17/05/2021

“What American Law Students are being Taught about Technology in Law Firms – an Inside View: Profile of a Research Professor and Library Director”

Monday, 17th May 2021 at 6:00pm

CLIG extends a warm welcome to our community to attend May’s event: a fascinating profile of Professor Femi Cadmus who is currently the Archibald C. and Frances Fulk Rufty Research Professor of Law and Director of the Goodson Library at Duke Law. She teaches “Technology in the Practice of Law”, which explores the rapidly evolving technologies transforming traditional legal practice. Femi will demonstrate what today’s law students are learning about the use and impact of current technologies on legal practice including tools for client management, electronic discovery, and document management. CLIG invites you to join this fascinating talk to understand what knowledge law students bring with them to their training contracts regarding technology and its place in service delivery.

More about Femi:

Femi is active in professional library associations including the American Association of Law Libraries in which she was president from 2018-2019. She also serves on several library and legal information services advisory boards. Her research focus, publications and presentations cover topics such as law and technology, the evolving role of the modern day law library, open access to legal information, and law library management and administration.

Date: 17th May 2021

Time: 6pm

Cost: Free

How to Register: To register for this event please login to the member’s area and go to “Join CLIG events”. If you are a registered member having issues registering the event through the website, please contact jordanmurphy@bdbpitmans.com. Usually CLIG events are for CLIG members only but due to the nature of this event, we are offering it out to non members as a one off. Please email jordanmurphy@bdbpitmans.com to attend as a non member.

If you have not yet created an account you will need to do so here. Non members and members who need to renew can now do this easily by selecting the pay by card option within the member’s area. For issues renewing online memberships please contact our membership secretary, jessica.loud@mourant.com