Meetings

Upcoming LLNE Meetings

YEAR	DATE	TITLE/SUBJECT	HOST/SITE
2023	Spring	The Fog of War: International and Foreign Legal Research in Today’s World	Northeastern University

Past LLNE Meetings

YEAR	DATE	TITLE/SUBJECT	HOST/SITE
2023	Spring	A NextGen Curriculum for a NextGen Bar	MCLE Conference Center
2022	Spring	Chasing the  Law of Whaling into the 21st Century	Waypoint Event Center, New Bedford MA
2022	Spring	Critical Law Librarianship	Yale Law School
2021	Fall	[In]accessible Justice: Innovation, Technology and Solutions.	Online from the University of Connecticut Law School
2021	Spring                June 10	Pause, Reboot + Refresh	Suffolk University Law School, Boston MA
2020	Fall October 16	Dismantling Bias	University of Connecticut Law School joint with SNELLA
2020	Spring             April 28	Well-Being and Mindfulness for Legal Professionals	Online
2019	Fall November 8	Artificial Intelligence and Algorithms in Law Libraries and Legal Practice	Harvard Law School Joint with ABLL
2019	Spring April 5	Gender & Sexuality Law	Western New England University
2018	Fall	Failures to Fixes: How you took an L, and turned it into a W	Webinar link
2018	Spring	Location: Knowing Where We Are	Social Law Library
2017	Fall November 17	Hysteria, Hyperbole, and Witch Hunts: 1697 & 2017	Salem Waterfront Hotel
2017	Spring	Professional Development	Boston University School of Law Libraries
2016	Fall October 28	By The Numbers: Law Library Assessment	Maine School of Law & Maine State Law & Legislative Reference Library
2016	Spring April 8	Access to Government Information	Northeastern University Law Library, Boston MA
2015	Fall October 2	Successfully Supporting and Igniting Innovation	Roger Williams University School of Law Library
2015	Spring April 24	Mindfulness and Librarians: Bridge Over Troubled Waters	University of New Hampshire School of Law Joint with The Association of New Hampshire Law Librarians
2014	Fall October 24	Reinventing the Law Library: Meeting the Challenge	Boston College Law School Joint with ABLL
2014	Spring April 4	American Tribal Law & Culture	University of Connecticut Law School Joint with SNELLA
2013	Fall October 4	The New Normal in Law Libraries	Social Law Library, Boston, MA
2013	Spring March 8	Neuroscience and the Law	New England Law, Boston MA
2012	Fall December 7	eBooks Revolution!	Harvard University Law School, Cambridge MA
2012	Spring April 27	Adventures in Collaboration	Suffolk University Law School, Boston MA
2011	Fall October 21	Art Law: Framing the Issues	Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries Williamstown, MA
2011	Spring March 18	Law Librarians Overcoming Barriers to Information Sharing	Yale Law School New Haven, CT
2010	Fall November 19	Improve Your Workplace Health! Inoculate Against Bad Morale	Northeastern University Law Library Boston, MA
2010	Spring April 23	Libraries & Web 2.0: The Technology Changes, Our Commitment Remains the Same	Franklin Pierce Law Center Hilton Garden Inn Portsmouth, NH
2009	Fall October 23	Advancing the Ball – Advancing the Law: Making Points in Sports Law on the Court and in the Courts	Basketball Hall of Fame Springfield, Massachusetts
2009	Spring April 17	Animal Law	Quinnipiac University School of Law Library Hamden, Connecticut
2008	Fall November 7	Employment Law in the 21st Century: The Impact of Technology on the Workplace	Boston University Law Library Boston, MA
2008	Spring April 25	Talkin’ About My Generation: Recruiting, Retaining and Mentoring the Next Generation of Librarians	Garbrecht Law Library University of Maine School of Law Freeport, ME
2007	Fall October 17-20	Libraries Without Borders II Fourth Northeast Regional Law Libraries Meeting	Toronto Association of Law Libraries Toronto Canada
2007	Spring April 20	To Your Health: Healthcare, the Law & You	Social Law Library Boston, MA
2006	Fall November 3	Instruction and Training: Reaching Out with New Technology	Boston College Law Library Dover, MA
