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April Meeting: Pro Bono Programs in New Jersey Law Firms, Schools, and Corporations 🗓

New Jersey Law Librarians Association
April 2018  Meeting 

Pro Bono Programs in New Jersey
Law Firms, Schools, and Corporations

Panelists from Rutgers Law School, Prudential Insurance, and McCarter & English will talk about the Pro Bono initiatives at their organizations. They will discuss their philosophical approach, how people volunteer, and the connection with Continuing Legal Education. They will also address ways in which the law library can participate in and encourage their work.

Susan Feathers is the Assistant Dean for Pro Bono and Public Interest at Rutgers Newark Law School. During her time at Rutgers, Feathers has assisted in developing a range of public interest initiatives, including public interest career counseling, service-learning, and public interest fellowships.

Jack Lerner, the chair of the Pro Bono group at Prudential Insurance, is a lawyer with Prudential’s Enterprise Litigation Group. He provides litigation advice for the Annuities and Retirement Businesses and also advises all parts of the firm on antitrust and attorney-client privilege issues.

Michelle Movahed is the Pro Bono Director at McCarter & English. She is responsible for managing the Pro Bono Program in a manner that strategically and effectively implements the Firm’s commitment to providing free legal services to those who cannot afford them, in addition to supporting the Firm’s attorneys in their pro bono work and carrying her own caseload.

DATE and TIME:        Wednesday, April 11th, 2018, 12 noon to 1:30 PM

PLACE:                            McCarter & English, Newark NJ (Map)

COST:                              $15 members; $18 nonmembers; $7.50 students

RSVP:                              By Friday, April 6th   to Johanna Bizub, jbizub@prudential.com

Community Service Project: Collection for the Jersey Battered Women’s Service in Morris County. Current needs are girls and boys briefs, diapers, diaper wipes, pull ups, zip lock bags for freezer/refrigerator (all sizes!), aluminum foil, and plastic wrap. Travel mugs and refillable water bottles are also needed, as well as snacks, including animal crackers, pretzels, trail mix, fruit snacks, popcorn, nuts, cookies, juice boxes and bottles of water.

Gift cards to discount stores and supermarkets are especially appreciated. Cash and checks made out to JBWS are also welcome.  JBWS is a non-profit tax exempt 501(c)(3) organization.

Make check for the event payable to: New Jersey Law Librarians Association
Mail to:
Johanna Bizub
Prudential Insurance
751 Broad St.
NJ-01-04-13
Newark, NJ 07102

April 2018 Meeting Flyer PDF

February Brown Bag Luncheon/Videoconference 🗓

Evolving Concepts of
the “Library” and Customer Service

Moderated by Gayle Lynn-Nelson
Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Libraries are a customer service business. Customer service is the act of taking care of the users’ needs by providing  professional, helpful, high quality assistance before, during, and after their requirements are met.

Join the conversation about this timely topic, which will include best practices for delivery of research and coping with limited book collections.

Due to popular demand, we are continuing to offer this with a video-conference format.  You are welcome to join the discussion in person, at either the Newark or Roseland locations, or to dial in.

For those attending the brown bag luncheon in person, bring your own lunch. Drinks and dessert will be provided by the host. 

Date & Time: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at 12:00 noon 

Locations: Simultaneous Video Conference in 2 locations – join us in person or dial in from your desk.
                       Dial-in Access will be provided before the event

Lowenstein Sandler
NEW ADDRESS – One Lowenstein Dr., Roseland, NJ
Directions

 AND 

McCarter & English
100 Mulberry St., Gateway 4, Newark, NJ
Directions

RSVP: Kathy Taggart at ktaggart@lowenstein.com or 973-422-6442

RSVP by Monday, February 5, 2018

 

NJLLA’s 2017 Holiday Party 🗓

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NJLLA’s Annual Holiday Party!

Wednesday, December 6, 2017
5:00-8:00 p.m.

Saiber
18 Columbia Turnpike, Suite 200
Florham Park, NJ 07932
Directions

Dinner Buffet and Dessert

The holiday party is generously sponsored by the Librarian Relations Team at
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Please RSVP by Friday, December 1st to Joanne Murphy at jmurphy@saiber.com.

The Community Service Committee will be collecting
children’s books and pajamas for The Pajama Program.

SLA Event: “Explore the Internet of Things” with Speaker Projit Aon from Verizon 🗓

Special Libraries Association
Princeton-Trenton Chapter AND New Jersey Chapter

“Explore the Internet of Things”

Speaker: Projit Aon
Senior Manager of Product Management & Development
In Verizon’s Global Product and Services

Projit Aon leads product management for the Connectivity Management Group of ThingSpace IoT Platform.  He previously led product management for the Machine to Machine Management Center. He launched a series of network technologies, services and tools that address a large part of the IoT connectivity management market.  His career spans over 19 years in the technology and telecommunications industries.

Projit has an MBA from Columbia Business School, a Master of Engineering from Widener University and a Bachelor of Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology in India.

