Law / Legal Librarianship

Alan Kilpatrick

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Reference Librarian at the Law Society of Saskatchewan Library, Regina SK

Areas of expertise: Reference & instruction, collections management, legal librarianship, legal research, copyright law, copyright for libraries, blogging, social media management
Can help with: Legal reference questions, legal research, general advice, job applications, mock interviews, resumes, professional development, library school questions, & anything else!
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: alan.kilpatrick@lawsociety.sk.ca , @alan_kilpat, 306-569-8020 https://librarycanuck.wordpress.com/

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Legal Librarian at Harris & Company LLP, Vancouver BC

Areas of expertise: Legal research, law firm collection management, reference & instruction, solo-librarianship, law firm social media
Can help with: general advice, job applications, cover letter & resume, library school, mock interviews. Also legal reference questions/legal research and anything law related
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: aeveritt@harrisco.com / 604-891-2207 (DL)

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Associate Director of the Law Library, Coordinator of Legal Practice Technology, & Adjunct Professor of Law, Stetson University College of Law

Areas of expertise: Law librarianship, academic law libraries, legal research, law practice technology, strategic planning, law library administration, leadership
Can help with: Legal research and writing, academic application process, leadership development, legal teaching, law practice management teaching, CV development
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: akrenelk@law.stetson.edu; @AkrenelkaChase

Reference & Instruction Librarian, Dalhousie University

Areas of expertise: Law librarianship, academic law libraries, legal research and writing, reference, instruction, information literacy,
Can help with: Legal research and writing, academic application process, information literacy, general advice/support
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: hannah.steeves@dal.ca twitter: @hjsteeves

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Director of the Law Library, Professor of Practice

Areas of expertise: law library administration, use of technology in legal practice, copyright
Can help with: opportunities in the field, CV and cover letter review, legal reference questions, legal research questions
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: ken.hirsh@uc.edu, (513) 556-0159, twitter: @kenhirsh

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Areas of expertise: open access, copyright, licensing, law librarianship, scholarly communication, teaching, academic writing, MOOCs, mindfulness/meditation, and law (especial laws related to library, archive, other cultural institution work)
Can help with: library questions, job applications, cv review, networking, article review, copyright
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: 617-495-4089 @KyleKCourtney

Law and Public Policy Librarian, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Areas of expertise: Law librarianship, legal research, copyright law, open access, information privacy law, scholarly communications, journal publishing, foreign and comparative law, academic librarianship, course design and instruction, information literacy, critical approaches to law and librarianship
Can help with: CV and cover letter review; questions about Canadians working in the U.S.; pursuing doctoral studies or law degree
Can speak: English
Can read: English, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Contact: ldivalentino@umass.edu; 413-545-3009; twitter: @lisadivalentino; http://www.divalentino.com

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Reference/Instruction Librarian, University of New Brunswick

Areas of expertise: law librarianship, academic law libraries, legal research and writing, reference, instruction, information literacy
Can help with: legal research and writing, information literacy, general advice/support
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: nikki.tanner@unb.ca

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Director, John and Dotsa Bitove Law Library and Copyright Officer (Western University)

Areas of expertise: copyright, OA, OER, law librarianship, accessibility, management
Can help with: general questions, mock interviews, cv review
Can speak: English
Can read: English
Contact: sspong@uwo.ca; @stephenspong