On July 21st, 2024, a dozen librarians served as panelists in an FCIL “Cool Tools” program at the AALL Annual Meeting, in which presenters each discussed a selected “cool tool” with small groups of attendees, with attendees changing tables at the conclusion of each short presentation. In this blog series, presenters will provide a recap ..read more

By Marcelo Rodríguez These past weeks, I have taught a couple of classes on Comparative Law and Comparative Legal Research in the context of my course, Foreign, Comparative and International Legal Research at the University of Arizona College of Law. Teaching the historical and current value of Comparative Law, its numerous methodologies, and research strategies ..read more

1. Where did you grow up? I grew up in Sebastopol, CA, about an hour north of San Francisco. 2. Why did you select law librarianship as a career?  In my last semester of law school at UC Irvine I was working on job applications and disenchanted with the process. I was having trouble writing ..read more

1. Where did you grow up? I was born and raised in Poughkeepsie, NY. It’s at the northern edge of the reasonable commuting range for NYC. 2. Why did you select law librarianship as a career?  I decided to become a librarian when I was volunteering at my middle school’s library. This was solidified when I went ..read more

By Lucie Olejnikova Now in the newly redesigned environment, GlobaLex July/August 2024 issue is live featuring eight article updates: Bulgaria, Madagascar, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, International Tax Law, Comparative Analysis of Restorative Justice Practices in Africa, and Sharīʿah Law in South East Asian (ASEAN): Intellectual Property Innovation and Development, Perspectives and Implication for Business ..read more

On July 21st, 2024, a dozen librarians served as panelists in an FCIL “Cool Tools” program at the AALL Annual Meeting, in which presenters each discussed a selected “cool tool” with small groups of attendees, with attendees changing tables at the conclusion of each short presentation. In this blog series, presenters will provide a recap ..read more

By Lucie Olejnikova I am happy to share that, after almost 20 years of serving as an invaluable resource within the global legal community, GlobaLex, the open access publication dedicated to publishing foreign, comparative, and international law research articles, has been redesigned. This multi-year project involved structural, organizational, and cosmetic updates, with an aim to ..read more

By Charles Bjork The second full day of the 2024 Annual Course of the International Association of Law Libraries (IALL) in Oslo began with a timely presentation by Geir Ulfstein, Professor Emeritus of International Law at the University of Oslo, on Peaceful Use and Conflicts in the Arctic:  The Case of the Svalbard Treaty.  The ..read more

By Stephanie Lynn Grace This panel explored the recent increase in book bans in the United States and provided attendees with context about censorship across the globe. Moderator and panelist Sarah E. M. Martin, global law and language access librarian at the Los Angeles County Law Library, began by introducing the concept of “harmful speech ..read more

1. Where did you grow up? I was born in Seoul, Korea. When I was 8 years old, my family – including my parents, granny, and two sisters – immigrated to Canada. I grew up in the east end of Toronto, the greatest city in the world, in my biased opinion. 2. Why did you ..read more