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Management + Business Acumen

Professionalism + Leadership at Every Level

Holding On Is Holding Us Back: Positioning Ourselves for the Future Law Library Workplace

Monday, July 22, 2024

10:45am – 11:45am CDT

Room: Regency Ballroom D (West Tower Gold Level)

Coordinator/Speaker(s)

Diana J. Koppang (she/her/hers)

Director of Research & Competitive Intelligence
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Slides (PDF)

Speaker(s)

Carla Wale (she/her/hers)

Associate Dean & Teaching Professor
University of Washington, Washington, United States
Sarah Ryan (she/her/hers)

Director of the Law Librarianship Program, Associate Professor
University of North Texas
Denton, Texas, United States

Moderator(s)

Zanada Joyner (she/her/hers)

Associate Director for Collections & Information Discovery
University of Maryland, Carey School of Law, Thurgood Marshall Law Library
Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Wordly Closed Captioning: https://attend.wordly.ai/join/FVTJ-3294

In order to retain talent and drive new professionals to our workplaces, there must be a reevaluation of the structural and cultural norms that have endured for too long. In the first part of this program, we will reimagine the law library of the future including work-life balance expectations and organizational structure to meet the demands of our changing field. In the second part, we will discuss how to work toward this future vision in the present. While this transformation may require incremental changes, we must start now to retain and drive talent to ensure our organizations’ future success.

Target Audience:

Law librarians in academic, firm, or government sectors—particularly those in management and involved in strategic planning. Newer librarians are also encouraged to attend to bring ideas for the lively Q&A.

Learning Objectives:

Participants will identify what elements of your workplace – culture, structure, expectations – may be sabotaging retention and recruitment.
Participants will enumerate the attributes for a best-in-class workplace that drives talent to your team.
Participants will formulate a strategy to articulate these visions with your colleagues through engaging in meaningful discussions, including anticipating the barriers you may face in resistance to change.