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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Friday, July 19, 2024
  • 7:30am – 5:30pm CDT
    Registration Hours
  • 9:00am – 5:00pm CDT
    AALL Executive Board Meeting (Current/Incoming Board Members and Current Council Chairs)
  • Saturday, July 20, 2024
  • 8:00am – 3:00pm CDT
    CONELL (Conference of Newer Law Librarians) (Sponsored by Thomson Reuters) Separate Registration Required
  • 8:00am – 7:00pm CDT
    Registration Hours
  • 9:00am – 4:00pm CDT
    Writing Agendas and Scholarship Portfolios: From Ideation to Publication (Separate Registration Required): W1
  • 9:00am – 4:00pm CDT
    Metadata Magicians' Secrets Revealed: Basic Legal Cataloging (Separate Registration Required): W2
  • 9:00am – 4:00pm CDT
    Discover Foreign & International Law in The Second City (Separate Registration Required): W3
  • 9:00am – 4:00pm CDT
    Unleashing Innovation: A Rollercoaster Ride to Implement, Plan, and Fund Your GenAI Toolkit (Sponsored by Thomson Reuters) (Separate Registration Required): W4
  • 12:00pm CDT
    Library Tour: Poetry Library (Separate Registration Required)
  • 12:00pm – 1:00pm CDT
    Leadership Lunch - By Invitation (Sponsored by Thomson Reuters)
  • 1:15pm – 3:00pm CDT
    Virtual Leadership Training Debrief for Chapters and Special Interest Sections - By Invitation (Sponsored by Thomson Reuters)
  • 2:00pm CDT
    Library Tour: Pritzker Legal Research Center, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law (SOLD OUT)
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm CDT
    AALL Host Program (By Invitation)
  • 5:00pm – 6:30pm CDT
    Exhibit Hall Hours (Ticketed Event)
  • 5:00pm – 6:30pm CDT
    Opening Reception (Ticketed Event; Full Conference/Saturday Single-Day Registrations Include One Ticket)
  • 7:00pm – 8:30pm CDT
    AALL VIP Reception (By Invitation)
  • 7:30pm – 9:00pm CDT
    PLLIP-SIS Volunteer Appreciation Dinner (Sponsored by Thomson Reuters)
  • Sunday, July 21, 2024
  • 7:00am – 6:00pm CDT
    Registration Hours
  • 7:30am – 8:30am CDT
    GLL-SIS Awards & Recognition Ceremony (Sponsored by LexisNexis)
  • 7:30am – 8:30am CDT
    PLLIP-SIS IP Caucus Breakfast (Sponsored by Clarivate)
  • 7:30am – 8:45am CDT
    LSRD-SIS Incoming Executive Board Meeting
  • 9:00am – 10:15am CDT
    Opening General Session (Co-sponsored by LexisNexis & Thomson Reuters)
  • 10:15am – 11:15am CDT
    Exhibit Hall Refreshment Break
  • 10:15am – 4:00pm CDT
    Exhibit Hall Hours
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm CDT
    Exhibitor Showcase: Developing Students’ Understanding of International Law (Law Business Research)
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm CDT
    Exhibitor Showcase: LexisNexis Digital Library: The latest Enhancements and Trends Unveiled
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm CDT
    “Hachette Book Grp. v. Internet Archive” Means Controlled Digital Lending Is Off the Table for Libraries; Or Does It?: A1
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm CDT
    FCIL Cool Tools: Existing and Emerging Technologies for Around the World: A2
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm CDT
    Advancing A2J: Building Collaborative Partnerships with State Courts to Improve Usability of Judicial Legal Applications for All Users: A3
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm CDT
    Partnerships to Increase Access to the Profession: A4
