We champion our profession and our members, and AALL 2019 attendees are the thought leaders, early adopters, advisers, and pathfinders in the rapidly changing world of legal information. Find your inspiration--join us at the premier educational and networking event for legal information professionals and elevate your career.

• Engage with 1,500+ movers and shakers in law librarianship and legal information.
• Attend "must-have" educational programs essential to your success. 
• Hear the story of AALL keynote speaker, Shon Hopwood, and his unusual legal journey from federal prison to Georgetown Law.
• See who will sink or swim at AALL's innovation tournament, where finalists will compete for big prizes to support the development of their compelling ideas. 
• Learn about new tools and emerging trends in workplace solutions from
  70+ exhibitors. 
• Be part of the experience by volunteering.
• Share your bright idea--submit a proposal for a poster session by April 26.
• Boost your time in DC with pre- and post-conference opportunities. 

Join us July 13-16 in Washington, DC to capitalize on our strengths.

Even with this year's solid lineup of educational offerings, you might need some help getting support to attend. AALL offers financial assistance and tips for getting your employer to say, "Yes!"

• Did you know that AALL offers grants to cover registration costs for the Annual Meeting or preconference workshops? Special interest sections provide additional grant opportunities for their members, and some chapters do, too. But you'll need to act fast--applications are due April 1.
   
• Is AALL 2019 on your employer's radar? You won't know unless you ask. We've got tools to help your employer understand why you can't afford to miss out. Make a plan to get support--there's even a sample memo to your employer.
   
• Seal the deal by sharing essential programming with your employer. We've got a list of educational programs that will show how your attendance will benefit your library through the new skills you'll develop, the latest trends you'll learn, and the strong network of trusted colleagues you'll build. (Looking for a printable listing of all the programs? We've got you covered.)

DETAILS

• Friday, July 12 / 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EDT
• Marriott Marquis / Washington, DC
• Register by Friday, May 17
• Open to AALL members only / Free
• 80-person limit; 25 spaces left

• CONELL (Conference of Newer Law Librarians)
• W1: FCIL Bootcamp: Basic Training
• W2: FCIL Bootcamp: Advanced Training
• W3: Regex Rules! Using Regular Expressions with MarcEdit
• PLLIP-SIS Summit X: The Path to 2030

DETAILS

• July 17-18
• Georgetown Law / Washington, DC
• Early-bird discounted prices (through May 17): $249 members / $349 nonmembers
• Register by Friday, June 14
• Exclusive rates at the Marriott Marquis available through July 1

AALL 2019 will offer a variety of platforms to tackle current issues and share ideas and experiences--we want to hear from you. Coming up first: poster sessions. Have you implemented an innovative program in your library? Perhaps you've created a set of best practices to apply in the workplace. Or maybe you'd like to share new classroom techniques, findings from a research project, or a practical problem-solving effort. Submit a poster session proposal online by April 26.

A few creative go-getters ready to pitch their ideas--ideas that beat out all the others to reach this stage. A panel of judges comprised of the industry's thought leaders, waiting to be wowed. A rapt audience, eager to see who will sink or swim. It's the showcase of a major network (legal knowledge network, that is), truly "must-see" stuff. It's not Shark Tank. It's the return of AALL's innovation tournament!

Legal information professionals are forgoing the status quo every day--leverage this opportunity to showcase your ideas. If you're in the process of developing a new, innovative, and implementable idea to improve your workplace, we want to hear from you. What's the hook? Two $2,500 prizes will be awarded to further support the development and implementation of compelling workplace innovations. Some serious shark cred comes with those prizes, too.

Apply by May 6. Applications will be evaluated later this spring; a group of finalists will be selected to present their innovation plans to attendees and a special panel of judges at the 2019 AALL Annual Meeting.

• Audience Choice Winner: Todd T. Ito & Scott Vanderlin from the University of Chicago D'Angelo Law Library (Browser Extension [Superseed] to Determine the Version of a Cited Statute)
• Judges' Choice Winner: Ayyoub Ajmi from the University of Missouri-Kansas City (Using CiviCRM as a Comprehensive Case Management Tool)

AALL thanks LexisNexis for its generous support of this event.