Full Schedule

9:00am - 10:15am EDT

Opening General Session (Co-Sponsored by LexisNexis & Thomson Reuters)

Keynote Speaker: Micah W. J. Smith

President: Jenny Silbiger (she/her/hers) – Hawaii State Judiciary

Professionalism + Leadership at Every Level

Co-Sponsored By

10:15am - 11:15am EDT

Exhibit Hall Refreshment Break

10:15am - 4:00pm EDT

Exhibit Hall Open

11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

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

Coordinator: Allie Penn – Dickinson Wright

Speaker: Amy Carr (she/her/hers) – Bowman and Brooke LLP

Speaker: Abigale Mumby – Butzel Long

Speaker: Kaitlin Klemp-Skirvin – Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

Speaker: Brittany J. Young (she/her/hers) – Lane County Law Library

Professionalism + Leadership at Every LevelManagement + Business Acumen

11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

Cool Tools Café

Moderator/Coordinator: Chi H. Song – University of Maryland Carey School of Law

Teaching + TrainingMarketing + Outreach

11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

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

Coordinator: AnnaKatherine Wherren – Colorado Law School

Information Management

11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

Strategic Planning 101 for Law Libraries

Moderator/Coordinator: Annalee Hickman Pierson (she/her/hers) – BYU Law Library

Speaker: Catherine M. Dunn (she/her/hers) – University of Denver Sturm College of Law

Speaker: Tiffany Jenkins – Troutman Pepper Locke

Management + Business Acumen

11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

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

Moderator/Coordinator: Tanya L. Livshits – DLA Piper LLP (US)

Speaker: G. Patrick Flanagan – BakerHostetler

Management + Business Acumen

11:30am - 12:30pm EDT

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

Coordinator: Stephanie L. Grace – UC Davis School of Law

Research + Analysis

12:45pm - 1:45pm EDT

PLLIP-SIS Business Meeting & Lunch (Separate Registration Required)

2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

Cultivating Positivity & Connections in the Workplace

Coordinator/Speaker: Jennifer Mart-Rice (she/her/hers) – University of Alabama School of Law

Speaker: Ariel Newman (she/they) – UMKC Law Library

Speaker: Amy Small (she/her/hers) – Texas State Law Library

Management + Business AcumenProfessionalism + Leadership at Every Level

2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

Improving Legal Reference Services for Incarcerated Patrons

Moderator/Coordinator: Diane M. Rodriguez (she/her/hers) – San Francisco Law Library

Marketing + Outreach

2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

The Fight to Preserve Legal Texts

Moderator/Coordinator: Jacob Sayward – University of Minnesota Law Library

Information ManagementProfessionalism + Leadership at Every Level

2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

Toward Best Practices in Law Library Services for Online Students

Moderator/Coordinator: Tammy R P Oltz – Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Speaker: Jan Fleckenstein – Syracuse University School of Law

Speaker: Katherine Haldeman – Suffolk University School of Law

Speaker: Dustin Johnston-Greene – Ohio Northern University Law Library

Speaker: Dan Kimmons – Arizona State University School of Law

Marketing + OutreachTeaching + Training

2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

Transform Your Staff Manual

Coordinator/Speaker: Carol Hassler (she/her/hers) – Wisconsin State Law Library

Information ManagementProfessionalism + Leadership at Every Level

2:00pm - 4:15pm EDT

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

Coordinator: Thomas F. White (he/him/his) – University of Iowa Law Library

Moderator: Jackie Magagnosc (she/her/hers) – Cornell University Law Library

Speaker: Ryan Tamares (he/him/his) – Robert Crown Law Library, Stanford Law School

Speaker: Robert Bratton (he/him/his) – Jacob Burns Law Library, The George Washington University

Speaker: Rachel Decker (she/her/hers) – Georgetown University Law Library

Information ManagementTeaching + Training

3:15pm - 4:15pm EDT

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

Moderator/Coordinator: Austin Waters (She/They) – University at Buffalo

Speaker: Rebecca Chapman (she/her/hers) – University at Buffalo

Speaker: Loren Turner – University of Minnesota

Speaker: Sherri N. Thomas – University of New Mexico

Teaching + TrainingResearch + Analysis

3:15pm - 4:15pm EDT

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

Coordinator: Matthew L. Timko (he/him/his) – Northern Illinois University College of Law

Professionalism + Leadership at Every LevelTeaching + Training

3:15pm - 4:15pm EDT

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

Coordinator/Speaker: Julie Jones – Jones Day

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

Speaker: Jeannette Mazur – BakerHostetler

Speaker: Josh LaPorte (he/him/his) – U.S. Court of International Trade

Information Management

3:15pm - 4:15pm EDT

Losing Space, Losing Funds, Not Losing Our Minds

Moderator/Coordinator: Anna Lawless-Collins (she/her/hers) – Boston University School of Law

Speaker: Stacy Fowler – St Mary's University Law Library

Speaker: Rebecca Bearden (she/her/hers) – Boston University School of Law

Speaker: Christine Dulac – University of Maine School of Law Library

Speaker: Alissa Black-Dorward – Maloney Law Library, Fordham Law School

Management + Business AcumenInformation Management

3:15pm - 4:15pm EDT

Welcome Aboard!: Navigating the Rough Waters of Onboarding

Coordinator: Emily Brahler – The Catholic University of America

Speaker: Kristina Martinez – The Catholic University of America

Speaker: Carol Hassler (she/her/hers) – Wisconsin State Law Library

Management + Business AcumenProfessionalism + Leadership at Every Level

4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT

Diversity Symposium Reception

5:00pm - 5:45pm EDT

AALL Business Meeting