2006	Spring April 21	After the Disaster: Insurance Response and Library Planning	University of Connecticut Law Library Hartford, CT
2005	Fall November 4	Law, Nature and Gifts from the Sea	Roger Williams University Law Library Bristol Harbor Inn, Bristol, RI
2005	Spring April 1	International Justice in a Time of Terrorism	Harvard Law School Library Cambridge, MA
2004	Fall October 15	Yankee Ingenuity — Doing More with Less	Bowditch & Dewey Mirick O’Connell, Worcester Law Library-Massachusetts Trial Court Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA
2004	Spring April 30	Finding the Information Needle in the Haystack	Donald Garbrecht Law Library of the University of Maine School of Law and Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library Stone House, Freeport, ME
2003	Fall October 24	Leading through Change for Information Professionals	Vermont Law School Library Woodstock Inn and Resort, Woodstock, VT
2003	Spring March 28	Digital Libraries: Realities, Myths and Misconceptions	Suffolk University Law Library Boston, MA
2002	Fall November 15	“As You Learn It” or, “The Librarians’ Lesson”, in Two Acts	Northeastern University School of Law Library The Tremont Boston, Boston MA
2002	Spring April 26	Education Law	Franklin Pierce Law Center Library Concord, NH
2001	Fall November 2	Intellectual Property in the 21st Century	Boston University Law Library Boston, MA
2001	Spring (?)	Women and the Law	New England School of Law Library Boston, MA
2000	Fall October 20	The Death Penalty Debate	Bonnie Koneski-White Western New England College School of Law Library Springfield, MA
2000	Spring March 17	Legal Education:Past & Future and Collection Management:Past, Present & Future	S. Blair Kauffman Yale Law School Lillian Goldman Library Joint with SNELLA New Haven, CT
1999	Fall November 5	Family Law from the New England Perspective	Ann DeVeaux Quinnipiac College School of Law Library Hamden, CT
1999	Spring May 7	Ethics and the Internet	Sharon Hamby O’Connor Boston College School of Law Library Newton, MA
1998	Fall November 5 – 6	Taking Charge: Managing Yourself, Your Library and Your Career	Marnie Warner, MA Trial Court Libraries Terry Martin, Harvard University Diane Klaiber, NELLCO Joint with NELLCO Cambridge, MA
1998	Spring April 30 – May 2	Law & Literature	Gordon Russell Southern New England School of Law Library North Dartmouth, MA
1997	Fall October 31 – November 1	Back to School: Emerging Issues in Education Law	Darcy Kirk University of Connecticut School of Law Library Joint with SNELLA Hartford, CT
1997	Spring May 1 – 3	Sailing the Seas of Change (Organizational Change, Emerging Technologies, Aquaculture, Indian Lands)	Gail Winson Roger Williams University, School of Law Library Newport, RI
1997	Winter January 30	SEC Disclosure	Joint with ABLL Half-Day Program Sheraton Boston Boston, MA
1996	Fall October 17 – 20	Libraries Without Walls: Legal Information Partnerships in the Twenty-First Century	Third Northeast Regional Meeting Toronto Canada
1996	Spring April 26	LLNE 50th Anniversary	Filippa Anzalone Northeastern University School of Law Library Tremont House Boston, MA
1995	Fall November 17	Casting a Wide Net: Law Librarianship in the Mid 90’s (Varied Topics)	Susan Sweetgall Suffolk University Law School Tremont House Boston, MA
1995	Spring April 21 – 22	State Governmental Information	Christine Swan New Hampshire State Library Laconia, NH
1995	Winter January 12	White Collar Crimes: From Pinstripes to Prison Stripes	Anne Acton Joint with ABLL Half-Day Program Boston, MA
1994	Fall October 28	Recent Legal Developments in Health Care Law	Jonathan Fernald Marlene Alderman Boston University School of Law Library Holiday Inn Brookline, MA
1994	Spring (?)	Varied Topics: CD-ROM Publishing; Attorney Grievance Procedures; Admittance to the Bar; In Sickness and In Health: The Law and Regulation of Health Care; Tribal/State Relations; Managed Health Care; Official State Reports; Gaming Laws; Leadership and Communication Skills	Maureen Well CT Judicial Branch Holiday Inn Mystic, CT
