PLLIP-SIS) Tax Caucus Breakfast Meeting (Sponsored by Tax Analysts/Tax Notes)

Room: Hilton Center Street A

Sponsored By

7:00am - 5:00pm EDT

Registration Open

Room: HCC Outside Exhibit Hall C

7:30am - 8:15am EDT

Discussion Den: Law Library Support for Law Review Staff and Editors

Room: HCC Room 21

Discussion Leader: – Boston College Law School Library

Teaching + TrainingMarketing + Outreach

7:30am - 8:15am EDT

Discussion Den: Teaching Legal Research to LLM Students

Room: HCC Room 21

Discussion Leader: – University of Cincinnati Donald P. Klekamp College of Law

Teaching + Training

7:30am - 8:15am EDT

Private Law Librarians & Information Professionals SIS (PLLIP-SIS) Board 50th Anniversary Planning Meeting

Room: Hilton Center Street C

8:30am - 9:30am EDT

Exhibit Hall Refreshment Break

Room: HCC Exhibit Hall C

8:30am - 9:30am EDT

Meet the AALL Executive Board Candidates

Room: HCC Exhibit Hall C (Booth 611)

8:30am - 4:00pm EDT

Exhibit Hall Open

Room: HCC Exhibit Hall C

9:45am - 10:45am EDT

Choose Your Own Management Adventure: Stories from the Professional Trenches

Room: HCC Room 5

Moderator/Coordinator: – LSU Law Library

Moderator/Coordinator: – University of Wisconsin Law Library

Speaker: – Law Library of Congress

Speaker: – DLA Piper LLP (US)

Professionalism + Leadership at Every LevelManagement + Business Acumen

9:45am - 10:45am EDT

Exhibitor Showcase: Beyond Search: How Protégé Is Reshaping Intelligize+ AI and What’s Next

Room: HCC Room 26A

Exhibitor Speaker: – Intelligize

Sponsored By

9:45am - 10:45am EDT

How to Investigate Private Companies Using Public Records

Room: HCC Room 6

Coordinator: – FTI Consulting

Research + Analysis

9:45am - 10:45am EDT

Spreading Your Wings as a Law Librarian: Monetizing Your Skills for Purpose, Profit & Professional Power

Room: HCC Room 3

Moderator/Coordinator: – Jones Day

Moderator: – Cooley LLP

Speaker: – Grey Letter Advisory

Speaker: – Golden Arrow Publishing

Speaker: – Lexis Nexis Legal

Speaker:

Management + Business Acumen

9:45am - 10:45am EDT

The Next Generation of Law Library Research Assistant Programs

Room: HCC Room 25A-C

Coordinator/Speaker: – Indiana University Maurer School of Law

Speaker: – BYU Law Library

Teaching + TrainingProfessionalism + Leadership at Every Level

9:45am - 10:45am EDT

Value of Investment: Amplifying the Library’s Strategic Impact in the Age of AI (Sponsored by Thomson Reuters)

Room: HCC Grand Ballroom A

Coordinator: – Thomson Reuters

Research + AnalysisProfessionalism + Leadership at Every Level

Sponsored By

9:45am - 10:45am EDT

We Teach That Too! Law Librarians Beyond Legal Research

Room: HCC Room 26BC

Coordinator/Speaker: – University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law

Speaker: – University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law

Speaker: – NYC Law Department

Speaker: – University of Maryland, Carey School of Law, Thurgood Marshall Law Library

Teaching + Training

9:45am - 12:00pm EDT

Deep Dive: Storytelling for Change: Increasing Access to Justice by Uplifting the Unheard

Room: HCC Room 4

Coordinator: – Louisiana State University

Moderator: – University of the District of Columbia

Speaker: – The Promise of Justice Initiative

Speaker: – Boston College Law School

Marketing + OutreachTeaching + Training

11:00am - 12:00pm EDT

AI Law and Policy Across Borders: Impact on Legal Research and Libraries

Room: HCC Room 5

Coordinator/Speaker: – Duke Law School

Speaker: – University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law

Speaker: – Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

Moderator: – LLMC

Research + AnalysisTeaching + Training

11:00am - 12:00pm EDT

Cataloging Curiosities: Classifying and Describing the Quirky and Rare in Your Library

