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Following the extraordinary meeting of ALLA (WA) the position of vice president of the committee was offered to Kirsty McPhee from Tottle Partners. Kirsty has been an active member of the committee and other members are delighted she has accepted this role.

New members were also welcomed. Mawghan Elverd from Jackson McDonald and Lisa Nichols from Clayton Utz are both library technicians eager to participate in the Association.

Ali Kirke, Library Assistant at Norton Rose has resigned and taken a position as General Secretary at Curtin University Guild.

At Freehills, Cindy Duong is currently on maternity leave. Jennifer Moore has been appointed to the role of reference librarian. Sau Chee Chiew and Helen Schaper retired after a combined 40 years with the firm and Lori Pryor has been appointed to the position of Library Technician.

Ros Bellew has left the National Native Title Tribunal and plans to return to Tasmania.

Marisa Bendeich has been elected 2010/2011 National Vice President, Australian Law Librarians’ and will assume office at the end of the 2010 ALLA AGM to be held on 1 October 2010.

Marisa has been a very active and progressive member of the NSW Division in the role as President as well as having served on the National Executive Committee (NEC) in the capacity as the NSW President over the past 12 months.

Elections were recently held in NSW with Cindy Martin from Piper Alderman elected as the NSW President.

Merrilyn Evans from the Federal Court of Australia was re-elected as the Tasmanian President.

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ALLA National Board - Nominations Open

ALLA members would have received an email from Emma Joneshart, President of ALLA Ltd regarding a call for nominations for members to join the ALLA Ltd Board of Directors. Nominations will be voted upon at the ALLA AGM, held on Thursday 23 September during the ALLA Virtual Conference 2021 . The ALLA Ltd Board of Directors is an important part of the Australian Law Librarians' Association's governance. Made up of at least eight members of ALLA, nominations are open for the following positions: Vice President Secretary Treasurer Vendor Relations CPD Coordinator General Directors The Vice President position is for a term of 3 years, consisting of a year each as Vice President, President and Past President. The other positions are for a 2-year term, allowing for a sufficient time period to become familiar with the role and have meaningful impact on ALLA projects. Each role is varied, with support from other members of the Board, and in addition to monthly meetings (mainly via te...

ALLA Conference 2018 - Call for Papers

Submissions are now open for the 2018 ALLA Conference! The 2018 Conference will be held in Darwin, Northern Territory at the Doubletree by Hilton Esplanade and there will opportunities to visit law libraries and enjoy the array of culinary and cultural highlights of Darwin. Centred around the theme of Global Impact/Local Footprint, the Conference Committee is looking for papers and posters, including but not limited to those that address the themes: Indigenous issues Career development Technology Education Presentations There will be a variety of presentation formats and lengths. The Conference Committee welcomes a variety of proposals including: Individual presentations Panel discussions (multiple, complementary speakers on a single topic) Practical workshop sessions Digital - posters (with an optional additional hard copy submission) Lightning talks (5/10 minute sessions) Abstracts should be submitted to convenor@alla.asn.au and submissions clo...

Register Now for Library Leadership: A Celebration

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