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

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!

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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

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Roundtable Discussion with Vice President Biden

Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. will host a roundtable discussion on the 2009 Recovery Act with Gov. David Paterson and business leaders from across the country this morning, Tuesday, June 2, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm at Pace's NYC campus. The discussion can be viewed via webcast. You will need to sign in with your Pace Portal username and password.

Pace University President Stephen J. Friedman writes:

Nearly 40 students from the Lubin School of Business will have a firsthand glimpse of some of the best business minds in the country as they discuss how the Obama Administration will implement the Recovery Act and jumpstart the economy. Biden's choice of pace as the location for this important event is recognition of our success in education the next generation of business and professional leaders. It is also a testament to our ongoing effirts to establush Pace as a center for discussion and debate on major policy issues of our time.

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