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm CDT
    Explore Opportunities to Lead, Innovate, and Transform Under the New ABA Library Standards: A5
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm CDT
    Summoning the Magic Words: Crafting Prompts to be an AI Wizard (Sponsored by Thomson Reuters): A6
  • 11:30am – 12:30pm CDT
    Generative AI and Law Firms: A ROI Reality Check: A7
  • 12:00pm CDT
    Library Tour: University of Illinois at Chicago (Separate Registration Required)
  • 12:45pm – 1:45pm CDT
    ALL-SIS Library Marketing and Outreach Committee
  • 12:45pm – 1:45pm CDT
    LHRB-SIS Cataloging Roundtable
  • 12:45pm – 1:45pm CDT
    LISP-SIS/BLL-SIS/GLL-SIS/SR-SIS Joint Roundtable
  • 12:45pm – 1:45pm CDT
    LIT-SIS Roundtable: Are Students Ready for AI Assistance? Perspectives on Mandated, Optional and Restricted Use of AI in Legal Research Courses
  • 12:45pm – 1:45pm CDT
    LSRD-SIS Local Systems Meeting
  • 12:45pm – 1:45pm CDT
    PLLIP-SIS Business Meeting and Lunch (Separate Registration Required)
  • 12:45pm – 1:45pm CDT
    RIPS-SIS Meet & Greet
  • 12:45pm – 1:45pm CDT
    Teaching Legal Technology Caucus
  • 12:45pm – 1:45pm CDT
    TS-SIS Management Issues Roundtable
  • 2:00pm – 3:00pm CDT
    Generative AI: Revolutionizing Efficiencies for Law Librarians: B2
  • 2:00pm – 3:00pm CDT
    Formative Assessment Hacks to Save You Time: B3
  • 2:00pm – 3:00pm CDT
    Leading the Way: Solutions for Hiring and Onboarding in a Hybrid World: B4
  • 2:00pm – 3:00pm CDT
    Transforming the Legal Landscape: Access to Justice in Rural Communities: B5
  • 2:00pm – 3:00pm CDT
    Cool Tools Café: Existing and Emerging Technologies: B6
  • 2:00pm – 3:00pm CDT
    Librarian Imposter Syndrome: How to Banish Self-Doubt and Build Confidence: B7
  • 2:00pm – 4:15pm CDT
    Deep Dive: Simply Done: Managing Projects Big and Small for Work and Life : B1
  • 3:15pm – 4:15pm CDT
    Exhibitor Showcase: Boosting the Signal in Your State Court Surveillance - Best Practices, Pain Points, and What’s Ahead (ALM)
  • 3:15pm – 4:15pm CDT
    Demonstrating Library Value Through Archival and Special Collections Exhibits: C1
  • 3:15pm – 4:15pm CDT
    Free PACER, Free the Law: The Past, Present, and Future of Public Access to Court Electronic Records: C2
  • 3:15pm – 4:15pm CDT
    Unlocking the Power of Generative AI in Legal Information Management and Business Intelligence: C3
  • 3:15pm – 4:15pm CDT
    Diversity & Inclusion Committee Symposium: Stand Up Fight Back: How Libraries Keep Momentum on their DEI Work Under Local Restrictions (Sponsored by LexisNexis): C4
  • 3:15pm – 4:15pm CDT
    Teaching Technology by Not Teaching Technology: Rethinking Essential Skills in Legal Tech Courses: C5
  • 3:15pm – 4:15pm CDT
    Hot Topic: AI: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly–60 AI Websites, Tools, and Apps in 60 Minutes: C6
  • 4:15pm – 5:15pm CDT
    Diversity & Inclusion Committee Symposium Reception (Sponsored by LexisNexis)
  • 5:30pm – 6:30pm CDT
    AALL Award Recipients Reception (By Invitation)
  • 5:30pm – 6:30pm CDT
    ALL-SIS Collection Development Roundtable
  • 5:30pm – 6:30pm CDT
    LHRB-SIS Host City Program: John Lewis Moreland's Lincoln's Library: The Books, Papers, and Ephemera of a Prairie Lawyer
  • 5:30pm – 6:30pm CDT
    PLLIP-SIS Competitive Intelligence Caucus Meeting
  • 5:30pm – 6:30pm CDT
    RIPS-SIS Legal Research Competency Roundtable - What's Next for the Bar Exam?
