ALLA (WA) News Blog

Our friends from ALLA (Vic) are back at it again, with another great mental health CPD for all ALLA Members.  We are honoured to welcome Jackie Bowker from the Global Feel Better Institute to present to us on Tuesday the 6th September at 11:15am AWST. Jackie is a mind, gut & nutrition expert for highly committed people who want to accelerate their impact. She founded the Global Feel Better Institute, which is on a mission to improve the lives of 1 billion people and elevate the standard of healthcare globally. Imagine the Law of Attraction meets Functional Medicine. A fusion of the healing powers of Louise Hay, add the functional medicine nous of Dr. Mark Hyman, and the optimism of Dr. Bruce Lipton and you get Jackie Bowker. Read more here https://feelbetterinstitute.com/ This session will cover the following: WHY improving your gut health is so vital to your success now  How to leverage your own body to maximise business performance Practical tips and strategies to heal y...

It's out 16th Edition, that's pretty cool! Congrats to everyone who has found a new role or challenge from our previous editions! Liaison Librarian (Learning and Teaching) Law Melbourne University has advertised for a fixed term (12 months) full time position of Liaison Librarian (Learning and Teaching) Law. Applications close on 8 September 2022. See the University of Melbourne webitie for full details.  Legal Research Librarian Montgomery Advisory has advertised for a position based in the Sydney or Melbourne office of a mid-tier firm. The position is part time, 3 days per week. See the Montgomery Advisory website for more details.  Executive Director Steategy & Corporate Services The Federal Court of Australia is advertising for the role of Executive Director Strategy & Corporate Services. This role is responsible for the delivery of high quality corporate services including financial management, information technology, human resources management, property and fac...

Heather Gray-Grant is business strategist, marketing expert and executive coach who recently wrote a piece for Slaw entitled "Don't Alientate Your Firm with Your Decisions".  The piece is worth a read for any leader, whether they be in a management position or not.  She lists a number of leadership traps to avoid: Decisions based on emotion Decisions based on gut feel rather than research and evidence Decisions without feedback from the appropriate constituencies A change in a decision without an appropriate process Insufficient communication.  Gray-Grant end the piece with a warning for leaders,  Leadership is about making decisions. It’s also about having willing followers. Leaders who forget that make ego-based decisions that will eventually lose the trust of their followers. They may tell or show you that they lack trust in you, they may sabotage you, they may put you down in front of others, or they may simply become apathetic to your leadership. But there will ...

You read that right folks,  ALLA Librarians have taken over the Lawfluent Podcast this week! Our friends at Open Law, an innitiative of BarNet Jade, have been kind enough to let some ALLA members grace the airwaves during their season 2 episode: Law Librarians from ALLA! Phil Mullen (ALLA NSW & ALLA Ltd), Anastasia Stepanovic (ALLA Vic) and Alice Hewitt (ALLA (WA)) joined forces for a round table discussion on everything from how we got to law libraries, how law libraries are all different, the book worm from Toy Story, and some very strange research requests.  Hosted by the wonderful Isabella Elena Carrozzi, and playing on a podcast platform near you.  Check out the Lawfluent Podcast now: Lawfluent Website Lawfluent Instagram Open Law LinkedIn

The ALLA Conference is a little over a week away!  Unfortunately our President David McDowell, will not be able to attend the Conference, but the ALLA(WA) Committee wish all our WA members who are attending a great Conference, particularly our WA Bursary recipients, National Fellowship recipients, and conference presenters.  We've compiled compiled some important ALLA Conference information below:    ALLA Ltd. AGM The ALLA Ltd AGM notice was sent via Google Groups. The AGM will take place on Thursday, August 25th at 4.00pm – 5.00pm EST in Hobart as part of the 2022 ALLA Conference. A webinar link will be distributed for those not attending the Conference.   ALLA Awards 2022 Don’t forget to nominate a law librarian, law library service or publisher for the ALLA Awards 2022. Nominations close this Friday, COB, 19 August 2022.  More information is available on  this post here ALLA (WA) Social Media During the week of the conference, the ALLA (WA) Soc...

This even may be of interest to your law library clients.  The Australian Academy of Law is hosting an event on Judicial Independence, Monday 22 August 2022 at 3-4.30pm Perth Time.  Judge Jose Matos, president of the International Association of Judges, and Justice Jacqueline Gleeson, High Court of Australia will be speaking on challenged to judicial independence, including the current situations in Poland, Turkey, and Afghanistan, along with considering what Australian judges might learn from challenges to judicial independence in foreign jurisdictions.  The event will be livestreamed from the Federal Court of Australia Sydney.  For more details or to register, see the Australian Academy of Law website . 

Know someone who has done great work over the past year?  Now is your opportunity to recognise and celebrate the great people in our industry! The ALLA Board is pleased to invite nominations for the following awards.  Winners will be announced at the ALLA Conference 2022 dinner in Hobart.  To nominate a worthy recipient, please email Karen Rowe-Nurse , ALLA Ltd Secretary, or complete the nomination forms available on the ALLA website (and linked below) by COB Friday 19 August 2022.  Nominations are a simple process, usually only requiring a short statement to support the nomination. 

ALLA Members are invited to attend a CPD session on "Searching JADE: An advanced look under the hood".  ALLA is proud to present Isabella Elena Carrozzi. Isabella is JADE and The Victorian Report's Paralegal. Isabella will present on "Searching JADE - An advanced look under the hood". Topics covered include: Filter your search using JADE’s Advanced Search features and focus matches. View case law and legislation citations at paragraph and section level using JADE Clips and set up JADE Alerts. Take a tour of the My JADE Library to store your documents and customize your legal research. Search repealed legislation and compare amendments with Legislation Visualisations. Annotate, create tags, export and share documents on JADE with clients and colleagues. Ask any questions relating to JADE’s legal research functionality, and learn how you get can customized editorial help from JADE About the Presenter Isabella Elena Carrozzi is a third year Law and Commerce student...

Welcome to the August edition of the ALLA (WA) Blog Jobs wrap up. Another busy month! Library Technician Legal Ais Queensland has advertised for a Library Technician for a fixed term, temporary, flexible part-time role located in Brisbane. See the  Smart Jobs QLD website  for full details. Applications close 14 August 2022.  *closing soon* Legal Research Librarian  Maddocks has advertised for a part time position of Legal Research Librarian to join their Knowledge team. The role can be based out of Melbourne or Sydney. See the Maddocks website for full details. Librarian Russell Kennedy Lawyers have advertised for a part-time Librarian position in their Melbourne office. For more details see the Russell Kennedy Lawyers website.  Reference Librarian  The Law Institute of Victoria is advertising for a Reference Librarian position based in Melbourne. The Library is flexible and is offering the position as 4 or 5 days per week. See the LIV job listing system ...