Kirk in New Orleans

On February 7, Associate Dean Darcy Kirk will be the featured speaker for the New Orleans Association of Law Libraries meeting. Kirk is currently serving as president of the American Association of Law Libraries.

Dean Kirk directs the law library, information systems and teaches Advanced Legal Research and Higher Education Law. A graduate of Vassar College, she received her law degree from Boston College. Dean Kirk also earned both her MLS and MBA from Simmons College. Before joining the law faculty in 1996, Dean Kirk worked at Harvard University's Widener Library, she served in several positions at the Boston College Law Library and served as the Associate Law Librarian for Public Services at Georgetown University Law Center.




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  • Lawyers Professional Liability
    On May 20, the Law School's Insurance Law Center will present a symposium on Lawyers Professional Liability. The event is being presented in cooperation with the Hartford Chapter of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society.

  • International Law of Speech Crimes
    On May 21, Professor Richard A. Wilson will present "International Law of Speech Crimes" as part of a series of guest lectures at the International Criminal Court, The Netherlands. 

  • Tax Policy
    On May 17, Professor Richard Pomp will be a presenter at the 10th Annual New Mexico Tax Policy Conference in Albuquerque.

  • Law Library Issues and Topics
    On May 15, Professor Darcy Kirk will be the luncheon speaker at the annual meeting of the New Jersey Law Librarians Association where she will update the group on the activities of the Association of American Law Libraries (AALL). Kirk currently serves as president of the AALL.

  • Hate Speech and Genocide
    Professor Richard A. Wilson will deliver three talks in Oslo, Norway on May 14 and 15 including "Gangster's Paradise? Framing Crime in Sub-Saharan Africa" at the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo.

  • Insurance Regulation
    On May 10, Professor Peter Kochenburger will moderate a discussion with Therese M. Vaughan and Karel Van Hulle at the International Insurance Forum event in Washington, DC.

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