ALLA (WA) News Blog

Natalie McDonald, ALLA (WA) President, 2017-2018 ALLA(WA) AGM We held our AGM on 9th August 2017 where the new 2017/2018 Committee were confirmed. This term we had a few new members join the Committee, David McDowell from Jackson McDonald and Judy Allan from Legal Aid. I would like to welcome David and Judy to the Committee. I would also like to welcome back the following Committee members : Vice President: Stephen Griffiths Secretary : Alice Hewitt Treasurer: Anne Young Committee members: Gil Bevan and Catherine Kafentzis. Details of the new Committee will be updated on the ALLA website soon and can be already found on the About The Committee page of this blog. I mentioned at the AGM that the attendance at past AGM’s and CPD events had been poor and one of our focus’ for last term was to look at ways of improving the attendance. The Committee has worked hard in organising events, seeking feedback from members who attended the events but the support unfortunately...

Hi ALLA(WA) Members Natalie McDonald, ALLA (WA) President Please see below for an update on the services and events of the ALLA(WA). Upcoming ALLA(WA) PD & Social Events The End of Year Celebration was held on Wednesday, 30 November 2016.  LexisNexis kindly offered their venue for the night where members enjoyed a selection of canapés and wine whilst they toasted the end of year with colleagues. A brown bag CPD session was held on 14th February 2017 where the membership gathered to discuss negotiations with publishers on subscription renewals.  The session stipulated no publishers.  The session was well attended and discussions very informative.  Members who attended received notes from the session. An Employment Law Fundamentals is planned for March. MOU Update On Wednesday 30th November 2016, the same date as the End of Year Celebration, the ALLA(WA) membership held a vote to sign the proposed new MOU with ALLA Ltd.  The vote was carried i...

You would have seen in this month's President's Corner that the WA Law Library serial holdings are in the process of going online. First published in 1998 and commonly known as the Union List, we are now looking for a new name to bring it into the new century. So have your say. Get creative and email your suggestions to allawaexec@gmail.com . There is a small prize for the most innovative name* with the winner to be announced at the End of Year Celebration on Wednesday 30th November 2016. A big thank you to FIRST Software Solutions for sponsoring this project. *The name needs to be unique in order to register the domain name. 

Hi ALLA(WA) Members Natalie McDonald,  ALLA (WA) President Please see below for an update on the services and events of the ALLA(WA). Upcoming ALLA(WA) PD & Social Events The ALLA(WA) CPD Sub Committee have created a calendar of proposed upcoming events for the 2016/2017 period which have been available on the Calendar of Events page.  One event per month will be arranged (sometimes even two), with nothing scheduled over the December-January holiday period. A brown bag CPD session was held on 13th October where Mawghan Elverd, the recipient of the Wolters Kluwer CCH Conference Bursary, shared some of her highlights of the August 2016 ALLA Conference in Melbourne, Victoria.  All who attended came away with some valuable insights. We thank those who took time to provide feedback after this event. The End of Year Celebration will be held on Wednesday 30th November 2016.   A Save the Date has already been emailed to members and shared on our social medi...

Work continues on the HAL Project, with Robyn Schofield working on cataloguing unique titles for inclusion in the database.

Kirsty McPhee and Deb Harvey have sorted most of the data conversion problems with the Union list and HAL requirements. The conversion of the files is now underway and Kirsty will be in touch again with all those members involved in the project. Before HAL takes full effect can everyone please note the following changes to the Union List  from Jackson McDonald : APLA Journal (Asia-Pacific Lawyers Association) – delete JM holdings and the title from the list Australian Conveyancer and Solicitors’ Journal – delete JM holdings Australian Indigenous Law Reporter – delete JM holdings Commercial Law Association Bulletin – delete JM holdings Environmental Law Update – delete JM holdings; change to correct publisher – Blake Dawson Waldron solicitors Franchising Law and Policy Review – delete JM holdings Gazette of Law and Journalism – delete JM holdings Superfunds – delete JM holdings