Congratulations to the LLOPS grant recipients attending AALL and SLA 2019! We look forward to their reports on the events and programming at the 2019 AALL Annual Meeting & Conference: Capitalizing on Our Strengths.
AALL:
Crystal Alberthal, Serials & Research Services Librarian – University of Washington – $695
Stephanie Wilson – Head of Reference Services – Seattle University – $670
SLA:
Karen Whitney, Library Operations Supervisor – Perkins Coie – $635
Greetings LLOPSters,
Please join us Wednesday, April 24th at 4:00 P.M. for a special presentation by UW Law Professors Karen Boxx and Lauren Sancken on Marijuana Law.
Topic: Meeting with Happy Hour to follow
Date: Wednesday, April 24th
Time: 4:00 p.m. (Marijuana Law Presentation)
5:00 p.m. Happy Hour to immediately follow presentation
Location:
Marijuana Law Presentation
UW Law School
Gates Hall – 4293 Memorial Way Northeast
Room 115
Seattle, WA
Happy Hour
Big Time Brewery
4133 University Way NE
Seattle, WA
We hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
Your LLOPS Program Committee Mary, Ashley, Maya and Brenna
Please join us Wednesday, January 30th at 12 noon for the business meeting at Lane Powell. We will be providing cookies from Midnight Cookies.
Topic: Business Meeting
Date: January 30th
Time: 12 noon – 1 pm
Event Type: Cookies from Midnight Cookies/Brown bag lunch
Location: Lane Powell, 1420 5th Ave #4200, Seattle, WA 98101
We hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
Your LLOPS Program Committee Mary, Ashley, Maya and Brenna
The LLOPS Holiday Party will be Thursday, December 13th from 5-8 p.m. at Fado Irish Pub (801 1st Avenue). This is a members-only event but you are welcome to bring a non-member guest. Please RSVP by December 7th.
This year LLOPS is collecting donations (checks or cash) for Legal Voice. Legal Voice “pursues justice for all women and girls in the Northwest, through groundbreaking litigation, legislative advocacy, and legal rights education.” Their work includes ending gender-based violence, ensuring access to health care, advancing economic justice, supporting all families, eradicating discrimination, and protecting reproductive freedom. Legal Voice envisions “a world where every woman and girl enjoys economic, social, and legal equality.” If you prefer, you can donate online.
The Nominations Committee is seeking candidates for the upcoming LLOPS Executive Board election.
The 2018-2019 Nominations Committee is composed of co-chairs Helen Harris (Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt) and Barbara Engstrom (King County Law Library) and Jonathan Franklin (UW Law School). Per the LLOPS Bylaws, the committee represents at least 2 types of law libraries.
We are currently recruiting candidates for the positions of Vice-President/President Elect and Secretary. The duties of these positions can be found in the Chapter Manual on http://llops.org/
You many nominate yourself or a colleague you believe would be an asset to the chapter.
The deadline for nominations is Friday, March 16 at 5pm.
Feel free to contact me or any of the committee members with questions,
Barbara
Barbara Engstrom
Executive Director I Public Law Library of King County
206-263-1190 I 516 Third Ave., Suite W621, Seattle WA 98104
If you’d like to see all that LLOPS was up to during the 2016-2017 year, you can access our annual report here.
Join the Social Committee as we try Ristorante Assaggio on Thursday, August 18 – 4:30ish.
You buy your beverages, LLOPs pops for Happy Hour fare.
2010 4th Ave, Seattle (a block south of Cinerama).
The LLOPS Spring Professional Development Conference: The Face of the Law will be held on March 18th. For more details on registration, etc., please refer to the attached brochure. Registration has been extended to March 14th!
LLOPS 2016 PDC Brochure
The Grants Committee has one fee waiver to award for the 2016 LLOPS Professional Development Conference. The grant application deadline for the workshop will be Friday, March 4. If you are interested in attending and would like assistance with registration, please contact Karen Whitney for the current application.
We are also accepting applications for AALL 2016. Registration opens this month! We have a tentative application deadline of April 1, so consider getting your application in early if you are interested in registration assistance. Please contact Karen Whitney for the current application.
We look forward to hearing from you and hope you take advantage of this great member benefit!
Thank you,
LLOPS Grants Committee: Karen Whitney, Chair | Carly Eyler | Jan Lawrence | Phillipe Cloutier | Kent Milunovich | Rick Stroup
The Social Committee will be back at Rock Bottom again 4:30-ish Wednesday, October 7, 2015. Please join us.
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