SLA Legal Community

LawGPT? Generative AI, ChatGPT, LLMs, and the legal data-driven revolution - at 8:30 am PST on 5 March litigator and AI-builder Damien Riehl will explore how AI is shaping legal practice & how we might use AI to better administer justice. Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regist…

A reminder to sign up for our upcoming webinar if you haven't already: at noon EST on January 29th Karen Rutherford will discuss the process of obtaining prior art declarations or date-stamps required in the course of patent litigation. Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Join us on the 19 Feb at the @ials_law for 'Transatlantic Perspectives on Legislating AI'. Speakers include: Prof @smithbarryc, @sas_news, , Prof Woodrow Hartzog. Boston University and @amsichani BRAID Fellow @sas_news 👇 buff.ly/3E98YYA

Join Karen Rutherford at 12.00 EST on 29 January for a discussion around the process of obtaining prior art declarations or date-stamps required in the course of patent litigation. Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regist…

The 2024/25 Student Law Journal is now open for submissions. The deadline for submissions is 09:00 on Monday 25th November 2024. For more information, including the entry requirements, rules and prizes, please click here: ow.ly/IsZB50UaNJV

Not to be missed! This year's Annual Lecture by world-leading scholar danah boyd: ‘Interventions Not Solutions in an Era of AI Policymaking’. Read the abstract here👇 infolawcentre.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2024/08/02/ilp… Book your place now!👇 ials.sas.ac.uk/events/ilpc-an… @NoraNiLoideain @IALS_law @SASNews

"A snapshot of Race at the Bar – what will it take to achieve equality” 📅Join us at 17:30 on Thursday 14 November for the annual Sir Mota Singh Memorial Lecture, given by Barbara Mills KC, Vice-Chair of the @thebarcouncil. Find out more: ow.ly/fL4o50TT6Gp

Join Lynn Weinstein (Library of Congress), Jennifer Boettcher (Georgetown Uni), and Karen Stephanites (Weil, Gotshal & Manges) on Nov 19th at 7pm as they introduce their favorite business resources for legal professionals. Register on Zoom zoom.us/meeting/regist…

New and returning #BarStudents (and #Pupils & #Barristers) - a new legal year means undertaking legal research and updated ways to conduct it! We have put together some tips & tricks to help you understand the basics, search databases, read law reports & legislation, and more...

📢 New position available at #IFLA: Metadata and Content Management Specialist Officer Are you passionate about metadata and content/knowledge management and are looking for a challenging and rewarding career in this area? Read on! bit.ly/3TAmfhz

and Comprehensive Database Reevaluation: Starting from Scratch – Impossible Task or Unique Opportunity? (Nathan Rosen, poster session) sched.co/1e8vF #SLA2024

Do You Still Need Your Integrated Library System? (Alex Grigg Dean) sched.co/1e0Vz #SLA2024

Legal community members are speaking at SLA 2024 *today*, check out Leveraging User Data to Increase & Improve Engagement (Jill Strand) [Sponsored by Liblynx] sched.co/1e0PJ #SLA2024

We are looking for a president-elect for 2024, let us know if you'd like to volunteer! You would lead on developing social events and assist the president this year. It only takes 2-4 hours a month and is a great way to hone leadership skills and give back to the SLA community

Have you signed in to Connections and joined our Community Group? Just login to SLA.org > My Profile > Groups. In the right-hand column you’ll see the Available Groups drop down – click on that and join the Legal Community and any other groups that interest you

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A reminder that there are still places to join the first webinar in our new series focussing on #leadership and kindness in #libraries! More details on our event page: tickettailor.com/events/slaeuro… #wellbeing #informationprofessional #workplacewellbeing