CURRICULUM VITAE (September 2017)

CLAIRE M. GERMAIN

OFFICE Lawton Chiles Legal Information Center Fredric G. Levin College of Law University of Florida P.O. Box 117628 Gainesville, FL 32611-7628/U.S.A. Voice: (352) 273-0703 Fax: 352-392-5093 [email protected]

POSITIONS HELD

 Associate Dean for Legal Information & Clarence J. TeSelle Professor of Law, Frederic G. Levin College of Law, University of Florida, August 2011- .  Professor Emerita, Cornell , 2011- .  Edward Cornell Law Librarian and Professor of Law, Cornell Law School, July 1993- 2011 . Director, Dual Degree Programs, Paris & Berlin, Cornell Law School, 2002- 2011  Duke University School of , Acting Director, Jan.-July 1991; Associate Director, 1989-93 ; Assistant Librarian & Senior Lecturer in Comparative Law, 1984-89; Head, Reference Dept., 1982-84; Senior Reference Librarian: Lecturer in Legal Research; Academic Adviser to Foreign Students, 1980-82.  Research Fellow and Guest Librarian, Max-Planck-Institute for Foreign and International Private Law, Hamburg, Germany, Spring 1980.  German Instructor, Montreuil High School, Montreuil, France, September 1972-June 1974.  Research Assistant (Library), O.E.C.D. (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development), Paris, Summer 1970.

EDUCATION

 M.L.L. (Master of Law Librarianship), University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, August 1977. Beta Phi Mu.  M.C.L., Louisiana State University School of Law, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, December 1975. Special fellowship. Thesis: Redhibition and Consumer Protection. Comparative study of the French, Louisiana and common law (UCC) legal systems.  Licence-en-Droit (LL.B), XII, France, June 1974.  Licence-ès-Lettres, Mention Allemand (B.A. German), Cum Laude, University of Paris III, Sorbonne Nouvelle, June 1971.  Germanistic Studies, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, Sept.1969-March 1970.

HONORS

 Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, Knight, French Legion of Honor, Paris, July 2007. Ceremony : Claire M. Germain Légion d'Honneur 17 July 2007. https://youtu.be/sIHkTIV- 4tA  1992 Joseph L. Andrews Award, for Germain's Transnational Law Research.  Elected to International Academy of Comparative Law, 2013.

ORAL HISTORIES

“Claire M. Germain,” interviewed by Pat Kehoe. Oral History of Law Librarianship. Hein Oral Histories Series. March 26, 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi-aiM6P3UQ

"Claire M. Germain," interviewed by Peter Martin. Law School Heritage Project. Video 14. May 2016. http://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/lawschool_heritage/14

LANGUAGES

Fluent in French, English, and German.

CONSULTATIONS

International

 Invited Participant, Access to Foreign Law Project. Joint Conference of European Commission and the Hague Conference on Private . Brussels, Belgium, February 2012.

 Consultant, United Nations Permanent International Criminal Court Library, The Hague, The Netherlands, February 2011  Consultant, Supreme Court of Library, San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 2010  Consultant, United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Arusha, Tanzania. June-July 2009  Expert witness on French law.

American Association of Law Schools (AALS), Site Visit, CUNY Law School, March 2007.

American Bar Association/American Association of Law Schools. Site Evaluation Visits

2  Upcoming: University of Maryland, February 2018.  University of Utah. April 2016  Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law. November 2013  University of California Irvine, Irvine, Cal. Nov. 2012  University of Washington, Seattle, Wash., May 2011  Notre Dame Law School, February 2002.  Washington and Lee Law School, Lexington, Va., March 2001.  Hastings Law School, San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 1999.

PUBLICATIONS

Multimedia Projects

 MOOC Introduction to U.S. Law. UF Law Project. History of the Common Law/Civil Law; the U.S Criminal Jury. 2014. Reactivated in 2015.

 Comparative Courtroom Practices: French and U.S. Criminal Trial (2005). http://legal1.cit.cornell.edu/court_trials/index.htm (Username: frenchtrials; Password: greffier)

 French Law in Action (2004). http://legal1.cit.cornell.edu/frenchlaw/

Books

 Germain's Transnational Law Research: A Guide for Attorneys (Ardsley-on-Hudson: Transnational Publishers, 1991- to date. May 2006 Supp.). 1992 Joseph L. Andrews Award Winner.  Guide to Foreign Legal Materials: French (with Charles Szladits) (Dobbs Ferry: Published for the Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law, Columbia School of Law by Oceana Publications, 2d rev. ed. 1985).