1994	Winter (?)	Privacy	Anne Peters & Brian Harkins Joint with ABLL Half-Day Program Boston, MA
1993	Fall October 22	Eastern European Law	Ann Acton New England School of Law Library Tremont House Boston, MA
1993	Spring May 27-28	Environmental Law and Policy: Grounding and Practicalities	Carl Yirka Vermont Law School Library South Royalton, VT
1993	Winter January 15	Management Skills Training	Fillipa Anzalone Northeastern University School of Law Library Half-Day Program Henderson House Weston, MA
1992	Spring April 23-24	Americans With Disability Act and Sexual Harassment	Edgar Bellefontaine Social Law Library Omni Parker House Boston, MA
1992	Winter December 4	Hazardous Waste Litigation	Gail Reinerstsen Boston University Pappas Law Library and New England School of Law Library Boston, MA
1991	Fall November 7 – 9	Rights, Privileges, and Ethics: Issues for the Nineties	Second Law Librarians Northeast Regional Conference Joint with ALLUNY, GPLLA, LLAGNY, LLAM, LLSDC, NJLLA, SNELLA & WPLLA Philadelphia, PA
1991	Spring March 21 – 23	Elder Law	Terry Martin Harvard Law School Library Joint with ABLL Cambridge, MA
1990	Fall September 14-15	US Canadian Free Trade and Gulf of Mexico	Lynn Randall and Bill Wells MV Scotia Prince Portland, ME and Yarmouth, NS
1990	Spring April 20 – 21	Law and Medicine	Donald Dunn Western New England College School of Law Library Springfield, MA
1990	Winter February 2	(?)	Boston, MA
1989	Fall October 20 – 21	Confidentiality and Disclosure of Library Records: Ethics, Rights and Responsibilities	Ann DeVeaux University of Bridgeport School of Law Library Joint with SNELLA Bridgeport Hilton Bridgeport, CT
1989	Spring March 17 – 18	Publishing	Ed Bander Suffolk University Law School Library Boston, MA
1989	Winter January 27	Emerging Legal Trends: Feminist Jurisprudence, and Law and Economics	Marlene Alderman Boston University Pappas Law Library Boston, MA
1988	Fall (?)	New England’s Legal Heritage	Morris L. Cohen Yale Law School Library Litchfield, CT
1988	Spring April 21 – 23	Intellectual Property Law	Judith Gire Franklin Pierce Law Center Sheraton Harborside, Portsmouth, NH
1988	Winter February 5	Planning and Developing Career as Librarian	MA Trial Court Libraries Westford Regency Westford, MA
1987	Fall October 8 – 10	Information: the Lawyer/Librarian Connection.	Margie Axtmann, Program Chair, First Law Librarians Northeast Regional Conference Desmond Americana Albany, NY
1987	Spring April -30 May 2	Historic Preservation Law	Les Peat Vermont Law School Library Woodstock Inn Woodstock, VT
1987	Winter (?)	Public Relations – Putting Your Best Foot Forward (Instead of Your Mouth)	Edgar Bellefontaine Social Law Library Women’s City Club of Boston Boston, MA
1986	Fall October 17 – 18	Insurance Law and Computers and Software Applications with Demonstrations.	Dennis Stone University of Connecticut School of Law Library Joint with SNELLA Summit Hotel Hartford, CT
1986	Spring May 9-10	Uncommon Legal Resources at Harvard, Unusual Aspects of Law Librarianship	Terry Martin Harvard Law School Library Cambridge, MA
1986	Winter February 28	Emerging Law of Children’s Rights	Boston College Law Library Newton Centre, MA
1985	Fall November 1 – 2	Alternative Dispute Resolution	Daniel J. Freehling Donald L. Garbecht Law Library University Of Maine School of Law Holiday Inn Portland, ME
1985	Spring May 3 – 4	Cost Effective Acquisitions and Products Liability	Ken Svengalis Rhode Island State Law Library Joint with SNELLA Newport, RI
1985	Winter February 1	Contemporary Church-State Relationships	Northeastern University School of Law Library Boston, MA
1984	Fall October 18 – 20	Freedom of Information vs. Invasion of Privacy	Donald Dunn Western New England College School Of Law Library Springfield, MA
1984	Spring (?)	Election Law	Judith Gire Franklin Pierce Law Center Ramada Inn Concord, NH
1983	Fall October 7 – 9	Using the New Technology	Joint with ALLUNY, LLAGNY, and SNELLA Holiday Inn Saratoga Springs, NY