Room: HCC Room 3

Moderator: – University of Alabama School of Law

Speaker: – UC Berkeley Law Library

Speaker: – Thurgood Marshall State Law Library

Coordinator: – Lilian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School

Information Management

11:00am - 12:00pm EDT

Catch the Vibe: What Law Librarians Need to Know About Vibe Coding

Room: HCC Room 6

Moderator/Coordinator: – Harvard Law School Library

Speaker: – The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

Speaker: – Holland & Knight LLP

Speaker: – Maryland Thurgood Marshall State Law Library

Teaching + Training

11:00am - 12:00pm EDT

Exhibitor Showcase: Innovation in Regulatory Compliance Research: Insight into Evolving roles, Workflows, and Collaborations

Room: HCC Room 26A

Exhibitor Speaker: – Wolters Kluwer

Speaker: – Grey Letter Advisory

Speaker: – Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Speaker: – BakerHostetler

Speaker: – Duane Morris LLP

Sponsored By

11:00am - 12:00pm EDT

From Burnout to Brilliance: Empowering Teams Feeling Overlooked, Overworked, or On the Edge

Room: HCC Room 25A-C

Coordinator/Speaker: – Troutman Pepper Locke

Management + Business AcumenProfessionalism + Leadership at Every Level

11:00am - 12:00pm EDT

Hot Topic: Adapting to SSRN’s Changes to the Legal Scholarly Communications System

Room: HCC 26BC

Discussion Leader: – University of Minnesota Law School

Discussion Leader:

Information ManagementMarketing + Outreach

11:00am - 12:00pm EDT

Preserving Transparency: Federal Information Policy in the Wake of the "Great Takedown"

Room: HCC Grand Ballroom A

Coordinator/Speaker: – Lewis & Clark Law School

Research + AnalysisTeaching + Training

12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

Academic Law Libraries SIS (ALL-SIS) Faculty Services Roundtable

Room: HCC Room 12

12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

Foreign, Comparative & International Law SIS (FCIL-SIS) Committee Meetings

Room: Hilton Hope Ballroom A

12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

Get LIT-SIS at the BLL-SIS-ful Gaming Event with PEGA-SIS: Join Us at the Hilton

Room: Hilton Hope Ballroom C

12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

Joint LISP-SIS/GLL-SIS/SR-SIS/BLL-SIS Roundtable - Law Library Services to Prisoners & Public Patrons

Room: HCC Room 9

12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

Legal History & Rare Books SIS (LHRB-SIS) Archives Roundtable

Room: Hilton Center Street B

12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

Legal Innovation & Technology SIS (LIT-SIS) Roundtable Discussion

Room: Hilton Hope Ballroom C

12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

Library Systems & Resource Discovery SIS (LSRD-SIS) Local Systems Meeting

Room: Hilton Hope Ballroom B

12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

Library Systems & Resource Discovery SIS (LSRD-SIS) Roundtable 1

Room: HCC Room 10

12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

Library Systems & Resource Discovery SIS (LSRD-SIS) Technical Services Law Librarian Editorial Board Meeting

Room: HCC Room 8

12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

Library Tour: Cleveland City Hall and CPL Public Administration Library (SOLD OUT)

Room: Offsite

12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

Library Tour: Cuyahoga County Courthouse & Law Library (SOLD OUT)

