Membership Information and Application

What are the Benefits of Membership?

• Interaction among those interested in quality law library services.
• Subscription to Southeastern Law Librarian and a directory to promote networking with other members.
• Opportunities to develop leadership skills.
• Workshops, educational institutes, and annual meetings.
• Knowledge of library developments in the region and on the national level.
• Individual voting rights and full participation in the governance of the Chapter.

What is SEAALL?

• An active professional organization composed of court, law firm, corporate, and academic law librarians and others interested in law librarianship.
• An association of individuals committed to providing legal information services.
• A group of over 500 individuals from eleven Southeastern states and Puerto Rico (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington D.C. and West Virginia).
• An official chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries.

What are the goals of SEAALL?

• Promote law librarianship.
• Develop and increase the usefulness of law libraries, particularly those in the Southeastern area of the United States.
• Provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and a discussion of issues affecting library libraries.
• Support both formal and informal networks of law librarians and libraries.
• Hold a Spring Annual Meeting to address issues affecting the Chapter and to address topics of interest for the librarians in the Chapter.
• Conduct educational institutes yearly to inform the membership of recent developments in law librarianship.
• Provide an opportunity to exchange ideas and expertise in matters such as cataloging, information access, administration and reference services.
• Publish the Southeastern Law Librarian, a quarterly newsletter devoted to the discussion of chapter news and topics affecting law libraries.
• Award Lucille Elliott Scholarships each year to assist members with costs associated with the attendance at professional meetings.
• Operates a placement service.
• Preserve archival and historical materials about the profession of law librarianship.
• Develops and train leaders in the profession of law librarianship.
• Function through active committees
  • Articles and Bylaws
  • Education and Publications
  • Government Relations
  • Local Arrangements
  • Membership
  • Newsletter and Public Relations
  • Nominations
  • Placement
  • Program
  • Scholarship
  • Special Committee on Service to the Chapter

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