Book Chapters

 “CISG Language and Translation Issues,” Chapter 2, International Sales Law: Contract, Principles & Practice 21 (Larry A. DiMatteo; André Janssen; Ulrich Magnus & Reiner Schulze, eds.Nomos Verlag, 2016).  “CISG Translation Issues: Reducing Legal Babelism.” International Sales Law: A Global Challenge 51 (Larry DiMatteo, eds., Cambridge University Press 2014).  “Digitizing the World’s Laws,” in IALL International Handbook of Legal Information Management 181 (Richard Danner & Jules Winterton eds, Ashgate 2011).

3  “Louisiana, America, and France: Retracing Historical Milestones and Enhancing Legal Dialogue,”in Liber Amicorum in honor of Professor Saúl Litvinoff, 2008.  “Approaches to Statutory Interpretation and Legislative History in France,” 13 Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law 195-206 (2003); reprinted in Comparative Legal Traditions : Text, Materials, and Cases on Western Law by Mary Ann Glendon, Paolo G. Carozza, & Colin B. Picker. 3rd ed. St. Paul, Minn.: Thomson/West, 2007.  “Web Mirror Sites: Creating the Research Library of the Future, and More,” in Law Library Collection Development in the Digital Age 87-104 (Binghamton, NY: Haworth Information Press, Michael Chiorazzi & Gordon Russell, eds. 2002) (Co-published simultaneously as 21 Legal Reference Services Quarterly 2-4 (2002)). www.lawschool.cornell.edu/library/Faculty_Services/facbib/clairemirror.html (February 2001).  “Rediscovering Rare Books in an Electronic Age,” in Public Services Issues with Rare and Archival Law Materials 93-98 (Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press, Michael Widener, ed. 2001); co-published as 20 Legal Reference Services Quarterly 93-98 (2001).  “France,” in Information Sources in Law 177-99 (London: Bowker-Saur, Jules Winterton and Elizabeth M. Moys, eds. 2d ed. 1997).  “The North American Free Trade Agreement: Research Issues and Legal Literature,” in Introduction to International Organizations 525-62 (New York: Oceana Publications, Jeanne Korman and Lyonette Louis-Jacques, eds. 1996).  “The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and its Impact on the European Community: Research Issues and Legal Literature,” in Catalonia, Spain, Europe, and Latin America: Regional Legal Systems and Their Literature 201-251 (Buffalo, NY: Hein, Jürgen C. Gödan & Bernard D. Reams, Jr., eds. 1995).  “The French Legal System: Sources of Law, Authorities and Research Methods,” in Introduction to Foreign Legal Systems 57-78 (Dobbs-Ferry: Oceana Publications, Richard A. Danner & Marie-Louise H. Bernal, eds. 1994).  “U.S. Perspectives on the Training of Law Librarians with International and Foreign Law Expertise,” in Bibliothek und Recht--International/Libraries and Law--International. Festschrift Ralph Lansky 59-75 (Hamburg: Heuser, Jürgen Gödan & Holger Knudsen, eds. 1991).

Articles

 “Lay Participation in the Criminal Jury: France and Belgium,” RCSL. Research Committee on Sociology of Law 7 (Winter 2017). http://rcsl.iscte.pt/rcsl_nl_2017_1_.pdf  “Worldwide Access to Foreign Law: International and National Developments Toward Digital Authentication,” 9 Comparative Law Journal of the Pacific- Journal de Droit Comparé du Pacifique 185 (2013), http://www.victoria.ac.nz/law/nzacl/publications.aspx  “CISG Translation Issues: Reducing Legal Babelism.” 2012. http://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/facultypub/329

