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JOINT STUDY INSTITUTE (JSI):
U.S. Law and Practice in a Changing Global Environment
July 11-14, 2000
Yale Law School
New Haven, CT U.S.A.
The Joint Study Institute (JSI) series is co-sponsored by the
American Association of Law Libraries, British and Irish Association of Law Librarians,
Canadian Association of Law Libraries and the Australian Law Librarians' Group. These biennial Institutes are designed to give delegates
an opportunity to learn more about the law and legal systems of the host country, and to
examine and discuss transnational professional concerns. Individuals
registering from countries other than the host are given the first opportunity to register
in an effort to foster the spirit of the program's creation.
The JSI 2000 program, "U.S. Law and Practice in a Changing
Global Environment," will include a mix of comparative, substantive and practical
programs. For over 200 years the legal system in
the United States has been evolving from the one established by the British into a
complicated structure of federal and state jurisdictions, each with its own system of
lawmaking and adjudication, and each with its own system of documentation.
This state of affairs can be daunting to the law librarian who is
faced with the challenge of finding materials to support research or litigation in an
unfamiliar jurisdiction. The Joint Study Institute
2000 is designed to provide law librarians from common-law jurisdictions with an overview
of U.S. legal institutions and practices, with a survey of U.S. legal documentation and
sources, and with a discussion of issues relating to the management of legal information
in a digital age. In addition, several social
events are planned to allow registrants to network with colleagues from other countries.
The learning outcomes for the Joint Study Institute include having participants:
· Develop
an overview of the U.S. legal system, including the relationships among various levels of
federal and state legal entities;
· Discover
the role statutes and the common law play in contemporary U.S. practice;
· Develop
an appreciation of the significance of Native American law within the U.S. legal
landscape;
· Compare
the variety of legal documents produced and determine strategies for finding them;
· Recognize
the direction of legal publishing in the United States today;
· Explore
techniques for managing digital information in law libraries; and
· Exchange
ideas and information with law librarians from other common-law jurisdictions.
Program Sessions
Danger! Foreign Legal Materials
Available - Barbara Linney, attorney, Dyer, Ellis & Joseph, Washington, DC
Introduction to the Legal System of the
United States - Janet Katz, senior reference librarian, Harvard Law School Library
and Fillippa Marullo Anzalone, library director and
associate professor of law, Northeastern University School of Law
Government Documents in the United
States: Doctrine and Schema - Laura J. Orr, senior reference librarian, Yale Law
School Library and Christine H. Swan, New Hampshire State Law Librarian
Statutory Interpretation in the United
States - William Eskridge, professor of law, Yale Law School
Law and Cyberspace - Jack Balkin,
professor of law, Yale Law School
Native Americans: Legal Status and
Legal System - Patrice H. Kunesh, attorney, Mashantucket Pequot tribe
Legal Publishing in the United States:
Past and Present - Morris L. Cohen, former law librarian and professor emeritus, Yale
Law School Library and Kendall F. Svengalis, Rhode Island State Law Librarian
Libraries and Licensing:
Contemporary Issues - KAren Hersey, senior counsel for intellectual property,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Diane Klaiber, executive director, New England
Law Library Consortium
Social Functions
Opening Reception on July 11th
Breaks and Lunch on July 12th, 13th and 14th Tours of
Yale and New Haven, the Sterling Memorial Library, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript
Library, art and museum collections Reception on July 12th at the Lillian
Goldman Law Library Trip to Mashantucket Pequot Reservation to view the Pequot Tribal
Archives, Library and Museum Closing lunch on July 14th at the Yale Graduate
Club
Yale Law School and New Haven
Yale Law School, one of the world's
preeminent law schools will host this prestigious Joint Study Institute. Yale is located in New Haven, Connecticut; a city
nestled between Boston and New York City. Yale's
Sterling Law Buildings were modeled on the idea of the English Inns of Court. Classrooms, offices, the law library and the
international law library, computer labs, dormitory rooms, and the dining hall surround a
pleasant courtyard. The Sterling Law Buildings,
including the Lillian Goldman Library, have recently been extensively renovated and
expanded.
Other Yale landmarks include the Sterling
Memorial Library with its 10 million volumes, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript
Library, and some of the most distinguished art and museum collections in the world.
New Haven is readily accessible by plane,
trains and car. Tweed-New Haven Airport is four
miles from campus. There is frequent limousine
service to New Haven from other airports including Bradley Field (serving Hartford, CT
– fifty-two miles to campus); Kennedy International (New York – eighty miles);
LaGuardia International (New York – seventy-two miles) and Newark International
(Newark, NJ – ninety-two miles). New Haven has
excellent train service. On weekdays there are
hourly trains to New Haven from Grand Central Station in New York City. Amtrak service is scheduled daily along the Northeast
corridor via Penn Station in New York City. New
York City is 90 minutes from New Haven by train; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the site of
AALL's annual convention which starts on July 15, 2000 (more) is just over three hours by
train.
Housing
Attendees will be able to secure rooms at
the nearby Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale at a special rate for the Joint Study Institute. The Omni is walking distance to the Law School and
located just off campus. Rooms start at $ 93.00 per
nite for a single or double. Tax is 12%. The room block will be held until June 19, 2000. Hotel costs are NOT included in the registration fee. To secure a room during the JSI, please contact the Omni directly – by phone at 203-772-6664 or fax
at 203-974-6777.
Registration
The fee for the Joint Study Institute is
$480 (U.S. funds) for all classes, tours, materials and the opening reception on July
11th, breaks on July 12, 13 and 14, lunch on July 12, 13 and 14 and an evening reception
on July 12th. Registration opens on March 15, 2000
for non U.S. participants. Registration for those
in the U.S. who wish to attend will be limited to spaces available and begin May 1, 2000. Registration will close on June 20, 2000. To assure a quality learning experience for all who
attend, registration will be limited to 75 participants. (To register, click here)
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