Category Archives: Events and Announcements
Save the date for LLAM’s Spring Fling!
Date: Friday, May 16th 2014
Time: 4-6pm
Place: Gertrude’s, Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218
Cost: $25 per person. PayPal payment is preferred. You may also send a check addressed to “LLAM” to Bijal Shah at 1401 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21201.
Parking: Free along North Charles Street. View driving directions HERE.
Celebrate the season with fellow LLAM members at Gertrude’s restaurant at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Take a self-directed tour of the museum and Cone Collection before enjoying an open bar and scrumptious hors d’oeuvres in the Sculpture Garden Pavilion.
This event supports Operation Paperback. Please donate money and/or books to help send books to American troops, veterans, and their families.
ALL ACCESS to Access to Justice
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Event: ALL ACCESS to Access to Justice
Date: March 21st, 2014
Time: 9:30AM-5PM
Place: University of Baltimore School of Law
LLAM is sponsoring a day-long national conference for anyone interested in access to justice issues (A2J)!
Hosted by the University of Baltimore’s School of Law, the conference will offer practical programs given by speakers from across the country that develop A2J and impart knowledge about this core library value.
Law firm librarians, pro bono attorneys, public librarians, academic librarians, court librarians, and anyone else interested in A2J are encouraged to attend.
Registration options range from $25-80 and grants are available.
AALL Local Advocate Lobby Day – March 27, 2014
Date: Thursday, March 27, 2014
Time: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm EDT
Location: Capitol Hill*, Washington, D.C.
Who: Washington-area AALL members and local chapters, including LLAM, LLSDC,
SEAALL, VALL, and others who can visit D.C.
Join AALL President Steven P. Anderson, AALL’s Government Relations Office staff, local chapters, and AALL members at AALL’s second-annual Local Advocate Lobby Day on March 27.
Last year’s lobby day was such a success, we’re doing it again! At this full-day event, you’ll become an expert on our top priority issues and learn best practices for successful advocacy. Then, you’ll put your knowledge into practice, attending pre-scheduled meetings with your members of Congress and/or their staff to advocate for AALL’s policy positions.
According to a 2011 survey by the Congressional Management Foundation, 97 percent of congressional staff say that in-person visits from constituents have an influence on the member. As law librarians and members of AALL, you are experts who represent not only yourselves, but your profession, other librarians, and your patrons. Exercise your influence to make a difference for your libraries!
The Lobby Day is free of charge for all AALL members and chapter members. Breakfast, coffee, lunch and an afternoon snack will be provided. Participants will have the opportunity to visit area sites including the Library of Congress, Law Library of Congress, and Folger Shakespeare Library during afternoon free hours.
RSVP to Elizabeth Holland at eholland@aall.org by March 1.
*Training will take place at a TBD location on Capitol Hill within close walking distance of the Senate and House Office Buildings, where lobby meetings will take place.
LLAM Holiday Party and Silent Auction 2013
Save the Date!
The Law Library Association of Maryland invites you to a
Holiday English Tea
Friday, December 6, 2013
4:00-7:00 P.M.
at 17th Floor Bistro
100 Light Street, 17th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21202
http://www.17thfloorcafe.catertrax.com
Join fellow LLAMers in viewing the magnificent Baltimore Inner Harbor at a festive Holiday English Tea complete with sweets, savories, wines and sherry.
Holiday shopping: This year’s silent auction benefits Rebuilding Together and the LLAM scholarship fund, so please get your auction items ready.
Special Offer: Invite a non-member friend or colleague and get your second registration fee at half price.
Tickets: $25.00 per person ($12.50 for a non-member guest)
You may pay by check. Make the check payable to “LLAM” and mail to
Pat Behles
University of Baltimore Law Library
1401 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
We hope to see you there!
Questions? Contact
Kate Martin, LLAM Program Chair
kmartin@mcccourt.com
240-777-9121
November LLAM Program: Judge Irma Raker on Maryland Pattern Jury Instructions
Hear the Honorable Irma S. Raker speak on
“Everything you need to know about Maryland Pattern Jury Instructions”
November 6, 2013 at 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Anne Arundel Circuit Court Library, Room 303
7 Church Circle
Annapolis MD 21401
A dynamic speaker, Judge Raker will recount her 30 years chairing the committee producing the popular Maryland criminal and civil pattern jury instruction books.
These books are relied on by judges across the state and cited by attorneys for their succinctness, clarity and attention to detail. Retired Chief Judge Bell calls them “of paramount importance to the court.”
The Honorable Irma Raker, a distinguished jurist and legal pioneer, was the second woman appointed to the Maryland Court of Appeals. She currently chairs the MD Access to Justice Commission and works in private mediation.
An open Q-and-A session about her illustrious legal career will follow the talk.
RSVP to Kate Martin at kmartin@mcccourt.com, 240-777-9121.
How Legislative History Really Works – Exhibit A — The Affordable Care Act
LLAM Program with John Cannan: How Legislative History Really Works — Exhibit A, The Affordable Care Act
October 15, 2013 at 12:00 P.M.