4  “The French Jury at a Crossroads” (with Valerie P. Hans), 74 Chicago-Kent Law Review 101 (2011).  Beyond the Expected: Creating and Sustaining Relationships for your Institution,” AALL Spectrum 10-15 (March 2010). http://www.aallnet.org/products/pub_sp1003/pub_sp1003_Beyond.pdf  “Legal Information Management in a Global and Digital World: Revolution and Tradition,” http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=983197, in 35 International Journal of Legal Information 134 (2007)  “Exciting Education Summit News; 70th Anniversary Celebration of the Federal Register,” 10 AALL Spectrum 4, 7 (June 2006). http://www.aall.org/products/pub_sp0606/pub_sp0606_Pres.pdf  “Visit to Puerto Rico,” 10 AALL Spectrum 4, 37 (May 2006) http://www.aall.org/products/pub_sp0605/pub_sp0605_Pres.pdf  “Partnering with Decision Makers, 10 AALL Spectrum 4 (March 2006). http://www.aall.org/products/pub_sp0603/pub_sp0603_Pres.pdfhttp://www.aall.org/prod ucts/pub_sp0603/pub_sp0603_Pres.pdf  AALL’s National Advocacy Efforts,” 10 AALL Spectrum 4, 41 (Feb. 2006) http://www.aallnet.org/products/pub_sp0602/pub_sp0602_Pres.pdf  “Enhancing the Visibility of Law Librarians,” 10 AALL Spectrum 4, 26 (Nov. 2005) http://www.aallnet.org/products/pub_sp0511/pub_sp0511_Pres.pdf  “Pioneering Change in the Centennial Year,” 10 AALL Spectrum 4, 22 (Sept. 2005). http://www.aall.org/products/pub_sp0509/pub_sp0509_Pres.pdf“  Le Projet GPO visant conserver l'ensemble des données juridiques publiques américaines (Nov. 3, 2004) http://lsr.nellco.org/cornell/clsops/papers/17/.ea  “Approaches to Statutory Interpretation and Legislative History in France,” 13 Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law 195-206 (2003).  Http://www.law.duke.edu/journals/djcil/index.htm  “A Memorial Tribute to Professor Bitner (Cornell Law Librarian from 1965 to1976),” (with Gray Thoron and Faust Rossi) Cornell Faculty Memorial Statements Booklet (November 2002).  “Tribute to Harry Bitner,” 94 Law Library Journal 187-205 (2002).  http://www.aallnet.org/products/pub_llj_v94n02.asp  Germain's French Law Guide, www.llrx.com/features/frenchlaw.htm (August 2001). 2004 update at www.lawschool.cornell.edu/library/encyclopedia/countries/france/  “Rediscovering Rare Books in an Electronic Age, (Public Services Issues with Rare and Archival Law Materials),” 20 Legal Reference Services Quarterly 93-98 (2001).  “Legal Research in the Age of the Internet,” 26 Cornell Law Forum 15-17 (March 2000).  www.lawschool.cornell.edu/faculty  “Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: A Vision for the Future,” 4 AALL Spectrum 28 (March 2000). www.lawschool.cornell.edu/faculty  “Content and Quality of Legal Information and Data on the Internet with a Special Focus on the United States,” 27 International Journal of Legal Information 289-306 (1999). Earlier version www.lawschool.cornell.edu/faculty 5  "Legal Information on the Internet: U.S. Perspectives," (Paris, Oct. 1998, French Association for the Development of Legal Informatics) (ADIJ, Association pour le developpement de l'informatique juridique), www.lawschool.cornell.edu/faculty  "L'Accés électronique aux droits de langue française vu d'un pays anglo-saxon," (Electronic Access to Laws of French Language Countries Seen from an Anglo-Saxon Country) (Paris, Nov. 1998, Paris Center for Foreign Commerce (Paris Centre Français du Commerce Extérieur), www.lawschool.cornell.edu/faculty  “Digital Legal Information: Ensuring Access to the “Official” Word of the Law,” 26 Cornell Law Forum 11-14 (July 1999).  “Digital Legal Information: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow?” Syllabus (ABA) 17 (Spring 1998).  “Internet juridique: L’expérience américaine,” Gazette du Palais 29-34 (11,12 Sept. 1996).  “The Internet for Legal Information: The U.S. Experience,” 24 International Journal of Legal Information 310-24 (1996).  “Rediscovering Rare Books in an Electronic Age,” 22 Cornell Law Forum 11-13 (July 1996).  “The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: Research Issues and Literature,” 1 Cornell Review of the Convention Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 117-145 (1996).  “United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: Guide to Research and Literature” (1996). www.lawschool.cornell.edu/faculty  “The Scholar's Workstation Now a Reality! Enhancing Faculty Information Access and Delivery through the Law School Network,” 6 Trends in Law Library Management and Technology 1-5 (March 1993).  “Moving into Management from Within,” 81 Law Library Journal 539-544 (1989).  “Teaching Legal Research to Non-Lawyers,” 8 Legal Reference Services Quarterly 247- 252 (1987).  “An Overview of Health Law Research and an Annotated Bibliography,” (with Danner), 11 Journal of Health, Politics, Policy and Law 110-25 (1986).  “Memorial: Charles Szladits,” 14 International Journal of Legal Information x (1986).  “Foreign Experiences Toward the Development of a National Legal Information Center,” 77 Law Library Journal 675-94 (1984-85).  “Comparative Law: Methodology and Research Problems,” paper delivered at AALL Annual Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, June 1982, published in: American Association of Law Libraries, INTERLINK 1982, Annual Convention Proceedings, Panel on "Taking the Mystery out of Foreign and International Legal Research" 619-26 (1982) (microfiche; also available on audiotape).  “Current Research Sources in French Law,” 75 Law Library Journal 34-51 (1982).  Editor: “International Law Symposium,” (with G. Grossman) 76 Law Library Journal 421-570 (1983).  “European Community Law: A Selective Bibliography of Publications in English, French, and German with Annotations,” 8 International Journal of Law Libraries 239-

