There are 11 days left to apply for the Fall 2024 Meeting Scholarship! There are two scholarships available, and each will cover registration costs for the Fall 2024 meeting. Only current LLNE members are eligible for consideration. The deadline to apply for a scholarship is Tuesday, October 1st. For more information about the scholarship, please ..read more

We are excited to host you on Friday, October 25th, at the McKernan Center in South Portland, ME, for a conference focused on The Role of Law Libraries in the Age of AI. Important Details: Our agenda includes a series of engaging presentations and discussions on how AI is reshaping law librarianship. Don’t miss out ..read more

Pay Grade: Grade 13 Starting Pay: $59,047.98 Departmental Mission Statement:  The Court Services and Law Libraries Department is responsible for providing key court services to support the administration of justice and advance access to justice in the Trial Court. These services include the Court Service Centers, the Trial Court Law Libraries, and the Judicial Response ..read more

By Christine Dulac I have attended the AALL Annual Meeting almost every year since 2001—my first in Seattle.  In 2004, I attended in Boston, seven months pregnant with my daughter Rose, much to my friend and colleague, Maureen Quinlan’s dismay—fearing I would give birth on the T.[1]  There are many reasons to attend the AALL ..read more

Dear LLNE Members, It is with great excitement that I begin my year as the President of the Law Librarians of New England (LLNE). I look forward to a year filled with learning, collaboration, and growth. Thank you to Anna Lawless Collins as she finishes her commitment to LLNE as the Past-President.  Sara McMahon will ..read more

Pay Grade: Grade 13 Starting Pay: $56,776.90 Departmental Mission Statement:  The Court Services and Law Libraries Department is responsible for providing key court services to support the administration of justice and advance access to justice in the Trial Court. These services include the Court Service Centers, the Trial Court Law Libraries, and the Judicial Response System.  MISSION STATEMENT OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TRIAL COURT LAW LIBRARIES: The Trial Court Law Library System provides timely, efficient access to current and historical law-related information in an impartial and res ..read more

From Maureen Quinlan An interesting and educational Spring LLNE/ABLL Conference was hosted by the Social Law Library. It was titled History in Law / Law in History. I thoroughly enjoyed each lecture.  Professor Amar and Justice Kafker provided a thought-provoking session on Law In History. The session gave me a clearer awareness of how Constitutional Law is perceived and how to understand Constitutional Law in the context of the past and today. The panel of expert librarians on legislative history gave us insight into the resources available in each New England State to understand legisla ..read more

The Service Committee would like to present its Spring project: Supporting digital historical initiatives. Most of the projects below ask for assistance with transcribing documents. Transcription adds so much value by helping make documents more discoverable in catalogs and other search engines. Digital transcription projects are projects you can work on from the comfort of your own home (with one exception below). Be a part of history while helping to share it with others! The organizations below welcome your support: State Organizations: Massachusetts Historical Society: https://www.mas ..read more

Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States Full-time Closing on May 12, 2024, at 23:55 EST Title: Head Law Librarian – Barnstable Pay Grade: Grade 19 Starting Pay: $94,222.68 Departmental Mission Statement:  The Court Services and Law Libraries Department is responsible for providing key court services to support the administration of justice and advance access to justice in the Trial Court. MISSION STATEMENT OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TRIAL COURT LAW LIBRARIES: The Trial Court Law Library System provides timely, efficient access to current and historical law-related information in an impartial a ..read more

All public librarians are encouraged to apply for a scholarship, sponsored by the LLNE Access to Justice Committee, to attend our chapter’s Legal Research Instruction Program. The Legal Research Instruction Program (LRIP) is a six-week online seminar geared towards public librarians interested in learning more about law librarianship. Each week, a different aspect of legal research is covered — everything from an overview of the U.S. legal system to finding business transactional documents. The class will run on Tuesday evenings from March 26th through April 30th.   For more informat ..read more