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Insights from a Law Firm Partner: The Realities of Law Practice, Ethics,
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Date:  April 10, 2014 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm

Speaker: Andrea J. Sullivan, Esq., Partner, Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP in Woodbridge.

Location:  Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP, 99 Wood Avenue South-4th floor, Woodbridge, NJ (<1/4 mile from Pkwy Exit 131A and 2 blocks from Metro Park train station)

Cost: $15.00 – members, $20.00 – non-members, $7.50 – students

Please make checks payable to: New Jersey Law Librarians Association & mail to:

 Leigh DeProspo

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

99 Wood Avenue South

Iselin, NJ 08830  

 

RSVP by April 3, 2014

COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT:  We will be collecting items for The Ronald McDonald House of New Brunswick. Most needed items are Ziploc bags (gallon & quart size), Swiffer Sweeper Dry Cloth refills, sturdy 33 gallon trash bags, white plastic shower curtain liners, gift cards for Staples, Target, Walmart or cash/check donations. 

John Joergensen, Associate Dean and Director of the Law Library of Rutgers Law School, will speak about online databases, a topic which impacts all of us on a daily basis. He will discuss how the search experience in online legal databases has evolved to a more “Google-like” interface and shed light on how these search engines really work. Further, Dean Joergensen will introduce new alternatives which are under development and which may offer other options in the near future. Whether you applaud the changes in legal databases or find the newer search interfaces frustrating, this presentation will be most informative to understanding the evolving state of search engines.

Dean Joergensen is well known for his extensive digitization projects. His complete faculty profile is available here: http://law.newark.rutgers.edu/john-p-joergensen

Date and Time:
Thursday, March 13th, 2014 at 12:00 noon

Place:
Rutgers Law School Library
123 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102
Directions: http://law.newark.rutgers.edu/about-school/contact-us/visiting-us

Cost:
Members $15.00 / Students $7.50 / Non-Members $20.00

RSVP:
Anne Shulman by Tuesday, March 10^th, 2014

Community Service Project:
Supplies for an animal shelter: cat food; dog treats/biscuits; toys, esp. Kongs; peanut butter; cat beds; kitten milk replacer (KMR); pet nurser bottles and cat litter. Cash donations are also appreciated. 

Make check payable to: New Jersey Law Librarians Association

Mail to:
Anne Shulman
Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland Perretti LLP
Headquarters Plaza
PO Box 1981
Morristown, NJ 07960

Email: ashulman@riker.com or call 973-538-0800, ext 7482.

BROWN BAG LUNCHEON 

Leaning In:  A Book Discussion featuring
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg 

Moderated by NJLLA member Gayle Lynn-Nelson

The concept of “leaning in” has already made its mark on popular culture. Written by the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, this book addresses the lack of women in corporate leadership positions and encourages women to “lean in” at work and assert themselves more.

“Lean In” examines the barriers which prevent women from taking leadership positions and suggests steps for success, including being more open to taking career risk and being less concerned with pleasing people. It suggests that more female leadership will leader to fairer treatment for all women.

This topic is very relevant for members of a female-dominated profession. Attendees are encouraged to read the book before attending the discussion, where they can share ideas and experiences, and learn how others have dealt with similar challenges.

For this brown bag luncheon, there will only be one location. As always, bring your own lunch. Drinks and dessert will be provided by the host.

Date and Time:      Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at 12:00 noon

Location:    Saiber LLC
18 Columbia Turnpike #200
Florham Park, NJ 07932

Directions: http://www.saiber.com/office.asp?id=1&/Florham_Park

Contact:   Joanne Murphy
Phone: 973-845-7713
Email: jmurphy@saiber.com

RSVP by Friday, January 31, 2014

Program Flyer

 

NJLLA members are invited to attend LLAGNY’s 75th Anniversary Education Conference and Winter Social on January 14, 2014. The Educational Sessions will run from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and the Winter Social, with keynote speaker Bruce MacEwen, aka Adam Smith, Esq, will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

You do not have to be a LLAGNY member to attend. This will be an entire day conference with three different educational tracks that you can mix and match at your discretion.

Check out the LLAGNY Preliminary Program brochure for more details about the programs. There will be three tracks of educational programs offered.  You can choose from any program in any track at any time throughout the day.

EDUCATION TRACKS (comprised of 5 programs per track)

Track 1: Finding Common Ground to Produce Practice Ready Graduates

Track 2: Law Firm of 2020 (futuristic look into the practice of law seven years from now)

Track 3: Future Ready Skills for Information Professionals

Follow this link for the registration process:  http://www.llagny.org/75th-anniversary-conference-menu.