6 281 (1980).  “The Librarian Fellowship Program at the Max-Planck-Institute for Foreign and International Private Law in Hamburg, West Germany,” 8 International Journal of Law Libraries 223-224 (1980).  “France: Libraries of Law and Librarians,” 72 Law Library Journal 235-244 (1979).

ORAL HISTORIES

“Claire M. Germain,” interviewed by Pat Kehoe. Oral History of Law Librarianship. Hein Oral Histories Series. March 26, 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi-aiM6P3UQ

"Claire M. Germain," interviewed by Peter Martin. Cornell University Law School Heritage Project. Video 14. May 2016. http://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/lawschool_heritage/14

COURSES TAUGHT

 Foreign Enrichment Course. Business and Legal Environments in Europe. Organized and coordinated course taught by four international faculty. Spring 2016.  Global Business Law & Research. Co-taught with Prof. Mousseron. UF Law Summer Program in Paris/Montpellier. 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015.  Introduction to the U.S. Legal System. University of Warsaw, Poland. October 2013.  Introduction to European Union Law Lectures. Paris & Montpellier. June-July 2013.  Introduction to French Law. University of Florida College of Law, Spring 2012.  Foreign Enrichment Course, “Doing Business in Europe,” Coordinator. Spring 2013.  Introduction to French Law, Cornell Law School, 1995-2011. Paris Summer Institute, 2005-2011.  Legal Research Part of Lawyering (First-Year), Cornell Law School, 1999-2003.  Advanced Legal Research, Cornell Law School, 1999-2003.  Legal Research Worldwide, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, April 2-6, 2001  Legal Research, Duke University School of Law, 1978-93.  American Law for International Students (Legal Writing), Duke University School of Law, 1980-84.  Civil Law Tutorial, Duke University School of Law, 1988-93.  Research Methods in International, Foreign and Comparative Law, Duke University School of Law, 1989-93.  Legal Research for Non Lawyers, Duke Continuing Education, 1986-93.

7 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES

University of Florida College of Law  Chair, International Programs Committee, 2013-17. Member, 2011-  Chair, Facilities & Technology Committee, 2011-12. Member, 2011-17.  Cuban Lawyers Committee, 2014.

Cornell Law School  Member, Academic Programs & Planning Committee, 2004-07.  Chair, Faculty Recruitment Team, Washington, DC, Nov. 1997.  Member, Library & Technology Committee, 1998-2011.  Member, Working Group on Technology, 1999-2000.  Chair, Law School Faculty and Student Library and Computing Committee, 1996-97.  Member, International Studies Committee, 1995- .

American Association of Law Schools (AALS), 1982- .  Executive Committee of Section on Libraries, 2002-2006 . Chair-Elect, 2003-04; Chair, 2004-05; Past Chair, 2005-06.  Committee on Libraries and Technology, 1995-1998; Chair 1996-98.

