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Guide on the Side – Tips for Finding a Speaker

Guide on the Side Tips on Finding a Speaker By Marie Wallace

Marie Wallace has enjoyed a fulfilling career as a librarian, beginning in 1951 in academia with the University of California and transitioning in 1971 into the private law library world until her 1995 retirement from O’Melveny & Myers. She is the 1997 recipient of the American Association of Law Libraries‘ highest honor, the Marian Gould Gallagher Distinguished Service Award. Throughout her professional life, Marie has been a guiding force in the Southern California Association of Law Libraries, Practising Law Institute’s programs for law librarians and Teaching Legal Research in Private Law Libraries (TRIPLL).

Subjects: Guide on the Side, Program Planning

Extras – New Online Access to Federal Courts

New Online Access to Federal Courts By Lynn Peterson

Lynn Peterson is president of PFC Information Services, Inc. , a public records research firm located in Oakland, California. Lynn has been quoted on public records research in a variety of sources including The Wall Street Journal, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine, and The Information Broker’s Handbook. PFC Information Services provides public records research for law firms, corporations, lenders, venture capitalists, employers, the media, and other information research firms.

Subjects: Court Resources, Extras

ResearchWire – Travel Resources on the Web

ResearchWire Travel Resources on the Web

By Diana Botluk

Diana Botluk is a reference librarian at the Judge Kathryn J. DuFour Law Library at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and is the author of the The Legal List: Research on the Internet . She teaches legal research at CAPCON , Catholic University Law School , and the University of Maryland . Take a class with Diana! Here’s how…

Subjects: ResearchWire, Travel

Extras – AALL Alerts

AALL Alerts What’s Happening at the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Conference, Washington D.C. July 18-22, 1999

If you attended the AALL Conference, and would like to share any information or experiences with our readers, send an e-mail message to Cindy Chick. This page will be continuously updated as we receive information from our roving reporters at AALL.

Subjects: American Association of Law Libraries, Extras