  • 5:30pm – 6:30pm CDT
    TS-SIS Metadata Management Roundtable
  • 6:00pm – 7:00pm CDT
    FCIL-SIS Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians Recipient Presentation
  • Monday, July 22, 2024
  • 6:00am – 7:00am CDT
    Yoga
  • 7:00am – 5:30pm CDT
    Registration Hours
  • 7:30am – 8:30am CDT
    ALL-SIS Directors' Breakfast (Separate Registration Required)
  • 7:30am – 8:30am CDT
    ALL-SIS Middle-Managers’ Breakfast (Separate Registration Required)
  • 8:30am – 9:30am CDT
    Exhibit Hall Refreshment Break
  • 8:30am – 9:30am CDT
    Meet the AALL Executive Board Candidates
  • 8:30am – 4:00pm CDT
    Exhibit Hall Hours
  • 9:30am – 10:30am CDT
    Using Model-Based Language to Write Effective Performance Appraisals: D2
  • 9:30am – 10:30am CDT
    Hot Topic: SCOTUS: A Year in Review: D3
  • 9:30am – 10:30am CDT
    Bridging Differences in Mentoring Relationships: D4
  • 9:30am – 10:30am CDT
    The Promotion Promposal: Advice for Composing an Effective Promotion Statement and Dossier: D5
  • 9:30am – 10:30am CDT
    Strategic Social Media: Creating Engaging & Accessible Content with Limited Time and Resources: D6
  • 9:30am – 10:30am CDT
    Artificial Intelligence in the Library Workflow: Improving Efficiencies (Sponsored by LexisNexis): D7
  • 9:30am – 11:45am CDT
    Deep Dive: Electronic Resource Management: A Collaborative Approach to Discovering New Skills and Knowledge: D1
  • 10:00am CDT
    Library Tour: Chicago-Kent College of Law (SOLD OUT)
  • 10:45am – 11:45am CDT
    State Court Dockets: Demystifying Online Access and Coverage: E1
  • 10:45am – 11:45am CDT
    Enough! The Empowerment Myth for Working Mothers Is Not Working: Strategies for Work-Life Balance as a Law Librarian: E2
  • 10:45am – 11:45am CDT
    Experience Active Learning Implementation: E3
  • 10:45am – 11:45am CDT
    Law Library Managerial Lessons Learned from Experience: E4
  • 10:45am – 11:45am CDT
    Hot Topic: Artificial Intelligence & the Future of Law Libraries: E5
  • 10:45am – 11:45am CDT
    Holding On is Holding Us Back: Positioning Ourselves for the Future Law Library Workplace: E6
  • 12:00pm – 1:00pm CDT
    ALL-SIS Faculty Services Committee
  • 12:00pm – 1:00pm CDT
    ALL-SIS JEDI Committee Roundtable
  • 12:00pm – 1:00pm CDT
    ALL-SIS Student Services Committee Table Talks
  • 12:00pm – 1:00pm CDT
    BLL-SIS & RIPS-SIS Joint DEI Roundtable
  • 12:00pm – 1:00pm CDT
    LHRB-SIS Archives Roundtable
  • 12:00pm – 1:00pm CDT
    LISP-SIS Roundtable
  • 12:00pm – 1:00pm CDT
    LSRD-SIS Roundtable: Taking the Mystery Out of Discovery
  • 12:00pm – 1:00pm CDT
    RIPS-SIS Teach in Kit & ALL-SIS Sourcebook Joint Roundtable
  • 12:00pm – 1:00pm CDT
    TS-SIS Hot Topic
  • 1:15pm – 2:15pm CDT
    Diverse and Inclusive Recruiting for the Future: Early Recruitment into Law Librarianship: F1
  • 1:15pm – 2:15pm CDT
    Selector School 2.0: Weeding the Collection You Have Built: F2
  • 1:15pm – 2:15pm CDT
    Debunking the Learning Styles Myth with Cognitive Science: F3
  • 1:15pm – 2:15pm CDT
    Stewarding the Scholarly Publication Cycle: Best Practices for Modern Librarianship: F4
  • 1:15pm – 2:15pm CDT
    Systems Love to Hate: Educating Law Students and Practitioners on Bias in AI: F5
  • 1:15pm – 2:15pm CDT
    The Power of Using Data to Convey Value: F6
  • 1:15pm – 2:15pm CDT
    Developing Generative AI Tools in Smaller Organizations: F7
