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Takling training in an online environment

Following CLIG's online panel discussion on the effects of the Covid-19 crisis on the provision of legal information services Clare Brown from Vable writes a blog post on providing training remotely

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BIALL Conference 2018 - CLIG Bursary Report

This is the full report on the 2018 BIALL Conference from CLIG's bursary winner, Karen Palmer. Snippets of this have also been used as a contribution to the Bursary Winners report in the July 2018 BIALL Newsletter.

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BIALL Conference 2016

Report from the Emerald Isle - BIALL 2016.  Rebecca Loughead of Reed Smith was the CLIG bursary winner for 2016 and writes about her experiences at the BIALL Conference held in Dublin 9th - 11th June 2016.

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BIALL Conference 2015

Report from the seaside – BIALL 2015. Julee Carroll of Stephenson Harwood LLP was the CLIG bursary winner for 2015 and writes about her experience at the BIALL Conference held in Brighton 11th - 13th June 2015.

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BIALL Conference 2014

Kristel Petrou of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP was the CLIG bursary winner for 2014 and writes about her experience at the BIALL Conference held in Harrogate, 12th - 15th June 2014.

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BIALL Conference 2013

David Watson of Watson, Farley & Williams, writes about his experiences of the BIALL Conference 2013, held in Glasgow. David was the recipient of the CLIG bursary which helps with costs toward attending the conference.

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BIALL Conference 2012

Sam Wiggins of Norton Rose, writes about his experiences of the BIALL Conference 2012, held in Belfast. Sam was the recipient of the CLIG bursary which helps with costs toward attending the conference.

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BIALL Conference 2011

Dimitri Zissimos, Research Librarian at Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP, attended the BIALL Conference in June 2011, held at Gateshead. Dimitri was the recipient of the CLIG bursary which helps with costs toward attending the conference. Here's what Dimitri had to say about the conference and the presentations he attended.

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BIALL Conference 2010

Tina Reynolds, of Drivas Jonas Deloitte, writes about her experiences of the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL) Conference 2010, whcih this year was held in Brighton. Tina was the recipient of a CLIG bursary which helped cover the costs of attendance.

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BIALL conference 2009

Laura Payne, of Baker & MacKenzie LLP, writes about her experiences of the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians Conference 2009, held in Manchester. Laura was the recipient of a CLIG bursary which helped her cover the costs of attendance.

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Researching the Credit Crisis

Sylvia James, consultant and business information expert gave a talk which clarified many of the more mysterious aspects of the credit crunch and gave us an insight into where the banking system is, where it is headed and what we as information professionals could confidently do to assist our firms in the current crisis.

This is a write up of a CLIG event held at Macfarlanes on 27 January 2009.

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UK Treaty Practice Made Clear

Interesting insights into the work of this Section, with amusing anecdotes such as problems in getting Her Majesty the Queen to sign in the correct place and upside-down flags.

This article is a write-up by Anneli Sarkanen of a presentation by Paul Barnett and Nevil Hagon of the Legal Information Group of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) treaty section on 24 February 2009

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Providing Legal Services in a Downturn

These are the slides from a PowerPoint presentation given in March 2009.