Greetings advocates,
AALL recently updated its legislative priorities for the 117th Congress. These include:
- Funding to support the legal information industry
- Equitable access to official legal information
- Privacy protections for law library users
We encourage you to visit the Government Relations Section of AALLNET for more information on AALL’s policy positions, an advocacy toolkit, the AALL Legislative Action Center, and more. And, if you haven’t already, we encourage you to join the AALL Advocates Community, to receive regular advocacy updates, including news posts from members of AALL’s Government Relations Committee.
On the UELMA front, the U.S. Virgin Islands just became the 23rd jurisdiction to enact the legislation. Here in New England, the Massachusetts UELMA bill, H.1597, has been referred to the Joint Committee on the Judiciary. Many thanks to LLNE’s Massachusetts members for your willingness to write to your representatives to seek (co)sponsorship, and to the members of the UELMA in MA Subcommittee for your tireless efforts to see this important legislation advance.
Feel free to contact either of us with questions or ideas. We would also welcome your involvement with the committee.
– Catherine Biondo and Emilie Benoit, LLNE GRC Co-Chairs