  • 2:15pm – 3:15pm CDT
    Exhibit Hall Refreshment Break
  • 3:30pm – 4:30pm CDT
    Exhibitor Showcase: Intelligize+ AI™ - Transforming the Future of SEC Compliance Intelligence (LexisNexis)
  • 3:30pm – 4:30pm CDT
    Neurodiversity and Libraries: Supporting Patrons in Your Physical and Digital Spaces: G1
  • 3:30pm – 4:30pm CDT
    Indigenous Copyright: How Librarians Can Promote Data Sovereignty: G2
  • 3:30pm – 4:30pm CDT
    You Are Kenough: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome for Career Growth: G3
  • 3:30pm – 4:30pm CDT
    The Write Way: A Law Librarian's Toolkit for Drafting, Editing, and Publishing: G4
  • 3:30pm – 4:30pm CDT
    Obscenity, Authoritarianism, and Blasphemy: The Global Context of Book Banning: G5
  • 3:30pm – 4:30pm CDT
    Best Practices for Creating Hypotheticals for Legal Research: G6
  • 3:30pm – 4:30pm CDT
    Teaching the Ethical Use of Generative AI: G7
  • 4:45pm – 5:45pm CDT
    AALL Business Meeting
  • 5:30pm CDT
    Library Tour: The 606 (Separate Registration Required)
  • 5:45pm – 6:45pm CDT
    Law Repositories Caucus Meeting
  • 5:45pm – 6:45pm CDT
    LHRB-SIS Member News & Business Meeting
  • 5:45pm – 6:45pm CDT
    TS-SIS Resource Management Roundtable
  • Tuesday, July 23, 2024
  • 6:00am – 7:00am CDT
    Yoga
  • 8:00am – 1:00pm CDT
    Registration Hours
  • 8:30am – 9:30am CDT
    Changing Dynamics in the Workplace: Redefining What Is “Professional” in the Law Library: H1
  • 8:30am – 9:30am CDT
    Making It "Count": Collecting Electronic Resources Statistics in Law Libraries: H2
  • 8:30am – 9:30am CDT
    Wearing Different Hats: Managing a Law Library with a Small Team: H3
  • 8:30am – 9:30am CDT
    DEI Climate Assessment: The First Step to Impactful Results: H4
  • 8:30am – 9:30am CDT
    Cognitive Colleagues: AI as an Essential Team Member for Tomorrow's Workplace: H5
  • 8:30am – 9:30am CDT
    Hot Topic: Legal Research Considerations During an Election Year in the Age of AI and Deepfakes: H6
  • 8:30am – 9:30am CDT
    Plotting an Academic Career: Equity, Tenure, Job Security, and More: H7
  • 8:30am – 12:00pm CDT
    Exhibit Hall Hours
  • 9:45am – 11:15am CDT
    Exhibit Hall Refreshment Break
  • 9:45am – 11:15am CDT
    Poster Session Presentation and Review Period
  • 10:00am CDT
    Library Tour: University of Chicago Law (Separate Registration Required)
  • 11:15am – 12:15pm CDT
    A History of Legal Publishing: Let's Review the Past to Safeguard Our Future: I1
  • 11:15am – 12:15pm CDT
    Classified Government Information: What Librarians Can Do Beyond the News: I2
  • 11:15am – 12:15pm CDT
    Don’t Account Yourself Out: You Too Can Excel at Budgets: I3
  • 11:15am – 12:15pm CDT
    The Power of Deep Work and Slow Productivity: Strategies for Law Librarians in the Age of Distraction: I3
  • 11:15am – 12:15pm CDT
    Managing Neurodiverse Employees in the Law Library: I4
  • 11:15am – 12:15pm CDT
    A Tangled Web: Artificial Intelligence, Legal Research, Copyright, and Terms of Use: I5
  • 11:15am – 12:15pm CDT
    "No." Is a Complete Sentence: How Librarians Can Budget their Time and Set Realistic Service Expectations: I6
  • 12:30pm – 2:00pm CDT
    Association Luncheon (Ticketed Event)
  • 1:00pm CDT
    Library Tour: Chapman & Cutler (Separate Registration Required)
  • 2:30pm – 3:30pm CDT
    AALL Informal Executive Board Meeting (2024-2025 Incoming Board Members)