The NJLLA Community Service Committee would like to share this Thank You Letter from the 911 Dog & Cat Rescue for the pet supplies donated at the March NJLLA meeting.
Thank you all for your generosity!
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April Meeting and Luncheon: Insights from a Law Firm Partner
Insights from a Law Firm Partner: The Realities of Law Practice, Ethics,
Social Media and More.
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 08830RSVP 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.
Reminder: March Meeting Tomorrow at Rutgers Law School Library
Join NJLLA for Developments in Online Legal Research and the Ramifications for the Practice of Law tomorrow at noon.
**The Community Service Project for this event is supplies for an animal shelter.
Some ideas for donations: cat food; dog treats/biscuits; toys, esp. Kongs; peanut butter; cat beds; kitten milk replacer (KMR); pet nurser bottles and cat litter.
If you do not have time to pick up something for the animals in need, then cash donations are also appreciated.**
March Meeting: Developments in Online Legal Research and the Ramifications for the Practice of Law
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 10th, 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.
Pajama Program Thanks NJLLA for Donation
The NJLLA Community Service Committee would like to share this thank you letter from the Pajama Program for the books and pajamas our members donated at the holiday party in December 2013. Your generosity is much appreciated!
Reminder: Tuesday, February 4th, is the Brown Bag Luncheon
Join NJLLA at Saiber LLC for the first Brown Bag Luncheon of 2014, tomorrow at noon.
Book discussion featuring Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead”. Moderated by NJLLA member, Gayle Lynn-Nelson.
See link below for original blog post and RSVP information.
https://njlla.org/2014/01/brown-bag-lunc…e-will-to-lead/
Brown Bag Luncheon: A Book Discussion featuring Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead”
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
LLAGNY 75th Anniversary Education Conference
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.
Reminder: November Meeting on the Future of Legal Eduction
Our November meeting, “Legal Education Looking Forward,” is fast approaching. At the meeting, dynamic speaker Caroline Hatton will give a lively review of the speeches given at a recent symposium she organized on the future of legal education — a topic of vital importance to our profession. We are grateful to her for volunteering her time, and encourage you to attend.
A bit more about our speaker: Hatton was a summer associate at Riker Danzig in 2013 and will be returning as an associate following a clerkship at the New Jersey Supreme Court with Chief Justice Stuart Rabner. She is currently in her last year at Seton Hall, where she is the Symposium Editor of the Seton Hall Law Review and is the French Table founder and leader.
Caroline received her undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, in French from Rutgers University in 1996, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She received a Ph.D. in French from Yale University in 2004. Prior to law school, Caroline served as an adjunct professor of French at Yale University, Williams College, and Drew University. In 2012, she served as an intern for the Honorable Jack Sabatino, New Jersey Superior Court and the Honorable Michael H. Dolinger, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
The full meeting information is below:
At our November meeting, Caroline Hatton, a student at Seton Hall Law School and the Symposium Editor of Seton Hall Law Review, will give a review of speeches made at a recent symposium she organized on the future of legal education. The distinguished speakers included deans and professors from several law schools, judges and practicing attorneys, as well as Paulette Brown, the President-Elect of the American Bar Association, who gave the keynote address entitled “Maintaining the Relevancy of a Law School Education in an Evolving Profession.”
Date and Time: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at 12:00 noon
Place: Prudential Insurance Company of America
751 Broad Street
Newark NJ
Cost: Members $15.00, Students $7.50, Non-Members $20.00
RSVP: Anne Shulman by Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Community Service Project: The Committee will be collecting canned and boxed food for St. John’s Food Kitchen and Pantry in Newark.
Make check payable to: New Jersey Law Librarians Association
Mail to: Anne Shulman
Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland Perretti
Headquarters Plaza
PO Box 1981
Morristown, NJ 07960
email: ashulman@riker.com or call 973-538-0800, ext 7482.
Thank You for the School Supplies
The Community Service Committee would like to share the warm thank you letter we received from the Morris Afterschool Program for collecting and donating school supplies during the last NJLLA program. Thanks to all who donated, and don’t forget to bring canned and boxed food for St. John’s Food Kitchen and Pantry in Newark to the November 12th meeting.