The Brown Room, Library Company of the Baltimore Bar 100 North Calvert Street, Baltimore MD 21202
A video recording of the presentation by John Cannan is now available online:
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Still using USCCAN, Google or THOMAS? The rules have changed! New, unconventional tools are now available to mine more complex and different legislative procedure models.
Be ready to operate in this new reality. Legislative History is a core law library competence and a unique skill we can offer our patrons – a sure way to improve our ROI.
Join John Cannan of the Drexel University Law Library for a provocative talk on how to compile a federal legislative history.
A frequent writer on legal research topics, most recently in the Law Library Journal (http://www.aallnet.org/main-menu/ publications/llj/LLJ-Archives/Vol-105/no-2/2013-7.pdf), John’s current research interests are in services for self-represented litigants, Web 2.0 and judicial rules.
John received his JD and MLS from the University of Maryland and he has worked at the Montgomery County (MD) Circuit Court Law Library and then at the Law Library of Congress.
This program will be taped for later viewing on the LLAM site.
Parking: Limited parking, two garages are within a block of the
Bar library, north on St. Paul Street and west of Lexington Street. No onsite parking.
NEXT PROGRAM: November 6th, the Honorable Irma Raker will speak on chairing the MSBA committee that produced the popular Maryland Pattern Jury Instructions and her life as a Circuit Court and Court of Appeals Judge.
How Legislative History Really Works
Our OCTOBER 2013 PROGRAM will be at the
Baltimore Bar Library at 12pm (noon) on October 15th. Hope to see you there!
LLAM Summer eNews Available
LLAM Legislative & Advocacy Activities
LLAM Spring Fling 2013
Tour of Peabody Library in Baltimore
Peabody Tour, April 12th, 2013
Thanks to Deborah Judy from the Maryland State Law Library and Jenny Rensler from the Thurgood Marshall Law Library for these fabulous photos.
Spring LLAM eNews Available
LLAM Scholarship Due Date April 24
The Law Library Association of Maryland is offering a grant in the amount of $500 for one member of LLAM in good standing to attend this year’s AALL Conference in Seattle, July 13-16. Please send completed applications to David Matchen via email or fax, no later than Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at 5:00 p.m. Further details are on the attached application form. We will announce the recipient at the Spring Fling on May 4.
To apply for the grant, please complete the form below and email or fax to:
David Matchen
Chair, LLAM Grants Committee
University of Baltimore Law Library
dmatchen@ubalt.edu
Phone: (410) 837-4674
Fax: (410) 837-4570
Spring Fling
May 4
Spring Fling Picnic
Saturday, May 4 – 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Kinder Farm Park @ Black Oak Pavilion|
1001 Kinder Farm Park Rd Millersville, MD 21108 (off of Jumpers Hole Rd)
http://www.aacounty.org/RecParks/parks/kinderfarm/
Hot dogs, hamburgers, veggie burgers, side dishes, desserts and beverages served.
Frisbee toss, board games, pie-baking contest, volleyball, horseshoe and much more!
ALL LLAM members, families and friends are welcome!
Adult tickets: $10.00 each
Child tickets: $5.00 each (12 and under)
Parking entrance fee: $6.00 per vehicle. Pay upon entry.
Pay Online
http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/llam/springfling2013.htm
or
Pay by check
Make the check payable to “LLAM” and mail to:
Bijal Shah
University of Baltimore Law Library
1415 Maryland Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Questions? Contact:
Tonya Baroudi, LLAM Program Chair
tebaroudi@co.pg.md.us
Peabody Library Tour
The George Peabody Library is the 19th century research library of The Johns Hopkins University located on the Peabody campus at Mount Vernon Place in Baltimore, Maryland. The collections are available for use by the general public, in keeping with the philanthropist George Peabody’s goal to create a library “which is to be maintained for the free use of all persons who desire to consult it.” Learn more about the collection and history during a tour on:
Friday, April 12 from 12:00 to 1:00 with Curator, Paul Espinosa George Peabody Library
Parking and direction details below: http://www.peabodyevents.library.jhu.edu/directions.html
17 East Mount Vernon Place
Baltimore, MD 21202
Please RSVP to tebaroudi@co.pg.md.us by Thursday, April 4, 2013.
Hope to see you there!
“The Future of Publishing”
Explore the changing publishing industry with Rock Toews, owner of Back Creek Books in Annapolis, MD (http://www.backcreekbooks.com/) and Valerie Piechocki, Chief of Materials Management at the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System. Learn how eBooks have impacted booksellers, public libraries and publishers. As law librarians, what are our options and how can we balance print and eBook formats to better serve our patrons?
Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
49 West Coffee House
49 West Street
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Please RSVP to tebaroudi@co.pg.md.us by Thursday, March 14.
Lobby Day Info for LLAM
Join Us in D.C. for the First-Ever AALL Local Chapter Lobby Day
The first-ever chapter lobby day in Washington, D.C. will be held on Thursday, April 18 from 8:30 am to 5pm. The day will bring together members from local area chapters and the Government Relations Office staff for a morning training and afternoon meetings on the Hill.
