Category: Education

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

 

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.

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

NJLLA Annual Business Meeting & 30th Anniversary Celebration! 🗓

2017 Annual Business Meeting   &
NJLLA’s 30th  Anniversary  Celebration!

Thursday, May 11, 2017

 Keynote Speaker: Lucy Curci-Gonzalez, Executive Director, New York Law Institute

  “I Get By with a Little Help from My Colleagues:
Top Ten Reasons to Join Your Professional Association”

Lucy is a forward-thinking leader with three decades of experience in the law library field. She is an active member of AALL & PLLIP, LLAGNY, NJLLA and LLSDC.

DATE: Thursday May 11, 2017

PLACE: NJ Historical Society
52 Park Place  Newark, NJ
(convenient to Military Park Garage)
Directions:  www.jerseyhistory.org/howtogetthere.html

TIME:            11:00 am – 2:00 pm

AGENDA:
11:00 am -12:00 pm:      NJLLA Annual Business Meeting & Election
12:00 pm to 12:30 pm:   Speaker
12:30 pm to 1:15 pm:      Lunch
1:15 pm:                            Research Library Tour & Exhibits (optional)
(World War I, Louis Bamberger, Ebb &  Flow, 50th commemoration of Newark Riots)

Please arrive promptly.

This program was generously supported by
LexisNexis Librarian Relations Group.

COST: Members: $10.00           Students: $5.00       Non-Members: $20.00

RSVP:  by Friday, May 5, 2017

Community Service Project: Ronald McDonald House of New Brunswick
Wish List:
Visa/MC/Amex, Staples, Target, Amazon, Stop & Shop, Bed Bath & Beyond, & Costco gift cards in increments of $10; coffee pods, paper towels, heavy duty paper plates (no Styrofoam), masking tape, pudding cups, solid white albacore tuna, heavy duty plastic cutlery, double-sided tape, packages of individual cereal boxes.  Thank you!

Please make your check payable to: New Jersey Law Librarians Association

Mail to:
Johanna Bizub
Prudential Insurance
751 Broad Street  NJ-01-04-13
Newark NJ  07102-3714

email: jbizub@prudential.com  or call 973-367-3175

AALL Model Law Firm Copyright Policy and Guidance Document

[Posted on behalf of AALL]

AALL Model Law Firm Copyright Policy and Guidance Document have been finalized and are available on AALLNET.   

Patricia Barbone, Director of Library Services at Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, passed on the following information about the Model Policy:

I am pleased to announce that the AALL Model Law Firm Copyright Policy has been updated and posted on AALLnet. The AALL Board approved the new update at their last board meeting on April 8th, 2016. 

As stated on the website, AALL’s Model Law Firm Copyright Policy is a model of a copyright policy and will require revision to fit the specific needs of your law firm. Your firm’s General Counsel or Intellectual Property attorneys should review the policy before it is adopted. The Model Policy should be read in conjunction with the Model Law Firm Copyright Guidance Document. The Guidance Document provides clarification and insight into copyright law and more nuanced aspects of the policy. The Guidance Document should also be revised to meet the needs of your law firm. Should your firm adopt a copyright policy, it will require revision if laws change.

The newly updated Model Law Firm Copyright Policy can be found here:  http://www.aallnet.org/mm/Advocacy/recommendedguidelines/model-law.html

The Model Law Firm Copyright Guidance Document can be found here:  http://www.aallnet.org/Documents/Leadership-Governance/Policies/guidance-document.pdf

The AALL Copyright Blog’s posting on the policy can be found here:  http://community.aallnet.org/blogs/kelly-leong/2016/05/06/new-model-law-firm-copyright-policy

The policy was updated under the auspices of the AALL Copyright Committee. Many people contributed to this three year endeavor to update the Model Law Firm Copyright Policy.  An early task force of private law librarians helped to share their copyright pain points; then the membership was surveyed on copyright concerns via the Private Law Librarians & Information Professionals SIS communities list. Several librarians shared their existing firm copyright policies with Carolyn and me.

Fellow Copyright Committee member Carolyn Hersch (Ropes & Gray) and I reviewed the survey to find issues that members needed addressed in a revised policy. Then the work of drafting began. We were assisted by Kelly Leong (UCLA School of Law), Pam Brannon (Georgia State University College of Law), as well as my firm’s General Counsel, James B. Kobak, and Intellectual Property attorney, Genevieve Perez. Thanks also go out to our AALL Board liaison Emily Florio (Finnegan) for getting some last minute updates approved by the Board.  To everyone who was a part of this process, I offer my thanks and gratitude.