In his presentation, Projit will cover an overview of IoT, why IoT is important to us as consumers and why/how IoT is important for us to understand as Information Professionals. He will provide resources to follow to learn more.

Where:
The Rutgers Club
Livingston Dining Commons, Second Floor
85 Avenue E
Piscataway, NJ  08854

When:
Thursday Evening
Nov. 2 , 2017
5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Cost:
SLA/SCIP/ALA/AIIP/NJLLA-Members (any chapter): $30
Non-Members: $40
Members who are Retired or Not Working/Any Students: $20

Click here for full information on RSVP, payment, and for directions to the event.

November Meeting: “Newark — Legal Capital of the State” by Robert Steinbaum, Esq. 🗓

November  2017  Meeting

Newark—Legal Capital of the State
Robert Steinbaum, Esq.

Trenton may be New Jersey’s official state capital, but Newark, where many of our members work, is the de facto legal capital of the state.  Rob Steinbaum will discuss the history of the Newark legal community – the large firms that started in the city, and the many other smaller firms, government offices, law schools, and non-profit legal organizations which call Newark home.

Mr. Steinbaum has been a prominent member of New Jersey’s legal community since he began his career as an Assistant United States Attorney in Newark after graduating from Yale and Georgetown Law School. He went on to be the publisher of the New Jersey Law Journal for 26 years and now serves as the Associate Dean for Advancement at Rutgers Law School.  He has held leadership positions on many boards in Newark and was the recipient of an award for outstanding and dedicated community service by the Legal Services Foundation of Essex County.

DATE/TIME:          Thursday, November 2nd, 2017, 12 noon to 1:30 PM 

PLACE:                      New Jersey Historical Society, 52 Park Place, Newark, NJ

COST:                         $15 members; $18 nonmembers; $7.50 students

RSVP:                         By Friday, October 27thst to Anne Shulman, ashulman@riker.com

Community Service Project: Collection for Bethany Baptist Church Food Pantry, serving the Newark community . Top needs:  Cold and instant hot cereals, pasta and rice, peanut butter & jelly, coffee & tea, canned soup, meat & fish, canned fruit, juice & veggies, mac & cheese, baby food, shelf stable milk, and canned meals. Cash and check donations are also welcome.  Checks can be made payable to the Bethany Baptist Church, and please note Food Pantry & Clothes Closet on the memo line.

Make check payable to: New Jersey Law Librarians Association

Mail to: Anne Shulman, Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti, PO Box 1981, Morristown, NJ 07962

Event Flyer PDF

October Brown Bag Luncheon: Video Viewing of AALL Keynote Speaker Bryan Stevenson 🗓

NEW JERSEY LAW LIBRARIANS ASSOCIATION
OCTOBER 2017 BROWN BAG LUNCHEON

Video Viewing of AALL Keynote Speaker Bryan Stevenson

American Injustice: Mercy, Humanity and Making a Difference

Bryan Stevenson, a visionary legal thinker and social justice advocate, delivered an inspiring and memorable keynote address at this year’s AALL Annual Meeting in Austin. You could hear a pin drop during the speech, which was followed by a long-lasting standing ovation.

His thought-provoking ideas regarding achieving a fair and equitable legal system should be of interest to all legal information professionals. Those who have seen the speech can attest to its power.

Join us to watch the video and for a brief discussion at the end. For this brown bag luncheon, as always, bring your own lunch. Drinks and dessert will be provided by the host.

Date & Time: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at 12:00 noon

Locations: Simultaneous Video Conference in 2 locations – join us in person or dial in from your desk. Dial-in Access will be provided before the event

Lowenstein Sandler
NEW ADDRESS – One Lowenstein Dr., Roseland, NJ
Click here for directions

AND

McCarter & English
100 Mulberry St., Gateway 4, Newark, NJ
Click here for directions

Contact: Kathy Taggart at ktaggart@lowenstein.com or 973-422-6442

RSVP by Friday, October 6, 2017

AALL’s First Innovation Tournament to be Held at Annual Meeting in Austin

[Posted on behalf of AALL]

A few creative go-getters ready to pitch their ideas — ideas that beat out all the others to reach this stage. A panel of judges comprised of the industry’s thought leaders, waiting to be wowed. A rapt audience, eager to see who will sink or swim. It’s the showcase of a major network (legal knowledge network, that is), truly “must-see” stuff. It’s not Shark Tank. It’s AALL’s first innovation tournament.

Legal information professionals are forgoing the status quo every day — leverage this new opportunity to showcase your ideas. If you’re in the process of developing a new, innovative, and implementable idea to improve your workplace, we want to hear from you. What’s the hook? Two $2,500 prizes will be awarded to further support the development and implementation of compelling workplace innovations. Some serious shark cred comes with those prizes, too.

Apply by May 5. Applications will be evaluated later this spring; a group of finalists will be selected to present their innovation plans to attendees and a special panel of judges at the 2017 AALL Annual Meeting in Austin.

AALL thanks Bloomberg Law for its generous support of this event.