Well, the Ground Hog says Spring is coming early, but Leap Year makes Winter longer! Let's all get together and cry about the extra day and join me at Banyan Bar + Refuge! When: February 29th, 6-8pm Where: Banyan Bar + Refuge 553 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116 https://www.banyanboston.com/ Please RSVP to karen.rutherford@wilmerhale.com by 2/19/2024
Please join the ABLL Board for the Annual Business Meeting at Central Wharf on Tuesday, May 21st, at noon. Central Wharf is at 160 Milk St, Boston. https://www.centralwharfco.com/ Please RSVP to Karen.Rutherford@wilmerhale.com by May 15th. If you can respond by May 10th, I will hug you!
July 31st Librarians and Libations at Citrus and Salt! Be sure to RSVP if you plan to attend. Date: Wednesday, July 31st Time: 5:30pm Location: Citrus & Salt | 319 A St, Boston, MA 02210 RSVP to caroline.safreed@wilmerhale.com ****Cash Bar****
Tuesday, August 27 at Noon (Zoom): Brown Bag: Assessing and Choosing News Aggregators This is a panel presentation with a discussion to follow. Three ABLL firm members will present the processes they went through in order to evaluate different news aggregators, which products they selected, how they rolled it out to their stakeholders, and the pros and cons of each. There will be a discussion after the presentation for participants to ask questions and offer ... Read more
The annual Welcome Back party is going to be held at the Merchant in downtown crossing this year. Join you colleagues for drinks and appetizers!
The Waltham Murders: One Woman’s Pursuit to Expose the Truth Behind a Murder and a National Tragedy. Need a summer read recommendation? Look no further than Waltham! Local journalist Susan Zalkind will be at the Social Law Library on September 24th to talk to ABLL members about her book the Waltham Murders and the way she approached this research. You can also learn about this gruesome triple homicide in the ABC News documentary The ... Read more
Meet up with your colleagues after work this month at The Dubliner for the next Librarians and Libations! Be sure to RSVP if you plan to attend. Date: Monday October 28th Time: 5:30pm Location: The Dubliner | 2 Center Plz, Boston, MA 02108 RSVP to caroline.safreed@wilmerhale.com ****Cash Bar****
Join us for another Brown Bag session about contract negotiations with vendors! Andrea Rasmussen, Latham & Watkins, and Christie Schauder, Choate, will lead the discussion and this year will have an extra focus on negotiating products with AI components. Topics for discussion will include: AI as part of the product offering (minimizing risk to our firm/employer) Limitations on use of AI on product content (minimizing risk to the info provider) Managing expectations ... Read more
From October 2023 to May 2024, participants in a series of roundtables across the United States gathered to discuss Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Law Libraries. Rick Buckingham, organizer and host of the Northeast regional roundtable at Suffolk University Law School in April 2024, will summarize key insights from these discussions and provide an overview of the Future of Law Libraries project. This is a follow up program to the ones he has done ... Read more