1983	Spring March 24 – 25	Banking Law and Beyond	Cornelia Trubey and Amy Ribuoli LLNE Spring Institute Shawmut Bank Boston, MA
1983	Winter (?)	Space Planning for Renovations and New Buildings	Boston University Law School Library
1982	Fall October 28 – 30	Government Documents and Administrative Regulations	Morris Cohen Yale Law School Joint with SNELLA New Haven, CT
1982	Spring March 18 – 20	Media and the Law	Ed Bander Suffolk University Law School Boston, MA
1982	Winter December 14	Library Administration: Planning and Programming of Public Services in Law Libraries	Tom Steele Franklin Pierce Law Center Joint with ABLL Boston Marriott Hotel Boston, MA
1981	Fall October 2 – 3	Equipment Demos of Library Equipment from the 3-hole punch to Word processing.	Edgar Bellefontaine, Program Chair Old Sturbridge Village Conference Center Sturbridge, MA
1981	Spring March 19 – 20	Poverty Law and Library Services	Morris L. Cohen Harvard Law School Library Sharon Hamby Boston College Law Library Cheryl DiCicco Legal Services Institute Harvard Law School Library Cambridge, MA
1981	Winter February 6	Planning Library Services within a Judicial System – Comparative Views	Marnie WarnerJoint with ABLL Quincy Market Building Boston, MA
1980	Fall October 10 – 12	Personnel Systems and Development	Thomas Steele Franklin Pierce Law Center Wentworth-by-the-Sea Portsmouth, NH
1980	Spring April 11 – 12	Taxation and Tax Law Research	Madeleine Wilkin Western New England College School of Law Library Springfield, MA
1980	Winter (?)	Judge Nolan – after dinner speaker	Stella Restaurant Boston, MA
1979	Fall October 5 – 6	Canadian Legal Materials and Common Market	Melinda Golub Harvard Law School Library Wentworth-By-the-Sea Portsmouth, NH
1979	Spring May 18 – 19	Preservation of Books, Physical Treatment and Microfilming	Virginia Kelsh University of Bridgeport School of Law Library Joint with SNELLA Holiday Inn, Bridgeport, CT
1978	Fall (?)	Public Services Workshop: Law Library Services to Other Libraries and Reference Services versus Practicing Law	Boxborough, MA
1974	Spring May 10	Microfilming	Joint with National Microfilm Association Boston, MA
1974	Winter March 15	Marija Matich Hughes National Clearing House Library – after dinner speaker	Harvard Club Boston, MA
1973	Fall November -30 December 1	Institute on Legal Bibliography in New England	Morris L. Cohen Margaret M. Moody Harvard Law School Cambridge, MA
1973	Spring May 11-12	Honorable Harry P. Glassman Maine Superior Court – after dinner speaker	Homewood Inn Yarmouth, ME
1973	Winter February 23	Retiring Chief Justice Elijah Adlow, Boston Municipal Court – after dinner speaker	Harvard Club Boston, MA
1972	Spring May 19-20	The School Busing Controversy and Presidential Libraries	Yale Law Library New Haven, CT
1972	Winter February 18	Toward a Free Press Robert W. Meserve President-elect ABA	Social Law Library Boston, MA
1971	Fall October 8	Tort Liability in the Library	Maria Sekula Joint with NELA Wentworth-by-the-Sea Portsmouth, NH
1968	Spring May 10-11	Tours of Naval War College And Redwood Library	Fall River, MA Newport, RI
1968	Winter February 23	Drug Abuse Professor Nel Chayet	Boston University Law School Boston, MA
1967	Fall October 6-7	John Maxwell Farren Director Neighborhood Law Office Program Harvard Law School – main speaker	Wentworth-by-the-Sea Portsmouth, NH
1966	Spring May 20-21	Honorable Frank M. Coffin Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit – after dinner speaker	I. Albert Matkov Massachusetts State Library Boston, MA
1966	Winter February 18	Proposition and Problems Relating to Law Firm Libraries Arthur Charpentier President, AALL and Librarian of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York – after dinner speaker	Sheraton Boston Hotel Prudential Center Boston, MA
1965	Fall October 8	Connecticut’s New Library Legislation Combining State Extension Services and State Library Into One Unit Virginia Knox Connecticut State Library	Shirley Bysiewicz University of Connecticut Law Library Joint with NELA Wentworth-by-the-Sea Portsmouth, NH