American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), 1977- .  President, July 2005-July 2006 . Vice-President/President Elect, July 2004-July 2005. Immediate Past President, July 2006-July 2007; A Century of Leadership: AALL Year in Review, 2005-06. http://www.aallnet.org/about/annualreport/an_report_2006.pdf  Special Committee on Authentication and Preservation of Digital Law, 1999-2001.  Chair, AALL/Library of Congress Task Force on Preservation of Digital Law, 1998-99.  Chair, Education Committee, Southeastern Chapter of AALL, 1992-93.  Chair, National Legal Resources Committee, 1991-92.  Representative to the Law Library of Congress, 1991-92.  Chair, Foreign, Comparative and International Law Special Interest Section, 1985-86.  Co-Director, 1983 AALL Institute on International Law and Business, University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, June 22-24, 1983.  Chair, Foreign, Comparative and International Law Committee, 1981-83.  Publications Committee, 1983-84.  Committee on International Placement, 1983-84.  Foreign, Comparative and International Law Committee, 1978-83.  Committee on the Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals, 1979-80.  Advisory Board to the Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals, 1983-90.  National Legal Resources Committee, 1989- .  Participant, Legal Research and Writing Institute, Buffalo, N.Y., June 1978.

American Bar Association. Member. 8

American Society of International Law (ASIL), 1990- .

Chinese and American Forum on Legal Information and Law Libraries.  Advisory Board, 2009- . https://cafllnet.org/advisory-board/

Global Legal Information Network (GLIN), 2006- .  Board of Trustees, Treasurer, 2007-2012 .

International Association of Law Libraries (IALL), 1978- .  Advisory Committee on Communications, Web Director, 1999- .  Executive Board, 1995-1998.  AALL Representative, 1983-84, 1987-88.  Member, Board of Editors, International Journal of Legal Information.  Member, Nominations Committee, 2003.

International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA), 2005-  Law Libraries Section, Chair, 2011-2015. Secretary, 2007-2011. Corresponding member, 2016-.

Legal Information Preservation Alliance (LIPA), 2003-.  Steering Committee, 2003-2005.

New England Consortium of Law Libraries (NELLCO), 1999-2011 .  Chair, Digital Law Committee, 2002-2003.  Strategic Plan Committee, 2003-2004.

Pace University School of Law, Institute of International Commercial Law, 1995- .  Member, Board of Trustees.

PRESENTATIONS

 “Juries and Lay Participation Worldwide: The Criminal Jury in France and Belgium, Law and Society Association Meeting, Mexico City, Mexico. June 2017.

 “A Comparative Study in French & U.S. Law on the Protection of Culinary Recipes Against Copying” Juris Diversitas 5th Annual Conference, Lyon, France. July 2017.

 “The French Criminal Jury & Participation of Citizens in the Justice System,” LSU Law Conference: May 2016.  “The Criminal Jury in France and Belgium: Ebb and Flow,” Law and Society Meeting, New Orleans. June 2016.

