ALLA (WA) News Blog

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 Search repealed legislation and compare amendments with Legislation Visualisations.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...

Get ready to conference! The ALLA Conference 2022 website is a great resource to find out all you need to know about the conference. Make sure you take a look to check out details about the conference, including special conference rates for accomodation . This year the conference is being held at the Hotel Grand Chancellor Hobart , Tasmania and the conference program looks to have some great events in the program! Workshops Per ALLA Conference Tradition, there will be a half-day MOYS Workshop held on 24 August 2022. This 3 hour workshop will be led by staff of the High Court of Australia Library. It costs $75.00 for ALLA members, and $95.00 for non-members. Get in quick though - the workshop will be limited to 12 people.  Tours What is a librarian conference without a tour of a library? There are two tours available to nominate for when completing the registration form . Conference registrants can nominate for a tour of either the State Library of Tasmania or the Andrew Inglis C...

 Jade BarNet and Open Law have just realeased a new podcast called The Lawfluent Podcast .  Everyone wants to keep up to date with the emerging legal trends and technologies transforming the way Australia’s legal system is practised, but not everyone has the time or patience to sit and read through a bunch of articles. Join Rhea and Isabella from OpenLaw and the BarNet JADE Team as they provide your go-to series for all things Law. Learn the tips, tricks and challenges of the legal industry’s best, challenging conventions and innovating the legal landscape, in under an hour with focused and curated legal episodes. The first episode was published 31 Jan 2022 and features Erica Taylor:  The legal landscape in Australia has undoubtedly evolved procedurally in the past 2 years. Today’s guest speaker is none other than Erica Taylor, the Director of Special Projects at JADE and the Victorian Reports. This episode explores: What her role as "Director of Special Projects" entail...

 ALLA’s first ever virtual conference is less than a day away, and sure, by now Zoom and Teams and virtual webinars have become standard (thanks Covid), but if you’re looking at two days of online conferencing this can be quite daunting. To help we’ve pulled together some tips on how to get the most out of (or just survive) an online conference. Before we get to those tips though, a quick word on the Social Event on Thursday night ( 23 September 5.30-7.00pm Perth time, via ZOOM ) - a live music quiz, brought to you by our friends (and Bronze sponsors) vLex and ALLA (Vic) President. A little birdy (ok, one of the hosts) told us to wear a hat, fascinator, hair accessory, origami, bird, pet monkey… err something on your head. Why? Is there a prize? Perhaps. Is it to be a great community building moment to embarrass us all equally about dumb hat choices? Also, perhaps. Either way, today’s blogger has got hers sorted, and she’s leaning away from fascinating. Now for the Tips. Be...

Starting on 1 July 2021, printed copies of WA legislation will no longer be available for purchase from the State Law Publisher (SLP). The Government Printer of Western Australia has authorised commercial printing company LitSupport (TIMG) Pty Ltd to supply printed copies of WA legislation. A new facility that links directly from the WA legislation website to LitSupport’s online ordering system streamlines the process of ordering printed copies of WA legislation. To find out more about how the new online ordering process works, see the Western Australian Legislation website - About buying printed Western Australian legislation .

The Australian Law Librarians' Association (ALLA) has put together a survey focusing on eBooks and legal publishers - what you love about them, and what you don't love about them. Responses are due by COB, Monday 14 June 2021 . Your contributions will be instrumental in shaping ALLA's submissions to vendors. Please note - The survey is long, but you can stop at any time and pick up where you left off.  Your responses will be saved as you progress. To get detailed responses, the survey has been organized by publisher, but you don't need to respond to all questions. They are hoping to collect as many responses as possible and are looking forward to all feedback received.  ALLA members can see more information about the survey on the ALLA website, COVID-19 Vendor Response .

When:   5.00pm (for a 5.15pm start), Tuesday 13 March 2018 Where:  LexisNexis, BGC Conference Centre               Ground Floor, BGC Centre   28 The Esplanade, Perth RSVP:   By COB 9 March 2018 to  Judy Allan Following advocacy from ALLA (WA), this session is an opportunity for ALLA (WA) Members (excluding publishers) to have their concerns and experiences with Lexis Advance heard. Presenters from LexisNexis will include, Simon Wilkins (General Manager, Australia), Jo Wade (Head of Project Development, APAC) and Cormac Maguire (Customer Experience Manager, Australia). LexisNexis will be hosting a catered 90 minute session that will take the following format:  A snapshot based on the most common questions LexisNexis receives; o    Authentication o    Content o    Upgrade Timeline o    Review of the platform enhancements since launch ...

Update: There was an incorrect date on yesterday's post about the LexisNexis session of insights from their Legal and Regulatory Technology Review. The correct date for the session is 25 of May. You can register for the event at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8204403317089221891 Updated details are: When: Thursday 25th of May Time: 1-2 Cost: Free for members. Not a member? Join now! We Thank: LexisNexis Hashtag: #Legaltechnology A recording of the session will be made available to members after the session.

About the Webinar:  In 2016, LexisNexis conducted a Legal and Regulatory Technology Review across a number of legal entities. The purpose of the study was to gain a greater understanding of technology attitudes, infrastructure and device usage. This information provides LexisNexis with insight to ensure we are developing resources that are compatible with your environments. Register for the event at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8573569843649963523 When : Thursday 18th of May Time: 1-2 Cost: Free for members. Not a member? Join now! We Thank: LexisNexis Hashtag: #Legaltechnology A recording of the session will be made available to members after the session.

AustLII has a beta website, take a squiz right here .

ALLA (WA) invites Librarians involved in the negotiation of law subscriptions to a Publisher Negotiations Roundtable CPD event. Subscription renewals are coming up, so it’s time for the Librarians (No Publishers) to get together and discuss our negotiation experience. We all complain about how difficult it is to get the publishers to limit their uplift in pricing each year, and we are all facing pressure by our organisations to reduce expenditure. This roundtable event is an open discussion opportunity to share our knowledge to  work towards getting a better deal. A light lunch will be served. When: 12-1pm, Tuesday 14 th of February 2017 Where: Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Level 6, Brookfield Place Tower 2, 123 St Georges Terrace, Perth Cost: Free to ALLA (WA) Members, $20 for non-members. No Publishers. RSVP: by Friday 10 Feb to Alice Hewitt a.hewitt@ecu.edu.au . Please include relevant dietary restrictions. Due to the format of this event spac...