Please excuse the cross-posting.
> If you are coming to AALL we hope you will attend this program.
> Please see below for details.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Caren
> Caren J. Biberman
> Director of Library and Information Services
> Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
> 80 Pine Street
> New York, NY 10005
> Email: cbiberman@cahill.com
> Phone: (212)701-3540
> Fax: (212)269-5420
>
>
> Hot Topic Program: The New Economic Reality: Opportunity or
> Catastrophe?
> Scheduled for Tuesday July 28th at 10:45 am (Program I-6)
>
> This program will identify the challenges facing different segments of
> the legal community in the current economic crisis. Panelists will
> examine how the difficulties realized at their individual
> organizations are related to each other and predict changes to the
> legal landscape through a series of focused Q & As.
> As of May 8, 2009 there were 3,741 lawyers and 5,851 staff, including
> librarians, laid off from major U.S. law firms. Firms have deferred
> start dates for new associates. Bonuses and salaries have been cut or
> frozen. Summer associate classes are smaller and programs shorter.
> Law schools are scrambling to find employment for recent graduates and
> alum left jobless. Clients are challenging the use of the billable
> hour and classifying Lexis and Westlaw as overhead. No strata of legal
> community is unaffected.
> Moderator:
>
> Elaine Eagan Legal Information Manager, Mayer Brown LLP
>
> Panelists
>
> James W. Jones Managing Director, Hildebrandt International
>
> Frank M. "Rusty" Conner III Managing Partner, DC Office, DLA Piper
>
> Victoria Szymczak Library Director & Assistant Professor of Law,
> Brooklyn Law School
>
> Linda-Jean Schneider Director, Libraries & Research Services, Drinker
> Biddle & Reath, LLP
>
> Co-Coordinators:
>
> Caren J. Biberman Director of Library Services, Cahill Gordon &
> Reindel LLP
>
> June Berger Director of Library Services, Stroock & Stroock
> & Lavan, LLP
>
> Christina Rattiner Library Manager, Herrick Feinstein LLP
>
>
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