Just in case you never got around to reading the International Court of Justice's climate change advisory opinion over the summer, and/or never quite understood what all the fuss was about, give me 2 minutes to catch you up! www.simplelaw.blog/p/i-read-133...

The @uvalawlibrary.bsky.social just added this book to the collection. Great book about an evolving industry with complex legal implications.

While most libraries are multigeneration workplaces, they rely on senior leadership nearing retirement. In the latest #AALLSpectrum article, B. Austin Waters and Matthew Walker discuss how to attract, recognize, and mentor younger professionals in the law library space. tinyurl.com/3n7umc97

Prof. Richard Schragger will be a speaker Dec. 12 for the #UVA Miller Center’s discussion on @cornelluniversity.bsky.social Prof. Suzanne Mettler’s book “Rural Versus Urban: The Growing Divide That Threatens Democracy.”

This is a must-read by the absolutely legendary @philippesands.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Explore global legal scholarship with the AALL Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (IFLP)! Covering 800+ journals worldwide, Try it free for 30 days! No risk, no obligation. Use code IFLP2025 before December 30. tinyurl.com/jfjatbdc

There may seem to be a "bewildering number of OA economic models" but have you ever talked to an acquisitions librarian about serials models.

Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholar's Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding wiki.savescience.eu/index.php?ti...

In my @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog post I examine what a recent Saturday Night Live sketch might tell us about how law librarians can be a bridge between the "never AI" groups & the "everything AI" groups when it comes to AI in the law ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/a...

In a new study, Prof. Mitu Gulati and @nyulaw.bsky.social Prof. Stephen Choi analyze President Donald Trump’s federal appellate appointees’ influence on the judiciary. @thenlj.bsky.social

We are pleased to share an updated call for papers, with a deadline for submission of abstracts of 8 December 2025. You can submit via Oxford abstracts: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/79382... Conference: 1-4 July 2026, Cape Town Theme: Public Law & the Future of Constitutional Democracy

Pt 1 of Tanya Thomas' guest post to the @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog post looks at how #generativeAI is leading to "a generation of lawyers who rarely engage with the raw materials of their profession" - like eating chicken nuggets ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/g...

Want to understand COP30 in just 2 minutes? Here’s a breakdown (by yours truly) of what’s at stake in Brazil — and why it matters: www.simplelaw.blog/p/cop30-in-b... #SAIL #InternationalLaw #Belem

Joy Hollerbach's recent @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog post gives helpful tips for making virtual presentations engaging & informative ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/v...

What does international law actually say if the U.S. were to attack Venezuela? Find out in my latest two-minute explainer: www.simplelaw.blog/p/what-happe... Enjoy!

Jessica de Perio Wittman & Kathleen (Katie) Brown explore how law librarians combine tech expertise with interpersonal skills to drive technology adoption, mentor colleagues, and foster cross-departmental collaboration. Read the article: tinyurl.com/mr2m364m #LawLibrarians #LegalTech

Stephanie Grace presents an "invitation to uncomfortable honesty" about how law librarians are trying to continue to provide services in an increasingly unstable environment in her latest @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog post ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/s...

“Lawyering Without Law” — @knightcolumbia.org call for proposals. knightcolumbia.org/blog/call-fo...

Call For Proposals: Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) 2026 Annual Conference librarianship.ca/news/cfp-cal... Theme: Currents of Resilience: Navigating Change Date: May 24 to 27, 2026 Location: Moncton

Call for papers in the Tarapacá Law Journal, a newly established open access law journal published by the Faculty of Law of the University of Tarapacá, Chile: tarapacalawjournal.org Submissions welcome in Spanish, English, French, Italian, and Portuguese.

Major new @knightcolumbia.org initiative will address the role of the legal profession in the defense of democratic values and institutions. Excited to have the chance to work with Prof Madhav Khosla on this. knightcolumbia.org/content/new-...

Call for proposals 👇 for our @knightcolumbia.org project on the legal profession in an age of authoritarianism: What is the role of lawyers in defending democracy? What factors contribute to lawyers’ role in either resisting authoritarianism or accommodating it? knightcolumbia.org/blog/call-fo...

Important Call for Papers: 15th CJIL Conference 2026 - submit by Dec 31, 2025 on Reimagining International Law: Critical, Regional, and Transdisciplinary Perspectives (@cambridgelaw.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk 23-24 April 2026) cambridgejournalofinternatlandcomplaw.submittable.com/submit/34024...