9  “Beyond the Expected. The Library’s Role in Creating an Institutional Faculty Blog Platform,“ British and Irish Association of Law Librarians Conference. Dublin, Ireland. June 2016.  “CISG in U.S. Law Practice: Current Literature & Research Trends.” Georgetown Conference on the CISG at 35, sponsored by UNCITRAL and ABA Section on International Law, January 2015.  “Croatia Law Libraries: A Vision for the Future.” Croatia Library Association Conference, Split, Croatia, October 2014.  “Jury and Mixed Tribunals across the Globe: France as a Case Study.” Onati, Spain, June 2014.  “The Language of the CISG Contract.” CISG Conference, St Augustine, Fla. September 2013.  “Worldwide Access to Foreign Law: The Hague Principles.” IFLA World Congress, Helsinki, Finland, August 2012.  “Dealing with Difficult Management Situations.” Panel discussion, SEAALL Meeting, Clearwater, Fla. March 2012.  “Internationalization of Legal Research,” Chinese and American Forum on Legal Information and Law Libraries (CAFLL), 2d Conference, Philadelphia, July 2011.  “Digitizing the World’s Laws, Evolution and Revolution,” 17th Annual GLIN Directors’ Meeting & International Legal Information Conference, Seoul, Korea, September 2010  Digitizing the World’s Laws, ” Chinese and American Forum on Legal Information and Law Libraries (CAFLL), 1st Conference, Bejing, China, May 2009.  “Authentication of digital legal information The Global Legal Information Network (GLIN),” International Federation of Library Associations Annual Meeting, Quebec City, Canada, August 2008.  "Digitizing the World's Law: A Look at Cooperative Endeavors," AALL Joint Study Institute, Georgetown Law School, Washington, D.C., June 2008.  “Managing Successful Relationships,” AALS Workshop for Law Librarians, Cleveland, Oh., June 2008.  "Louisiana, America, and France: Retracing Historical Milestones and Enhancing Legal Dialogue." Tribute Honoring the 83rd birthday of Prof. Saúl Litvinoff, L.S.U. School of Law, Baton Rouge, La., April 2008.  “Remarks on What It means to be a Citizen of Two Worlds,” Opening of Exhibit Celebrating the 250 Anniversary of the Birth of General Lafayette, Cornell University Kroch Library, September 2007.  “Benefits of the Franco-American Dual Degree Program between Paris I and Cornell Law School,” Thirty Year Anniversary of the Dual JD-Maitrise Degree Program between the University of Paris I and King’s College in London, Paris, France, October 2007.  “Digital Law issues: Preservation and Authenticity,” Starr Foundation Workshop on Tapping into the World of Electronic Legal Knowledge, Cornell Law School, October 2007.  “Reinventing the Law Library: the Year is 2020.” NE2007: Law Libraries Without Borders II: 4th Northeast Regional Law Libraries Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 10 October 2007.  “Keynote Address: Legal Information Management in a Digital World.” First Seminar on Legal Information Management in Digital Environments, Brasilia, Brazil, February 2007.  “Remarks on the Occasion of the 175th Anniversary of the Law Library of Congress,” Washington, D.C., February 2007.  “Preservation of Born Digital Legal Materials”. Corning, N.Y., ALLUNY(Association of Law Libraries of Upstate New York) meeting, September 2006.  “Pioneering Innovations: Technology, and Partnerships: French and U.S. Criminal Trial Procedures Compared,” (with Clare van den Blink,) AALL Annual Meeting, St Louis, Missouri, July 2006.  “Remarks, on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the Federal Register,” (together with U.S. Archivist Allen Weinstein, U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement,,Senator Ted Stevens, and U.S. Public Printer Bruce James), U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., March 2006.  “Internet pour le droit. Etat des convergences.” Paris, Maison du Barreau, November 5, 2004.“Bibliothèques universitaires aux Etats-Unis. Impact de la documentation électronique. U.S. University Libraries. Impact of Digital Information,” Annual Meeting of French University Library Directors, Paris, Ministry of Education, January 15, 2004.  “Le modèle libre dans les bibliothèques universitaires américaines. Open Access Journals in U.S. University Libraries,” Paris, Arche de la défense, May 10, 2004.  "Web Mirror Sites. The Research Library of the Future, and More...," AALL annual meeting, Orlando, Fla., July 2002.  "U.S. perspectives on the Author's Lending Right," "Assises internationales sur la numérisation dans l'enseignement et la recherche," (International Symposium on the Impact of Digitization on Teaching and Research), sponsored by the Centre national pour la recherche scientifique (CNRS) (National Center for Scientific Research), Paris, March 2002.  “Long Term Access to Digital Legal Information: Learning by Doing,” AALL annual meeting, St. Paul, Minn., July 2001.  "Worldwide Legal Research," University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, April 2001.  “Web Mirror Sites: Creating the Research Library of the Future,” University of Toronto, February 2001.  “U.S. Legal Research,” University of Paris I, Centre Mahler (French Doctoral Law Students in DEA program), January 9 and 10, 2001.  “Electronic Publication of Legal Scholarship,” Cornell Law School Faculty Luncheon, Dec. 6, 2000 (co-sponsored with Legal Information Institute).  “Passeport pour la France: Introduction to the French Legal System,” AALL (American Association of Law Libraries) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pa., July 16, 2000.  “Blazing New Paths with Technology: Electronic Publishing Initiatives,” AALL Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pa., Jul 18, 2000.  “Legal Research, The Internet, and Distance-Learning,” CLE Course, June 2000 Cornell Law Alumni Reunion (with Professor Peter Martin).  “Preservation, Authentication, and Citation of Digital Documentation: How Far Have we

