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Dear ALL-SIS and the Law Library Community,
The ALL-SIS Executive Board mobilized a task force to review and comment on
the ABA Standards and Rules of Procedures for Approval of Law Schools as
they relate to academic law libraries. The charge of the Task Force and the
Roster is below.
The Task Force is soliciting comments from the academic law library
community over the next week or two (note the Task Force's very short time
frame). Please forward your comments to the Task Force Chair, Kristina
Niedringhaus (kristina.niedringhaus@law.csuohio.edu). I have been contacted
by a number of law librarians that plan to submit comments directly to the
ABA. The Task Force could benefit from receiving a copy of those comments.
Thank you in advance for your support.
Beth Adelman
ALL-SIS Chair
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Background: The ABA Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar
initiated a comprehensive review of the Standards and Rules of Procedures
for Approval of Law Schools (ABA Standards) and is soliciting comments from
stakeholders. The AALL Academic Libraries Special Interest Section will
draft comments and submit them to the AALL Executive Board in an advisory
capacity.
The Task force will:
- review Chapter 6 and other sections of the of the ABA Standards that
relate to academic law libraries and identify standards that warrant
discussion, comment, or recommendations for change;
- review comments from ALL-SIS members and other relevant documentation;
- draft comments and recommended changes to the Rules on behalf of
ALL-SIS; and
- submit the Task Force's recommendations to the AALL Executive Board in
an advisory capacity on or before September 9, 2009.
Committee roster:
Kris Niedringhaus, Chair, Cleveland Marshall,
kristina.niedringhaus@law.csuohio.edu
Barbara Bintliff, Univ of Colorado, Barbara.Bintliff@colorado.edu
Caitlin Robinson, University of Iowa, caitlin-robinson@uiowa.edu
Gordon Russell, Lincoln Memorial Duncan Schl of Law,
GRussell@charlestonlaw.edu
Spencer Simons, University of Houston, SSimons@Central.UH.EDU
Merle Slyhoff, Univ of Pennsylvania Biddle Schl of Law,
mslyhoff@law.upenn.edu
Tory Trotta, Arizona State University, victoria.trotta@asu.edu
Michelle Wu, Hofstra University, Michelle.M.Wu@hofstra.edu
-- Beth Adelman Interim Director University at Buffalo Law Library The State University of New York 205 O'Brian Hall Buffalo, NY 14260 (716) 645-2089 eadelman@buffalo.edu
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