It’s a tough call but I think our association’s way-over-the-top antitrustism takes the cake. While a draft (actually it was a second draft) antitrust policy was rejected by the AALL’s Executive Board last summer, and the first version of its…
Posts Tagged ‘call’
Pssst … Want to Counter Commercially Drafted Proposed Legislation? A thought about advocating for fair use legislation under state contract law
07
Dec
When I first heard about the American Legislative Exchange Council’s extensive collection of in-house drafted “model” bills, I thought, hum … perhaps consumers advocating for fair use in commercial electronic information resources might want to give this non-profit a call….
Hardly a Strong Call for Reforming the Legal Academy from the New York Times Editorial Staff
28
Nov
See Legal Education Reform (Nov. 25, 2011 editorial). [JH]
SOPA Goes To A (Carefully Managed) Hearing
16
Nov
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is headed to a hearing today before the full House Judiciary Committee. Well, we’ll call it a hearing because there is at least one party testifying that opposes the bill, and that is Katherine…
Time to Start Writing: The 2012 AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers
08
Nov
The AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers Committee is soliciting articles in four divisions this year: Open Division: for active and retired AALL members and law librarians with five or more years of professional experience; New Members Division: for recent graduates and…
CALI Call for Proposals to Create State Specific Legal Research Lessons
19
Oct
From the announcement: The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) is on a mission get a state specific legal research lesson covering primary and secondary materials for each of the 50 states. We’re close, but we still need at least…
15 More Law Schools Being Sued Targeted: Class Action Complaints Would Challenge Placement Stats (Updated)
05
Oct
Update: Karen Sloan is reporting the following based on a conference call with David Anziska and Jesse Strauss covering the law schools they are targeting for class action lawsuits: They have yet to secure enough name plaintiffs for those suits,…
Salt of the Earth, Part II: AALL Patronage by Way of Handing Out Honoraria
26
Sep
Call me old school but I’ve always thought that folks who are willing to expend their blood, sweat and tears in AALL activities (ah, that would NOT be me because I don’t like wasting that much of my time) should…
Time for "Robust Consumer Advocacy Equal to AALL’s Promise:" Consumer Advocacy Caucus Issues a Call to Support the Group’s Petition for AALL Recognition
12
Sep
On September 10th, the Library Consumer Advocacy Causus published the petition it will submit to AALL’s Executve Board for Caucus recognition. To allow the Board sufficient time to place the matter on its November meeting agenda, the Caucus is calling…