Call for Papers: The Max Planck Fellow Group on ‘Fairness and International Law’ invites early-career researchers to a workshop in Kiel (10–12 May 2026) on fairness across space and time in international law. Abstracts due 12 December. More information: law.mpg.de/event/fairne... #FellowGroupEvent

Legal research is taking center stage on the NextGen UBE Bar Exam—coming July 2026. In her latest Law Library Journal article, Anne G. Johnson explores why teaching legal research is more important than ever, how it’s being assessed, and what law schools can do to prepare. tinyurl.com/3uks56wv

Prof. Aditya Bamzai examines the legislative history of international trade laws in an amicus brief filed at #SCOTUS. @scotusblog.com

Every time international law makes headlines, I get the same question: “What does this really mean?” That inspired me to start Simplified Approach to International Law (SAIL) — short, jargon-free explainers on key global issues. simplelaw.blog Clarity in complexity.

How many more deaths can be attributed to the loss of information gathering & sharing that supported research & policy? The immense disruptions to global information flows & knowledge production will lead to even more deaths.

In her latest @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS Law Librarian Blog post, Jasmine Plott discusses the benefits of gamification in the legal research classroom and gives some examples she's tried in her classes ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/l...

Profs. @kevinlcope.bsky.social, Joshua Fischman, @cathyhwang.bsky.social and Mila Versteeg, and S.J.D. student Marilyn Hajj presented at the 19th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, among other accolades for members of the #UVALaw community.

Tamara Rogers compares her experiences serving public patrons & self-represented litigants as a judicial officer and an academic law librarian in her latest @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog post ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/f...

Tomorrow is Election Day! Make sure you get out and vote!! The library will be open regular hours from 8 A.M. to midnight, but the Reference Desk will be closed.

Volume 11 of Barthes Studies is now available online. As usual, all articles are completely free to read: sites.cardiff.ac.uk/barthes/volu...

Are blood and guts too scary for the open marketplace? Not for Prof. @kimkrawiec.bsky.social. The “Repugnant Transactions” professor discusses why society recoils at paying donors.

Joshua Levine's latest @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog post discusses state-specific secondary sources and the special set of challenges of finding relevant state-specific secondary sources. ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/s...

In Frank Young's newest @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog post he continues his examination AI slop in the legal profession but this time he looks at a potential lifeline and the ethics of reporting attorney use of #AI slop ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/f...

WATCH: Vice Dean Ashley Deeks discusses her new book, “The Double Black Box,” and developments at the intersection of artificial intelligence and national security. @nyulaw.bsky.social

Join this important webinar “Responding to Threats to Academic Freedom Around the World,” co-hosted by the International Studies Association’s Academic Freedom Committee & the AAUP’s Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom. Oct 28, 10:30am ET on Zoom @isanet.bsky.social Register at link 👇

Heather Agnew discusses a pilot study she completed that shows incoming law students are arriving with significant gaps in research skills in her guest post to the @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS Law Librarian Blog. ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/g...

How extensive is crime in prisons? Prof. @meganstevenson.bsky.social received a $610,000 grant to study the phenomenon.

Houston, TX No Kings 10/18/2025

If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education. We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.

The Cambridge International Law Journal has a call for papers: 📣 CILJ Call for Papers (Vol. 15(1)) ✍️✨ Submit articles or case notes on international or EU law. 🗓 Deadline: 4 Nov 2025, 23:59 (BST) ℹ️ Info: cilj.co.uk/about2/submi... @elgarpublishing.bsky.social @cambridgelaw.bsky.social

And now Brown University has rejected the Trump Loyalty Oath. Two down and seven to go! @aaup.org @aaupbrownchapter.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Brian Cassidy shares his ideas for best practices for law students & faculty as they navigate complying with the new Bluebook Rule concerning #AI generated content (Rule 18.3) in his recent @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog post. #LawLibrary ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/b...

"Once you start teaching loyalty instead of critical thinking, you stop creating scholars & you start creating followers. That's not the America we signed up for." #noloyaltyoaths #academicfreedom

My recent @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS Law Librarian Blog post gives a recap of the Iowa Law Collections Symposium. The Symposium was a great opportunity for attendees to immerse themselves in all the minutia of developing & sustaining collections. ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/r...