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LLNE Fall Meeting Site

The conference website for the LLNE Fall 2008 meeting, including online registration, is now available at http://bulawinteractive.org/bu/llnefall2008/

Employment Law in the 21st Century: The Impact of Technology on the Workplace
Friday, November 7, 2008
Boston University School of Law
Hosted by: the Pappas Law Library staff

With the introduction of new technology into the workplace, new areas of legal uncertainty have also arisen. What kind of information are employers considering in their employment decisions? Does your FaceBook site contain too much information? Should and can employers monitor or control computer use inside and even outside the office? Could your e-mail get your employer in trouble? How are employers handling the personal information of their employees? All of these questions have important legal dimensions. Many of these questions are only now beginning to be addressed through regulation and litigation. This program will address how employers and the legal community contend with the dynamic environment created by technological change.

Please contact Raquel Ortiz if you have any questions about the conference.

AALL Updates

Greetings LLNE Members! Here are few AALL updates from the conference….
The vendor floor was very busy and I checked out the LLNE table and it looked great (thanks Diane for creation and Kathy and Christine for setting it up!)
SNELLA/LLNE had a lunch where Kathy Fletcher passed over the reigns to Chris Knott as new President of LLNE (see below). He received the ceremonial duck and a brand new crown. Michale Hughes announced the new candidates for the Executive Board and they were all approved.
In social news, the NELLCO recpetion was great. It was at the Uptown Billards Club in NW Portland. Tracy made an announcement about the Federated Search and schools were continuing to sign up. The club featured pool tables, dart boards, and ping pong. Everyone had a good time. The funny thing was that the lounge had pictures of books all along the walls. (See pic below – Karen Quin and Raquel Ortiz and the book background) Many commented it felt like home!

LLNE Scholarship Announcement

The 2008 AALL Meeting in Portland is only a few months away. The LLNE Scholarship Committee is now accepting applications for support to help pay the costs of attending. Applications are due by April 30. The policies and application forms are available on the LLNE website at: http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/llne/forms/index.htm.

Completed applications should be sent by mail or fax to:

Margaret Cianfarini Chair,
LLNE Scholarship Committee
Harvard Law School Library
1545 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138

Northeastern Law Library Presents: Bringing Human Rights Home

Northeastern University School of Law Library is co-sponsoring a panel discussion on Human Rights in the United States

Bringing Human Rights Home: A Panel Discussion on Human Rights in the United States
Moderated by Professor Martha Davis
Thursday, April 3, 2008
At Noon
333 Curry Student Center
Refreshments will be served

Sponsored by the NU School of Law Library, NU Libraries, the NUSL Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy, and the NU Bookstore. Formore information or for special needs assistance, please contact MariaCarpenter at m.carpenter@neu.edu or 617.373.2821.

Program: The anthology Uncertain Freedoms—the struggle for human rights, edited byMartha Davis, recounts the tumultuous history and politics of socialjustice action in the US. It examines the ways in which human rightsactivism has flourished and faltered within the US—and the differencesbetween the US’s domestic and international involvement in human rights.
Join us for an illuminating discussion by a panel of experts on topics asbroad ranging as civil rights, globalization and terrorism, and theirintersection with human rights.

Panel: Editor of the anthology and Northeastern Law Professor Martha Daviswill moderate a panel discussion with guests Hope Lewis, NU Professor ofLaw; Wendy Pollack, Senior Attorney for the Sargent Shriver National Centeron Poverty Law; Alec Irwin, Associate Director of the Francois-XavierBagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of PublicHealth; and Catherine Albisa, Executive Director of the National Economicand Social Rights Initiative.

LLNE Newsletter Call for Articles

Hello LLNE Members –

The next issue of the LLNE News in is the works. We are calling for submissions for our new issue! Feel free to choose any topic, and email us with your ideas.

Also, please forward any news about our members such as recent publications, new jobs, achievements, etc. We need your materials by April 11th so we can get the issue out before people head off to the LLNE meeting in Maine!

Thanks,

Kyle K. Courtney & Susan Vaughn

November 2007 Volunteer Opportunities

The LLNE Service Committee is pleased to announce two upcoming volunteer opportunities with Community Servings, an organization that prepares, packages and delivers meals to individuals homebound with acute life-threatening illnesses and unable to shop or cook for themselves. The events, both associated with the organization’s annual Pie in the Sky fundraiser, will take place Saturday, November 10th and Saturday, November 17th. For additional details, please contact Jennifer Kessler, LLNE Service Committee Chair, at jkessler@goodwinprocter.com or (617) 305-6708.

Pie Box Labeling and Distribution to Restaurants
Saturday, November 10th
9:00am – 2:00pm
Greater Boston Food Bank

Help make and label 13,000 pie boxes at the Greater Boston Food Bank. After labeling, we’ll deliver bundles of pie boxes to the restaurants that will fill them.

Pie Baking
Saturday, November 17th
Time and Location TBA

Additional details will be provided once confirmed. Last year a large group convened at Hynes Convention Center to help bake extra pies needed to meet the impressive demand. Depending on this year’s numbers, shifts will be planned for either the morning or afternoon of November 17th. Please let Jennifer know if you are interested and when you might be available to assist that day.

LLNE Newsletter – Your help

Hello LLNE Members –

The next issue of the LLNE News in is the works. We are calling for submissions for our new issue. Feel free to choose any topic, but we can also supply some ideas. You could tell us about:

  • an interesting program at the AALL annual meeting
  • any interesting travels from the summer
  • a great resource or new product that you’ve discovered that you would like to share

Lastly, please forward to me any news about our members such as recent publications, new jobs, achievements, etc. We need your materials by October 11th so we can get the issue out before people head off to the big LLNE meeting in Toronto!

Thanks,

Kyle K. Courtney & Susan Vaughn