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Greetings from Boston! Please join your LLNE and SNELLA colleagues for the annual joint luncheon and LLNE business meeting on Tuesday, July 19. The registration form is available on the LLNE website at
http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/llne/calendar/05AALLluncheon.pdf

The registration deadline is June 13, 2005.

At the business meeting, we will hold the elections for new officers. In addition, this year’s meeting includes an important vote on amendments to the LLNE Constitution and Bylaws. Nominations and the proposed amendments will be disseminated to members later this spring, per the LLNE constitution.

I look forward to seeing you in San Antonio.

Raquel Ortiz, LLNE President

A reminder –The deadline for LLNE Scholarship applications for the 2005 Annual Meeting in San Antonio is next Wednesday, April 20. Information about the scholarships and application forms are available at: http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/llne/forms/annschol.htm

Margaret Cianfarini
Chair, LLNE Scholarship Committee

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Spring greetings, LLNE members —

There is a wonderful opportunity to join a walkathon on May 14, 2005, for the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (or NAMI).

This walkathon —

raises public awareness about mental illness and the realities of the lives of individuals and families living with these disorders,

fights stigma and negative stereotypes associated with mental illness,

raises funds to provide new resources and programs for state and affiliate programs,

increases NAMI membership,

and provides outreach to new and culturally diverse populations affected by mental illness.

NAMI is a wonderful organization that helps individuals and families throughout the country, including right here in New England. To learn more, or to sign up to pledge or to walk with the LLNE team, go to www.nami.org/namiwalks05/MAS/llne.

If you have any questions please contact me, Ginny McVarish, at mcvarish@fas.harvard.edu or 617-495-2422.

And enjoy the spring!

Annette Demers (Harvard Law School Library) has posted a conference bibliography for her LLNE Spring Meeting 2005 presentation “Research Relating to Terrorism” at http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/services/research/guides/international/web_resources/terrorism.php
Thanks for a great presentation, Annette!

The answers to Friday’s LLNE/AALL Trivia Contest at the our Spring 2005 Meeting at Harvard Law School have been posted on the LLNE website. Thank you to all who participated!

For more information about AALL history, be sure to check out the AALL Centennial Celebration Committee’s website. The committee provides a variety of resources on AALL History. (You might recognize some of our contest questions in the AALL Chronology!) Read about its programs at the annual meeting in San Antonio, including one featuring LLNE member John Pedini as a speaker.

Begining today, April 4th, oral arguments before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court are being broadcast in real time over the Internet as part of a pilot project between Suffolk University Law School and the Supreme Judicial Court.You may watch oral arguments and find a schedule of upcoming arguments, at the following web site: www.suffolk.edu/sjc.

Source: Dean Marc Perlin, Suffolk University School of Law

Well, the meeting is now over and was definitely a success! Many thanks to the Harvard Law School Library and all presenters for a fabulous program!

During the reception in the Caspersen Room, Mike Hughes awarded the prizes for our trivia contest. The grand prize winner? Byron Hill of Bowditch and Dewey, with only 2 incorrect answers! Byron took home a wonderful assortment of wines from various countries connected with our theme, the war on terrorism. They were as follows: Trapiche Malbec (Argentina); Oxford Landing Chardonay (Australia); Carpineto Dogajolo (Italy); Geisen Savignon Blanc (New Zealand); Margues de Daroca Red (Spain); and Berardiere Rhone (France).

Ten dollar gift certificates were also awarded to Anne Acton (New England School of Law Library); Mary Liz Brenninkmeyer (Northeastern University School of Law Library); Ann DeVeaux (Quinnipiac University School of Law Library); Judy Gire (Franklin Pierce Law Library); and Cornelia Trubey (Ropes & Gray).

Answers will soon be posted on the LLNE website!

Mary Liz Brenninkmeyer brings us a research tip about the Washington & Lee Most Cited Legal Periodicals database. Mary Liz found this site particularly useful for answering a faculty question about popularity of several law review journals she was considering publishing in.