Room: Offsite

12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

Technical Services SIS (TS-SIS) Management Issues Roundtable

Room: Hilton Center Street A

12:15pm - 1:00pm EDT

Discussion Den: Creating a Succession Plan for Your Library

Room: HCC Room 21

Discussion Leader: – Penn State Dickinson Law

Professionalism + Leadership at Every LevelManagement + Business Acumen

12:15pm - 1:00pm EDT

Discussion Den: Demystifying Promotion, Tenure, and Continuing Status

Room: HCC Room 22

Discussion Leader: – CUNY School of Law

Professionalism + Leadership at Every LevelTeaching + Training

1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT

Automating Institutional Repository Workflows: From Repetition to Efficiency

Room: HCC Room 25A-C

Coordinator/Speaker: – University of Notre Dame Kresge Law Library

Speaker: – Stanford Law School Library

Information Management

1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT

Beyond Anecdotes for Beginners: Getting Started with Empirical Research

Room: HCC Grand Ballroom A

Coordinator/Speaker: – University of Maryland School of Law

Speaker: – University of Georgia School of Law

Speaker: – George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School

Moderator: – Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Research + AnalysisProfessionalism + Leadership at Every Level

1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT

Budgie Bills and Byrd Baths: Understanding, Tracking, and Researching Federal Appropriations

Room: HCC Room 4

Coordinator/Speaker: – Law Library of Congress

Speaker: – Law Library of Congress

Research + Analysis

1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT

Ducks in the Library! More Examples of Passive Outreach in Law Libraries

Room: HCC Room 26BC

Coordinator/Speaker: – The Catholic University of America

Speaker: – The Catholic University of America

Speaker: – DC Court of Appeals

Marketing + Outreach

1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT

Exhibitor Showcase: CoCounsel Legal Reimagined: The Next Generation of Legal AI

Room: HCC Room 26A

Exhibitor Speaker: – Thomson Reuters

Sponsored By

1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT

LAWPods: Promoting a Futuristic Solution to Present-Day Problems?

Room: HCC Room 6

Coordinator/Speaker: – Harris County Robert W. Hainsworth Law Library

Speaker: – Harris County Robert W. Hainsworth Law Library

Speaker: – Harris County Public Library

Marketing + OutreachTeaching + Training

1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT

License to Lead: Managing Contracts and License Agreements for Transparency Across Your Organization

Room: HCC Room 3

Coordinator: – Perkins Coie, LLP - Library

Speaker: – BakerHostetler

Speaker: – University of Washington Gallagher Law Library

Management + Business Acumen

1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT

Training for a Lawyer Audience: Strategies That Stick

Room: HCC Room 5

Coordinator: – Greenberg Traurig

Speaker: – Charleston School of Law

Teaching + TrainingProfessionalism + Leadership at Every Level

2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT

Exhibit Hall Refreshment Break

Room: HCC Exhibit Hall C

3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT

Aloha Management

Room: HCC Room 4

Coordinator/Speaker: – Ogletree Deakins

Speaker: – Harris County Robert W. Hainsworth Law Library

Speaker: – Indiana University Maurer School of Law

Speaker: – Ogletree Deakins

Professionalism + Leadership at Every LevelManagement + Business Acumen

3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT

Code Meets Code: Benchmarking Statutory Research by GenAI

Room: HCC Room 3

Coordinator/Speaker: – BYU Law Library

Speaker: – Brigham Young University School of Law Library

Speaker: – Willamette University College of Law

Research + AnalysisTeaching + Training

3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT

Exhibitor Showcase: CoCounsel Legal Masterclass: Elevating Your Legal Workflows with the Latest Capabilities

Room: HCC Room 26A

Exhibitor Speaker: – Thomson Reuters

Sponsored By

3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT

Fighting for the Freedom to Read: Law Library Edition

Room: HCC Room 26BC

Moderator/Coordinator: – Seton Hall University School of Law

Speaker: – Georgia State University College of Law Library

Speaker: – Texas State Law Library

Speaker: – Harris County Public Library

Information ManagementProfessionalism + Leadership at Every Level

3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT

Inclusive Outreach Now: Practical Playbooks to Serve Patrons with Disabilities

Room: HCC Room 25A-C

Speaker: – Gravis Law

Coordinator: – Gravis Law

Marketing + OutreachInformation Management

3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT

Librarians as Changemakers: Approaching the Implementation of Publishing Best Practices for Legal Journals