11 Come? Where Do we Need to Go?”, Canadian Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, Banff, British Columbia, May 1999.  Lectures on “Introduction to French Law,” Cornell in Paris Law School Summer Program, July 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000.  “Nuts and Bolts of Distance Learning,” AALS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, January 7, 1998. Organizer and Moderator.  “Information Technology in Law Schools,” Law School Admissions Council Annual Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, May 1997.  “The Electronic World and the International Court of Justice,” American Society of International Law Annual Meeting, April 1997.  “Legal Scholarship in the 21st Century: Impact of Information Technology on the Many Roles of the Law Teacher,” Cornell Law School Faculty Workshop Series, February 1997.  “L’Internet: l’expérience américaine,” Colloquium on the Internet, Paris, April 1996.  “Future of Legal Research,” Canadian Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, May 1996.  “Planning, Financing, and Managing Computing Services in the Law School,” AALS Annual Meeting, San Antonio, January 1996. Organizer and Moderator of Deans’ and Library Directors’ bi-annual workshop.  “The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: Research Issues and Literature,” IALL Meeting, Vienna, Austria, September 1995.  “Global Lawyers, Global Librarians,” AALL Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pa., July 1995.  "Finding Foreign and International Law Information Sources," Canadian Association of Law Libraries, Montréal, Québec, May 1994.  "NAFTA: Research Issues and Legal Literature," Duke University, April 1994.  "The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and Its Impact on Spain and the European Community," IALL, University of Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, August 1993.  "U.S./Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA)/North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): Legal Literature and Research Issues," AALL Institute on International Law, Harvard Law School, July 1993.  "Resource Sharing in a Network Environment," Southeastern Chapter of AALL, Charleston, West Va. (April 1993).  "Research in International Law," two-day seminar, University of Iowa School of Law, January 30-February 1, 1992.  "Research in French Law," Law Library of Congress, April 1991.  "International and Foreign Law Research Methodology: A Case Study," AALL Institute on International Law, Minneapolis, Minn., June 1990.  "Building a Basic International and Foreign Law Collection," Southeastern Chapter of AALL, Oxford, Miss., April 1990.  "Constitutionalism in France: The Conseil constitutionnel," meeting of the International Association of Law Libraries, Paris, France, August 1989. Paper presented under a grant from the American Council of Learned Societies.

12  "Research in French Law," AALL Workshop on Civil Law and Legal Literature, Reno, Nev., June 1989.  "Collection Development for Law Libraries," AALL Annual Meeting, Reno, Nev., June 1989.  "Moving up into Management from Within," AALL Management Institute, Tuscaloosa, Ala., June 1988.  "Foreign Law Research Methodology: Problems and Solutions," Atlanta Law Librarians' Association, Atlanta, Ga., April 1988.  "Legal Research for Non-Lawyers," Charlotte Metroline Librarians' Association Workshop, October 1988.  "The United States Constitution as a Model for Nations: France," Meeting of the International Association of Law Libraries, Washington, D.C., June 1987. Followed by an interview with "the Voice of America."  "Teaching Legal Research to Non-Lawyers," Southeastern Chapter of AALL, Charleston, S.C., April 1987.  "Current Status of Health Law Research Sources," Health Law Symposium on New Developments in Data Base Resources, Duke University, October 1985.  "Documentation system of the European Community," 1985 AALL Annual Meeting, New York City, July 1985.  "Civil Law and Common Law Research Methods: Vive la Différence," joint meeting of the Southeastern and New Orleans Chapters of AALL, New Orleans, March 1985.

CONFERENCES

 Co-organizer, Starr Foundation Workshop: “Tapping into the World of Electronic Legal Knowledge,” Cornell Law School, October 2007 (co-organized with NYU under a Starr Foundation grant, with law librarians from U.S., Botswana, Brazil, China, Nigeria, and Tanzania).  Co-organizer, Symposium: "Canada and the World," Duke University, April 1994.  Co-organizer, Symposium: "Access to Legal Information in a Multilingual Culture", Duke University, March, 1992.  Co-organizer, Symposium: "Canadian Law and Legal Literature: The Civil Law Heritage in North America," Duke University, May 1990.  Co-organizer, Symposium: "Canadian Law and Legal Literature: The Commonwealth Perspective," Duke University, May 1987.  Co-organizer, Symposium: "Current Status of Health Law Research Sources," Duke University, October 1985.  Co-organizer, Symposium: "European Community Law: Current Issues and Bibliographic Sources," Duke University, November, 1984.

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