CALL Continuing Education Committee Presents:
FOREIGN AND INTERNATIONAL LAW BROWN BAG
Where the Fierce Things Are:
People Resources for International Law Research
May 8, 2008
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Lyonette Louis-Jacques
Foreign and International Law Librarian
and Lecturer in Law
llou@midway.uchicago.edu
773-702-9612
http://www.aallnet.org/sis/fcilsis/Jumpstart.htm
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/law/db/ref/FCIL.html
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People in Chicago
Anne L. Abramson
Irene Berkey
Heidi Kuehl
Lyonette Louis-Jacques
Bill Schwesig
Jean Wenger
People on Listservs
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INT-LAW (International Law Librarians List)
http://listserver.ciesin.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=int-law
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LAW-LIB (U.S. law librarians list)
http://home.olemiss.edu/~noe/llfaq.html
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CALL-L (Canadian Association of Law Libraries List)
https://listserv.unb.ca/archives/call-l.html
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LIS-LAW (UK law librarians list)
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/lis-law.html
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AALL discussion fora (FCIL SIS, PLL SIS, Asian American Law Librarians
Caucus (AALLC), Latino Law Librarians Caucus)
http://www.aallnet.org/discuss/
http://www.aallnet.org/sis/fcilsis/discussion.html
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SLA-DLEG (SLA Legal Division list)
http://units.sla.org/division/dleg/listserv.htm
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NEEDSANDOFFERS-L (law library book exchange list, including offers of
and requests for foreign and international law monographs and serials)
http://lists.washlaw.edu/mailman/listinfo/needsandoffers-l
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Law Library Associations (other e-mail lists)
http://www2.lib.uchicago.edu/~llou/iall.html
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CHINALAW (and other substantive law lists, ABA, AALS, etc.)
http://docs.law.gwu.edu/facweb/dclarke/chinalaw/index.htm
http://hermes.gwu.edu/archives/chinalaw.html
People at Conferences
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Joint Reception for Attendees from Abroad, FCIL SIS & the International
Association of Law Libraries (IALL), AALL Annual Meeting, Sunday, July
13, 2008, 6;30-8:00 p.m.
http://www.aallnet.org/events/
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¡Baile! Latino Law Librarians Caucus, AALL Annual Meeting, Friday, July
11, 2008; Business Meeting, Monday, July 14, 2008, 12:00-1:15 p.m.
http://www.aallnet.org/caucus/lllc/
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Asian American Law Librarians Caucus, AALL Annual Meeting, Business
Meeting, Monday, July 14, 2008, 5:00-6:00 p.m.; 20th Anniversary
Reception, Monday, July 14, 2008, 6:00-7:00 p.m.
http://www.aallnet.org/caucus/aallc/
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¡Baile! International Association of Law Libraries (IALL), San Juan, Puerto
Rico, November 30-December 3, 2008
http://www.iall.org/iall2008/
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American Society of International Law (ASIL), Annual Meeting,
Washington, D.C., March 25-28, 2009
http://www.asil.org/events/annualmeeting.html
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People Who Write Research Guides
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Globalex
http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/
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LLRX.com
http://www.llrx.com/comparative_and_foreign_law.html
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ERG (Electronic Resource Guide for International Law, ASIL)
http://www.asil.org/resource/home.htm
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EISIL (Electronic Information System for International Law, ASIL)
http://www.eisil.org/
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Syllabi, Teaching Foreign and International Legal Research Interest Group
(AALL FCIL SIS)
http://www.aallnet.org/sis/fcilsis/syllabi.html
People at FCIL-Strong Libraries

Foreign Law Collections in U.S. Libraries (Linda Tashbook)
http://www.law.pitt.edu/library/international/foreigncollections.php
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Chicago/Illinois (specialized local foreign and international law collections)
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Chicago, Columbia, Harvard, Yale, Georgetown, California-Berkeley, etc.
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/law/
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East Asian Law Department, University of Washington Gallagher Law
Library
http://lib.law.washington.edu/eald/eald.html
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Law Library of Congress (foreign law specialists)
http://www.loc.gov/law/
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Africana Collection, Northwestern University (Evanston)
http://www.library.northwestern.edu/africana/
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Center for Research Libraries (CRL)
http://www.crl.edu/
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People at Workshops, Programs, and Webinars

AALL Annual Meeting Programs and Workshops
http://www.aallnet.org/events/

CALL Continuing Education Committee, Foreign and International Law
Brown Bag
http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/call/downloads/foreignBrownBag.pdf
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Joint Study Institute, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington,
D.C., June 25-28, 2008
http://www.aallnet.org/committee/jsi/
http://www.aallnet.org/committee/jsi/delegates/index.htm
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AALL Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Audio/Visual Broadcasts
http://www.aallnet.org/members/media.asp
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Law Librarians in Virtual Worlds (distance learning course on best
practices for use of Second Life in law libraries)
http://vwlawlibrarians.wetpaint.com/
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Calendars of Events:
International Calendar of Legal Information Events (IALL)
http://www.iall.org/calendar/newcal/show.asp
AALL Calendar of Events
http://www.aallnet.org/calendar/
The International Calendar of Information Science Conferences
(ASIS&T)
http://icisc.neasist.org/
People Worldwide
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U.S. Department of State (embassies, country desks, consular offices,
etc.)
http://www.state.gov/
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Jumpstart Your Foreign, Comparative, and International Research:
Use People Resources
http://aallnet.org/sis/fcilsis/jumpstartnewsite.html
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Jumpstarting Your FCIL Research Contacts List
http://aallnet.org/sis/fcilsis/Protected/Jumpstartcontactsnewsite.html
(password-protected; enter Username: fcil ; Password: jumpstart)
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