Room: HCC Room 5

Coordinator/Speaker: – Boston College Law Library

Speaker: – Duke Law School

Speaker: – University of Minnesota Law School

Moderator: – BYU Law Library

Information ManagementMarketing + Outreach

3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT

Tracking with Aloha: Comparing Usage Tools for Law Library Insights

Room: HCC Room 6

Coordinator: – BakerHostetler

Speaker: – Schneider Bell

Speaker: – Sheppard Mullin

Research + AnalysisInformation Management

3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT

Using Legal Research Performance Task Questions: From Creation to Implementation

Room: HCC Grand Ballroom A

Coordinator/Speaker: – University of Georgia School of Law

Moderator: – University of Georgia School of Law

Speaker: – University of Florida Levin College of Law

Speaker: – University at Buffalo Law Library

Teaching + Training

5:00pm - 5:45pm EDT

AALL Business Meeting

Room: HCC Grand Ballroom BC

5:45pm - 6:45pm EDT

Technical Services SIS (TS-SIS) Metadata Management Roundtable

Room: Hilton Center Street A

5:45pm - 7:00pm EDT

Foreign, Comparative & International Law SIS (FCIL-SIS) Schaffer Grant Recipient Presentation & Reception (Sponsored by Clio)

Room: Hilton Hope Ballroom A

Sponsored By

6:30am - 7:30am EDT

Yoga

Room: Hilton Center Street D

7:00am - 8:00am EDT

Library Systems & Resource Discovery SIS (LSRD-SIS) Roundtable 2

Room: Hilton Center Street A

7:00am - 1:00pm EDT

Registration Open

Room: HCC Outside Exhibit Hall C

7:30am - 8:15am EDT

Discussion Den: Library Book Groups

Room: HCC Room 22

Discussion Leader: – Northern Illinois University College of Law

Information ManagementMarketing + Outreach

7:30am - 8:15am EDT

Discussion Den: Teaching AI Courses

Room: HCC Room 21

Discussion Leader: – George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School

Discussion Leader: – Brigham Young University School of Law Library

Teaching + Training

8:30am - 9:30am EDT

Democracy Demands Disclosure: Legal Barriers to Public Information

Room: HCC Room 5

Coordinator: – Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Rio Piedras

Speaker: – Texas Tech University

Speaker: – University of North Texas

Marketing + OutreachProfessionalism + Leadership at Every Level

8:30am - 9:30am EDT

FCIL 101: Learn the Basics of Foreign, Comparative & International Law Research

Room: HCC Grand Ballroom A

Moderator/Coordinator: – University of St. Thomas School of Law

Speaker: – Vanderbilt University

Speaker: – University of California, Berkeley Law Library

Speaker: – Boston College Law School Library

Speaker: – UCLA Law Library

Speaker: – Brigham Young University School of Law Library

Speaker: – University of Akron School of Law

Speaker: – UConn Law

Speaker: – LLMC

Speaker: – University of Minnesota Law

Research + AnalysisTeaching + Training

8:30am - 9:30am EDT

It's Storytime: Advocacy Storytelling Tools to Promote Your Library

Room: HCC Room 25A-C

Moderator/Coordinator: – Brooklyn Law School

Management + Business AcumenProfessionalism + Leadership at Every Level

8:30am - 9:30am EDT

Litigation in the Age of AI Slop: Best Practices, Ethics, and Education

Room: HCC Room 6

Coordinator: – Bloomberg Law

Moderator/Coordinator: – Bloomberg Law

Speaker: – Jones Day

Speaker: – Case Western Reserve University School of Law

Speaker: – United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio

Research + AnalysisTeaching + Training

8:30am - 9:30am EDT

Mapping the Law: How a 10-Day Road Trip to Discover County Law Library Services Built a Community