Annual Meeting Follow Up: Link to Leadership Article

As a follow up to NJLLA’s Annual Business meeting, speaker and AALL Past-President Holly Riccio has passed along the article she discussed. Please take a look at Norm Smallwood’s article published in the Harvard Business Review: “Define Your Personal Leadership Brand in Five Steps.”  Thanks again to Holly Riccio for an informative talk!

Apply for NJLLA’s 2016 Founders Grant to Attend AALL

The AALL Annual Conference is approaching fast! The Grants & Awards Committee encourages our members to apply for NJLLA’s 2016 Founders Grant to attend AALL’s Annual Meeting in Chicago, July 16-19, 2016.  The purpose of this Grant is to financially assist a member of NJLLA to attend the AALL Annual Meeting. This NJLLA Grant covers the cost of registration, transportation, and hotel accommodations up to $1,500. Grant applications must be received by April 15, 2016.

Attending the Annual Meeting is a great opportunity to explore current issues in the field of Law Librarianship and meet Librarians from across the United States. Fill out the application (available in Word or PDF) letting us know how you will benefit from attending the 2016 AALL Annual Meeting. And we look forward to seeing you there!

NJLLA October Meeting: Challenges Faced by Librarians in our Rapidly Changing Political and Social Climate

New Jersey Law Librarians Association
October 2015 Meeting

Challenges Faced by Librarians in our
Rapidly Changing Political and Social Climate
Presented by Raymond Brown, Esq.

Raymond Brown is a Partner at Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis and Chair of the White Collar Crime and International Human Rights Practice Group.  Among his many accomplishments, he is the host of an Emmy award winning New Jersey public television program, “Due Process.”  He will present a thoughtful discussion which will include the relevance of literature, such as To Kill a Mockingbird, to law and human rights.  For further information on Ray Brown, see www.greenbaumlaw.com/attorneys-Raymond-Brown.html

DATE and TIME: Thursday, October 29, 2015, 12 noon to 2PM

PLACE: The Newark Public Library
5 Washington Street, Newark, NJ
NOTE: The address on the flyer mailed out to members was incorrect. Please note this correct address of the Main Branch of the Newark Public Library.

Directions and parking: www.npl.org/Pages/AboutLibrary/directions.html#parking

COST: $18 members; $20 nonmembers; $9.00 students

RSVP: By Friday, October 23, 2015 to Anne Shulman at ashulman@riker.com

Community Service Project:
The Committee will be collecting canned and boxed food for a local food pantry. Cash donations are also appreciated.

Make check payable to: New Jersey Law Librarians Association

Mail to: Anne Shulman
Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland Perretti LLP
P.O. Box 1981
Morristown, NJ 07962

PDF of Event Flyer

 

September 2015 Brown Bag Luncheon and Book Discussion on Susan Cain’s “Quiet”

September 2015 Brown Bag Luncheon and Book Discussion

Quiet:  The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking 

Moderated by Caroline Young
Associate Director for Public Services at Rutgers Law School

At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They prefer listening to speaking, innovate and create but dislike self-promotion, and favor  working on their own over working in teams. It is to introverts like Rosa Parks, Chopin, Dr. Seuss and Steve Wozniak, that we owe many of the great contributions to society.

In Quiet, Susan Cain argues that we dramatically undervalue introverts and shows how
much we lose in doing so. She charts the rise of the Extrovert Ideal throughout the
twentieth century and explores how deeply it has come to permeate our culture. She
also introduces us to successful introverts—from a witty, high-octane public speaker
who recharges in solitude after his talks, to a record-breaking salesman who quietly
taps into the power of questions. Passionately argued, superbly researched, and filled
with indelible stories of real people, Quiet has the power to permanently change how we
see introverts and, equally important, how they see themselves.

This topic is particularly relevant for members of a field that is stereotypically viewed as
introvert-dominated. Attendees are encouraged to read the book before the discussion, where they can share ideas and experiences, and learn how others have
dealt with similar challenges. Whether you read the book or not, all are welcome to participate in the discussion.

Since publishing Quiet, Susan Cain has started Quiet Revolution, a for-profit company focused on the work, education and lifestyle of introverts. The company’s website is www.quietrev.com.

If you can’t read the book, watch Susan Cain’s TED Talk.

Please bring your own lunch. Drinks and dessert will be provided by the host.

Date and Time:
Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at 12:00 – 2:00 PM

Location:
Rutgers Law School, Library Conference Room (third floor of the library)
123 Washington St
Newark, NJ 07102

RSVP by Thursday, September 17 to Caroline Young at caroline.young.rutgers@gmail.com.

PDF Flyer for Event