Detailed Agenda

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• 8:30 a.m. - 9 a.m. Breakfast & Registration

• 9:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. - Opening Remarks

  • • Maureen Quinlan - LLNE President, Garbrecht Law Library. University of Maine School of Law

    • Jessica Lundgren - Director, Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library 

    • Derek Langhauser - Of Counsel, Maine Community College System & Visiting Assistant Professor, Williams College

• 9:20 a.m. - 10:05 a.m. - Current Issues in Law Libraries - Round Table

  • • Moderator -Tanya Johnson - U. Conn. School of Law

    • Mary Jenkins - Library & Research Services Manager, Devine-Millimet

    • Jessica Lundgren - Director, Maine State Law & Legislative Reference Library

    • Sue Drisko Zago - Director of the Law Library & Professor of Law, University of New Hampshire, Franklin Pierce School of Law 

• 10:05 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Break

• 10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - Update on the Future of Law Libraries Roundtable

  • • Introduction by Christine Dulac, Law Library Director/Visiting Professor of Law, Garbrecht Law Library. University of Maine School of Law

    • Richard Buckingham, Director of the Law Library & Information Resources, Associate Professor of Legal Research, Suffolk University School of Law

• 11:00 a.m. -11:15 a.m. Break 

• 11:15 a.m. -12 p.m. - Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing: How Legal Research Programs Can Provide the Needed Safety Rails for Pro Se Litigants Using AI.

  • • Introduction by- Jessica Lundgren, Director, Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library

    • Nicole Belbin, Associate Dean for Library & Information Services, Western New England University School of Law

•  12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. 

  • • Lunch

    • Concurrent with Lunch and /or session 

    • Tours of Lighthouse Begin (please see detailed directions for those going on Lighthouse Tour)

    • LLNE - Business Meeeting - Approval of Minutes & Announcements

    • 5 Minutes of Fame.  Share a success and be entered to win a gift card.

•  1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. - AI At The Podium: Techniques for Teaching AI From Workshops to Stand Alone Courses

  • • Introduction by Brooke Knighton, Associate Law Librarian, Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library

    • Jordan Jefferson, Director, Lynne L. Pantalena Law Library & Associate Professor of Law, Quinnipiac University School of Law

• 2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Break

•  2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.  How AI Rewrites the Archive--For Better and Worse

  • • Introduction by Samantha Duckworth. Librarian, Verrill Dana LLP

    • Jon Ippolito, Professor of New Media & Director of Digital Curation at the University of Maine

•  3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Break

•  3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. -AI in Law Libraries: Discussing Ethical Considerations & A Way Forward

  • • Introduction by - Christine Dulac, Law Library Director/Visiting Professor of Law, Garbrecht Law Library. University of Maine School of Law

    • Deborah Ginsberg, Manager, Faculty Research & Scholarly Support Services, Harvard Law School Library

    • Christine Park, Faculty Research Librarian, Harvard Law School Library

    • Maya Bergamasco, Faculty Research & Scholarly Support Librarian, Harvard Law School Library

•  4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. - Goodbyes and Gathering for a short drive to North43 Bistro

•  5:00 p.m. - Dutch treat dinner at North43 Bistro (Sign-up in advance). A 3 minute drive & a 12 minute walk from The McKernan Center.