Room: HCC Room 26BC

Coordinator/Speaker: – Lane County Law Library

Speaker: – Washington County Law Library

Professionalism + Leadership at Every LevelMarketing + Outreach

8:30am - 9:30am EDT

Personal Safety for Librarians: An Intro to Basic Skills

Room: HCC Room 4

Coordinator/Speaker: – Indiana University Maurer School of Law

Speaker: – Indiana University Maurer School of Law

Professionalism + Leadership at Every Level

8:30am - 9:30am EDT

Touchable in Cleveland? Eliot Ness and the Kingsbury Run Torso Murders

Room: HCC Room 3

Moderator/Coordinator: – Cleveland State University College of Law

Speaker: – Cleveland Police Historical Society & Museum

Speaker: – DNA Doe Project

Marketing + OutreachTeaching + Training

8:30am - 12:00pm EDT

Exhibit Hall Open

Room: HCC Exhibit Hall C

9:45am - 11:15am EDT

Exhibit Hall Refreshment Break

Room: HCC Exhibit Hall C

9:45am - 11:15am EDT

Poster Session Presentation and Review Period

Room: HCC Exhibit Hall C

11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

Alternative Teaching: How to Reach Students Outside of the Traditional Classroom

Room: HCC Room 5

Moderator/Coordinator: – UConn School of Law

Speaker: – UConn School of Law

Speaker: – Harris County Robert W. Hainsworth Law Library

Speaker: – Charleston School of Law

Teaching + Training

11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

Banning Book Banning: Librarian-Led Advocacy and the Rhode Island Freedom to Read Coalition

Room: HCC Room 26BC

Moderator/Coordinator: – Roger Williams University

Speaker: – Penguin Random House

Speaker: – PRH

Speaker: – American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom

Professionalism + Leadership at Every LevelMarketing + Outreach

11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

Exhibitor Showcase: One-Stop Intelligence: Faster, Smarter Company Research

Room: HCC Room 26A

Exhibitor Speaker: – Moody's

Sponsored By

11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

Hot Topic: FIRE! Ohio and Its Connection with the EPA

Room: HCC Grand Ballroom A

Moderator/Coordinator: – Dentons

Speaker: – Teaching Cleveland

Speaker: – Teaching Cleveland Incorporated

Speaker: – Cuyahoga County Archives and Cuyahoga County Archives Advisory Commission

Speaker: – McMahon DeGulis

Marketing + OutreachResearch + Analysis

11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

Increasing Access to Justice with Public Libraries

Room: HCC Room 6

Coordinator/Speaker: – Wisconsin State Law Library

Speaker: – University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law

Speaker: – Anoka County Law Library

Professionalism + Leadership at Every LevelMarketing + Outreach

11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

Negotiating Contracts: A Conversation Between Information Vendors and Librarians on Issues, Strategies, and ADA Changes

Room: HCC Room 25A-C

Coordinator: – Devine, Millimet & Branch, P.A.

Moderator: – Harvard Law School Library

Speaker: – Law Library, University of California, Irvine

Speaker: – LexisNexis

Speaker: – Thomson Reuters

Management + Business AcumenInformation Management

11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

Save Our Now: Preserving the Institution's History for Tomorrow's Users

Room: HCC Room 4

Moderator/Coordinator: – University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law

Speaker: – University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Biddle Law Library

Speaker: – Harvard Law School Library

Information ManagementMarketing + Outreach

11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

Utilizing Free GenAI Programs to Prepare Profiles of People and Companies

Room: HCC Room 3

Coordinator/Speaker: – Herrick Feinstein, LLP

Research + AnalysisTeaching + Training

12:45pm - 2:00pm EDT

Association Luncheon (Ticketed Event)

Room: HCC Grand Ballroom BC

2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

Library Tour: Cleveland Police Museum (Separate Registration Required)

Room: Offsite

2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

Library Tour: Cleveland State University Law Library (SOLD OUT)

Room: Offsite

2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT

AALL Informal Executive Board Meeting (2026-2027 Board Members)

Room: Hilton Center Street A