Welcome!

Date: Wednesday, Oct. 23^rd

Time: Noon

Where: Online via Zoom

Speaker: Author Sue Bradford Edwards

We will be introducing Sue Bradford Edwards, author and writing instructor. She writes nonfiction for children on topics she thoroughly researches such as encroachment of advertisement, the assassination of John F. Kennedy, cultural issues, the dark web, and many others. For more information, please visit her blog at https://suebe.wordpress.com/18120-2/. The Zoom link will be available later in October.

November 15, 2024

Registration is now open for the Texas Y’ALL Legal Institute!

On Friday, November 15, 2024, from Noon-4 pm CST, the Houston Association of Law Librarians (HALL) and Dallas Association of Law Libraries (DALL) will be co-hosting a FREE virtual half-day legal information institute titled Texas Y’ALL Legal Institute. Open to all Texas-based law librarians and other legal information professionals, as well as those interested in the law and law librarianship from a Texas perspective.

Besides offering an online session, we will also be offering three satellite locations in Austin, Dallas and Houston. Those registering for those sites will include lunch. However, onsite space is limited, so please register ASAP!

Registration is open until EOD Friday, Oct. 25^th, 2024.

Registration Link:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MHBBDJR

Here’s a sneak peek:

• Keynote Speaker: Justice Charles Spain
  • Moderator: Andre Davison, Harris County Law Library
• Learn about the new Business Courts with guest speaker Judge Grant Dorfman (11^th Division, Harris County)
• Need to know about the Texas Stock Exchange coming in 2025? Professor Steven Pedigo, University of Texas’ LBJ School of Public Affairs and an expert in economic urban development, weighs in on how this will affect Texas and other stock exchanges
  • Moderator: Terri Lawrence, Winstead PC
• Texas data and resources-Hear about what’s new, including speakers Writer Brooks Igo and Founder Mark Curriden from the Texas Lawbook, and Melanie Harshman from the Texas Legislative Reference Library
• Rounding up the afternoon will be a panel discussion on what is happening in our court, government, private law firms, and academic law libraries and legal information entities

The full agenda will be published in the next few weeks, and sponsorship announcements coming soon!

Organizing Committee:

• Ashley Arrington (Texas Tech)
• David Baker (Kirkland & Ellis)
• Barbara Fullerton (Dentons)
• Lynn Murray (Weil, Gotshal & Manges)
• Amy Small (Texas State Law Library)
• Michele Woods (Polsinelli)

For more information, please contact David at  or Barbara at .