Ms. Ufuoma Lamikanra, the Head of Readers' Services Section at the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, at the University of Lagos in Nigeria, gave an excellent presentation titled Conflict of Laws in a Federation: The Nigerian Experience at the 2010 annual meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries in Denver, Colorado, as part of the FCIL-SIS Executive Committee presents event.
Ms. Lamikanra addressed the complexity of the Nigerian legal system and its literature, including the issues associated with the influence of English, customary, and Sharia laws in Nigerian legislation and judicial decision making. The entire presentation was recorded and you may access the MP3 file at the Pace Law Library Podcast site or directly here. Enjoy listening and reading more about Ms. Lamikanra.
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Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Conflict of Laws in a Federation: The Nigerian Experience
The Foreign, Comparative & International Law (FCIL) SIS invites you to attend a 2010 Annual Meeting event:
FCIL-SIS Executive Committee Presents
Conflict of Laws in a Federation: The Nigerian Experience
This year's presenter is Ufuoma Lamikanra, recipient of the 2010 FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians. She is the Readers' Services Librarian at the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies at the University of Lagos in Nigeria. In her presentation, she will provide an overview of the country's legal system, its legal institutions and publications as well as an examination of the challenges posed by legal pluralism in Nigeria. In addition to a brief survey of Nigeria's legal history, and the influences of English, Islamic, and customary law on the legal system, Ms. Lamikanra will discuss the hierarchy of courts, sources of law, legal publishing, and law librarianship in Nigeria. She will also be sharing tips for librarians interested in acquiring Nigerian legal material
Where: CCC-Room 109
Where: CCC-Room 109
When: Monday, July 12, 2010
Time: 12:00PM to 1:15PM
This event is open to the entire AALL community. Please join us in welcoming Ufuoma Lamikanra to Denver this summer and we hope to see you at the event!
Friday, February 5, 2010
ANNOUNCEMENT: 2010 FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians
The Foreign, Comparative and International Law Special Interest Section (FCIL-SIS) of the American Association of Law Libraries is now accepting applications for the 2010 FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians.
The FCIL Schaffer Grant for the July 10-13, 2010 Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado provides a waiver of the AALL Annual Meeting full registration fee and a grant of a minimum $2,000 to assist with accommodations and travel costs.
Applicants must be law librarians, or other professionals working in the legal information field, currently employed in countries other than the United States with significant responsibility for the organization, preservation, or provision of legal information. The application deadline is March 15, 2010. The Grant Committee will not consider late or incomplete applications.
Details regarding the FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians, as well as the application form, can be found HERE.
Please feel free to forward this announcement to interested parties, post it on your blogs, share via listservs, or spread the word otherwise!
Feel free to contact any of the Committee Members directly.
Thank you for your assistance,
Lucie Olejnikova
2010 FCIL Schaffer Grant Committee Member
The FCIL Schaffer Grant for the July 10-13, 2010 Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado provides a waiver of the AALL Annual Meeting full registration fee and a grant of a minimum $2,000 to assist with accommodations and travel costs.
Applicants must be law librarians, or other professionals working in the legal information field, currently employed in countries other than the United States with significant responsibility for the organization, preservation, or provision of legal information. The application deadline is March 15, 2010. The Grant Committee will not consider late or incomplete applications.
Details regarding the FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians, as well as the application form, can be found HERE.
Please feel free to forward this announcement to interested parties, post it on your blogs, share via listservs, or spread the word otherwise!
Feel free to contact any of the Committee Members directly.
Thank you for your assistance,
Lucie Olejnikova
2010 FCIL Schaffer Grant Committee Member
Friday, July 10, 2009
Building Law Library After 30 Years of War
The Foreign, Comparative & International Law (FCIL) SIS invites you to attend an Annual Meeting event …
FCIL-SIS Executive Committee Presents
The Past, Present, and Future of the Law Library and Librarianship in Afghanistan: The Challenges and Rewards of Building a Library After 30 Years of War
Please join the recipient of the 2009 FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians, Mr. Ahmadullah Masoud (Independent National Legal Training Center (INLTC) Law Library, Kabul, Afghanistan), Andrea Muto (USAID), Blair Kaufmann (Director, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School; Advisor, Afghanistan Rule of Law Project), and Lucie Olejnikova (Pace Law Library) for a discussion of the legal system of Afghanistan and the process of building a new law library after thirty years of war.
When: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 (4:15-5:15 PM)
Where: Renaissance-Room 5
Read the full announcement.
FCIL-SIS Executive Committee Presents
The Past, Present, and Future of the Law Library and Librarianship in Afghanistan: The Challenges and Rewards of Building a Library After 30 Years of War
Please join the recipient of the 2009 FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians, Mr. Ahmadullah Masoud (Independent National Legal Training Center (INLTC) Law Library, Kabul, Afghanistan), Andrea Muto (USAID), Blair Kaufmann (Director, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School; Advisor, Afghanistan Rule of Law Project), and Lucie Olejnikova (Pace Law Library) for a discussion of the legal system of Afghanistan and the process of building a new law library after thirty years of war.
When: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 (4:15-5:15 PM)
Where: Renaissance-Room 5
Read the full announcement.
Friday, December 12, 2008
ANNOUNCEMENT: 2009 FCIL Schaffer Grant
The Foreign, Comparative and International Law Special Interest Section of the American Association of Law Libraries (FCIL) is now accepting applications for the 2009 FCIL Shaffer Grant.
The FCIL Schaffer Grant for the July 25-28, 2009 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC provides a waiver of the AALL Annual Meeting full registration fee and a grant of a minimum $2,000 to assist with accommodations and travel costs.
Applicants must be law librarians, or other professionals working in the legal information field, currently employed in countries other than the United States with significant responsibility for the organization, preservation, or provision of legal information. The application deadline is March 1, 2009. The Grant Committee will not consider late or incomplete applications.
Details regarding the FCIL Schaffer Grant, as well as the application form, can be found HERE.
Applicants must be law librarians, or other professionals working in the legal information field, currently employed in countries other than the United States with significant responsibility for the organization, preservation, or provision of legal information. The application deadline is March 1, 2009. The Grant Committee will not consider late or incomplete applications.
Details regarding the FCIL Schaffer Grant, as well as the application form, can be found HERE.
Please feel free to forward this announcement to interested parties, post it on your blogs, share via listservs, or spread the word otherwise!
Feel free to contact any of the Committee Members directly.
Thank you for your assistance,
Lucie Olejnikova
2009 FCIL Schaffer Grant Committee Member
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