1965	Spring May 14-15	Louis Pollak Dean, Yale Law School – after dinner speaker	Yale Law School New Haven, CT (?)
1965	Winter February 19	Experiences of Foreign Law Students in United States and Yale’s World Community Ved Nanda Graduate Student, Yale Law School	Yale Law School New Haven, CT (?)
1964	Fall October 16	Problems of Small Law Library; Donald L. Garbrecht New Developments in Automation in the Legal Field Robert P. Bigelow	John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. Boston, MA
1964	Spring May 22-23	Tours of new University of Connecticut Law Library and the Litchfield Law School	Hartford, CT
1964	Winter February 1	AALL Plans and Africa Harry Bitner President, AALL – after dinner speaker	(?)
1963	Fall September 25-28	Automation and Data Processing	Wentworth-by-the-Sea Portsmouth, NH
1961	Winter February 24	Use of Case Method in Teaching Library Science Kenneth R. Shaffer, Director, Simmons Library School – after dinner speaker	Hotel Touraine Boston, MA
1960	Spring May 22 – 23	Dartmouth College Faculty – speakers and tour of Equity Publishing Co. Orford, NH	Earl Borgeson Dartmouth, NH
1960	Winter February 1	Frances Farmer, President, AALL – after dinner speaker	(?)
1959	Fall October 16	History Now In Progress of United States Supreme Court Professor Fred Rodell Yale Law School	Joint with NELA Swampscott, MA
1957	Winter February 22	Institute for Law Librarians	Harvard Law School Library Cambridge, MA
1951	Spring March 30	American Frontiers of Today Honorable Carl Wahlstrom Senior Judge of Probate for Worcester County – after dinner speaker and tour of Worcester County Law Library	Worcester County Law Library Hotel Sheraton Worcester, MA
1950	Fall November 8	The Organization of the Bar in Massachusetts Lowell S. Nicholson Dean, Northeastern University School of Law – after dinner speaker	Northeastern University School of Law Library Boston, MA
1949	Spring April 27	What the Lawyer Expects from the Law Library William A. Parks Executive Secretary Boston Bar Association – after dinner speaker	Howard Manningham Boston Law Book Company Hotel Touraine Boston, MA
1948	Spring April 27	American Legal History and Legal Materials Professor Mark De Wolfe Harvard Law School – after dinner speaker	Howard Manningham Boston Law Book Company Hotel Touraine Boston, MA
1948	Winter February 10	Organization as Chapter of AALL Dennis A. Dooley State Librarian of Massachusetts Survey of Legal Profession Eldon R. James Law School Consultant Lawyers Cooperative Pub. Co.	Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company Parker House Boston, MA

Historical List Compiled by Michael Hughes
Associate Director
Quinnipiac University School of Law Library

The information on LLNE Meetings was gleaned from correspondence, newsletters, the Chapter annual reports in Law Library Journal, and other sources. Please let us know of any information that might be contrary to what is contained within this document or of what is not listed.

The host is generally the person(s) who planned the meeting. A question mark in parenthesis indicates unverified information. The Law Librarians of New England was organized in 1946, when 17 law librarians met to organize as an association. LLNE was formally accepted as a chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries by AALL on June 24, 1948.