ALL-SIS to Host Two VIPs
during the 2007 AALL Annual Meeting
Suzanne Thorpe, Chair, ALL-SIS
I am pleased to announce that ALL-SIS will be hosting two VIPs during the
2007 AALL Annual Meeting:
- Allen
K. Easley, President and Dean of William Mitchell
College of Law and the current Chair of the ABA Questionnaire Committee.
Previously, he held positions as Associate Dean and faculty member at Washburn
University School of Law and was a lecturer at Temple University School of
Law. He is nationally known as a policy maker and strategist in the oversight
of law schools. His professional activities include service on numerous committees
of the AALS, ABA, and LSAC and he has been actively involved in the law school
accreditation process.
- Dan J.
Freehling, Deputy Consultant of the ABA Section
of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. Prior to coming to the Section
of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, he was Professor of Law, Law
Library Director, and Associate Dean for Information Services at Boston University
School of Law. He also held positions at the law schools at the University
of Maine, Cornell, Maryland and Alabama before coming to Boston University
in 1986. He has served on the ABA Accreditation Committee and on the Council
of the Section on Legal Education & Admissions to the Bar and has chaired
or otherwise served on a number of committees for the American Association
of Law Libraries and the Association of American Law Schools.
On Sunday morning, July 15, they will attend our business meeting and briefly
address us on recent ABA developments affecting academic law libraries, including
changes to the annual questionnaire and findings of the recent ABA Task Force
on Accreditation. That evening they will join us at our reception at Loyola
Law School.
The AALL VIP program offers an opportunity for us to “learn by sharing,
discussing, and collaborating in the wider community affected by information
management and technology issues.” I hope you will make a point of welcoming
our distinguished guests. Please let them know your suggestions and concerns.