Date: Thursday April 18, 2013
Time: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm EDT
Who: Members of LLAM, LLSDC, SEAALL, and VALL
Location: Lutheran Church of the Reformation 212 East Capitol Street Washington, DC 20003
Join AALL’s Government Relations Office staff and chapter members for a full-day Lobby Day event on Capitol Hill! LLAM members are invited to attend a morning training session where you’ll learn best practices for successful meetings with your members of Congress. In the afternoon, you will attend pre-scheduled meetings with your members of Congress or/staff staff to advocate for AALL’s policy positions.
Constituent meetings with members of Congress are one of the most effective tools for advocacy. These lobby visits solidify relationships between your chapters, AALL, our members, and legislators, while providing elected officials with the critical information they need to make informed decisions. In turn, lobby day meetings serve to reaffirm AALL’s reputation as the authority on information policy issues and empower law librarians as advocates for themselves and the profession. This training is free to all chapter and AALL member participants. Don’t miss out on this chance to make a difference!
Annual Maryland Library Legislative Day–February 13
Annual Maryland Library Legislative Day scheduled for February 13, 2013. Please note the LLAM Lunch and Learn – new this year. Spend the whole day in Annapolis or just part. Your participation will be appreciated. Information for Virtual Maryland Library Legislative Day will be posted on Legislative Panel blog on February 13th: http://mdliblegislative.wordpress.com/
Schedule
8:00 a.m. Breakfast (provided by LLAM) and Legislative Briefing
in the Anne Arundel County Public Law Library, Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, Rm 303
9:15 a.m. Library Day Proclamation in the House followed by the same in the Senate followed by visits to county delegations
12:00 – 1:30 LLAM’s Lunch and Learn
LLAM’s Lunch and Learn session with Catherine McGuire, Outreach Librarian at the Maryland State Law Library and Pamela Craig, Instruction/Reference Librarian at the Library of Congress. They will provide a refresher course on Maryland Legislative History and an orientation on the new features and search techniques for Congress.gov, the successor to THOMAS.
5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Reception to honor the Governor, LT. Governor and Maryland Legislators in the Senate Office Building, President’s Conference Room
Directions and Parking
Directions to the Courthouse and parking information: http://circuitcourt.org/directions-topmenu-51
(Parking in the Knighton and Park Place garages is recommended even thought the daily parking rate has increased to $10. There is a free Circulator Trolley that will bring you right to the Courthouse.)
Winter 2013 Newsletter Available
New Member Breakfast
On January 10th LLAM will host its first new member breakfast. In the past two years LLAM welcomed over a dozen new members. Some of our new members are seasoned veterans and others are new to law librarianship The purpose of the breakfast is to introduce new members to the traditions of LLAM, memberships perks, and volunteer opportunities. The event will take place at Gordon Feinblatt starting at 9:00 AM.
February LLAM Program: Speaker Andrew Jezic, Maryland Law of Confessions
LLAM warmly welcomes Mr. Andrew Jezic, co-author of Maryland Law of Confessions, as a guest speaker on February 6, 2013, in which he will shed light on his experience with the publisher, Thomson Reuters, and the relevancy and connection of this resource and libraries.
In 2011 and 2012, Mr. Andrew Jezic, was recognized as a Super Lawyer, an accolade that goes to only the top 5% of attorneys in Maryland. In 2012, Mr. Jezic received another honor by appearing in Washingtonian magazine as one of the best defense attorneys in the area.
Please RSVP to Tonya Baroudi at tebaroudi@co.pg.md.us by Thursday, January 31, 2013. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you on February 6, 2013. Beverages and desserts provided.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Maryland State Law Library
Conference Room
361 Rowe Boulevard
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
LLAM 2012 Holiday Party Photos
For more information about the 2012 LLAM Holiday and Birthday Party see: http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/llam/holidayparty2012.html
Have you seen? The New Librarian
ILTA and AALL present the “New Librarian”
http://read.uberflip.com/i/87421
November LLAM Program: Charlotte Harrington, Bloomberg Law
You won’t want to miss the LLAM Program in November. Charlotte Harrington, Legal Research Specialist, will provide a look into the new world of Bloomberg Law as enhanced by the Bloomberg BNA Content – such as dockets, company analytics and litigation, news and much more.
Date/ Time/ Location: Thursday, November 15, 2012, 12:00-1:30pm.
University of Baltimore Student Center
21 W. Mt Royal Avenue (corner of Maryland and Mt Royal Avenues)
Student Center Room 301
Baltimore, MD 21201
In order to secure parking vouchers, good for parking at the reduced rate of $7, please RSVP by COB Thursday, November 1, 2012 to Tonya Baroudi at tebaroudi@co.pg.md.us
For parking information see http://www.ubalt.edu/about-ub/offices-and-services/auxiliary/parking-and-public-transportation/visitor-information.cfm. The campus is also convenient to the light rail, and the Circulator bus.
You are welcome to bring your lunch; beverages & desserts provided. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you on November 15.
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