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Exhibitors and Advertisements The Association of American Law Schools is dedicated to improvement of the legal profession through legal education. The AALS Annual Meeting and Exhibits offer the most comprehensive week of continuing education available for legal educators. The Exhibits Open House in Exhibit Hall C on the Exhibition Level of the Marriott Wardman Park provides meeting attendees the opportunity to view and discuss products and services which could enhance or support their teaching goals. The Meeting Place is a lounge area in the Exhibit Hall for Annual Meeting participants to meet and greet colleagues and enjoy beverages and snacks on the opening evening and each morning and afternoon. This page serves as a guide to the Exhibits, providing information about their products and services and their location. EXHIBIT HALL OPEN HOUSE HOURS: Wednesday, January 3, 2007 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. View Exhibit Hall Floor Plan (PDF) Academic Management Systems -- Booth #609 Build a “culture of evidence” in your law school’s assessment program. CourseEval™ solves the problem of cumbersome, untimely and inflexible course and instructor evaluations. CourseEval™ software gives your law school deans and faculty the means to create, deploy, and analyze surveys that cover a wide range of assessment needs; peer and self-assessments, formative and summative assessments, longitudinal or cohort assessments - across courses, departments, etc. Our new remote portal tool, MyCourseEval, offers a dynamic interface between CourseEval and Blackboard, WebCT, Moodle, and other course management systems. For information, contact: Brian R. Hopewell, Academic Management Systems, (716) 867-8434, bhopewell@academicmanagement.com American Bar Association - ABA Publishing -- Booth #115 ABA Publishing is a division of the ABA, responsible for providing professional publishing guidance to the association and its members and for publishing and distributing works that support professional excellence and greater understanding of the law. ABA Publishing currently publishes approximately 100 new or updated book products per year as well as approximately 60 magazines, newsletters, and journals in numerous specialized areas of the law. American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative -- Booth #508 The ABA Rule of Law Initiative is the Association’s vehicle for advancing the rule of law throughout the world, and consolidates the ABA’s existing programs: Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative, Middle East and North Africa Programs, Asia Law Initiative, Africa Law Initiative, and Latin America and Caribbean Law Initiative Council. Through its international legal education reform programs, the ABA ROLI facilitates law school reform and enhances the rule of law culture abroad via public legal education. The ABA Rule of Law Initiative is seeking law professors interested in lending their expertise to our programs for both long- and short-term assignments overseas. Animal Legal Defense Fund -- Booth #114 For more than a quarter-century, the Animal Legal Defense Fund has been fighting to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system. Founded in 1979 by attorneys active in shaping the emerging field of animal law, ALDF has blazed the trail for stronger enforcement of anti-cruelty laws and more humane treatment of animals in every corner of American life. Today, ALDF’s groundbreaking efforts to push the U.S. legal system to end the
suffering of abused animals are supported by hundreds of dedicated attorneys and more than 100,000 members. Ashgate Publishing -- Booth #113 Ashgate is one of the leading international publishers of academic research across the arts, humanities and social sciences. We offer a wide range of books across our many subject lists, to meet the different needs of each discipline. Each year Ashgate publishes more than 700 new books, representing the best academic research and professional practice from around the world. Ashgate is committed to excellence; excellence in our range and quality of publishing, excellence in our dedication to our authors and excellence in the service we provide to customers. Aspen Publishers -- Booth #217 See Wolters Kluwer Law & Business in -- Booth #217. Association Book Exhibit -- Booth #117 A combined display featuring new books and journals from leading academic and scholarly publishers. BNA -- Booth #413 BNA produces over 200 print and electronic information services covering constitutional law, labor law, tax, environmental law, intellectual property, securities, and many other legal practice areas. Law school professors nationwide say these publications and services are vital to staying current in their fields, and they want greater access to them for their students and fellow faculty members. Visit the BNA -- Booth to learn more about our Law School Program and the availability of law school-wide access to BNA products and services. Berkeley Electronic Press -- Booth #408 The Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress) produces tools to facilitate content production and dissemination. Founded by academics in 1999, bepress presents an array of products and services that reduces the costs of, and barriers to, access. We are proud to announce Selected Works; the most effective avenue for disseminating research. The creators of ExpressO and the bepress Legal Repository, invite AALS attendees to come by -- Booth 408 to learn more about our latest innovation for improving scholarly communication. Blackwell Publishing -- Booth #102 Blackwell Publishing is the world’s leading society publisher and a top academic publisher in the law field. Our rapidly expanding list of law journals includes titles published on behalf of The Law and Society Association, the Society of Legal Scholars, and the American Bar Foundation. Blackwell also publishes top-quality books across a wide range of areas from medical to construction law, from handbooks in corporate law to textbooks for students. Our varied collection
has global appeal and is essential to scholars, researchers, practitioners and policy makers in a diverse range of law and law-related fields. Cambridge University Press -- Booth #409 Cambridge’s exciting and expanding program of law titles offers an excellent range of academic monographs, practitioner handbooks and textbooks on wide range of legal subjects. Exciting new projects present the finest and freshest thinking in International Law; Human Rights and Humanitarian Law; Law and Economics; Jurisprudence; Law and Society; Environmental Law; Constitutional Law; and other law-related issues. Casebooks and supplemental texts for a numerous law school course can be seen on display at the AALS meeting or reviewed on http://www.cambridge.org/us. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching -- Booth: 607 Carolina Academic Press -- Booths #212, 214 Carolina Academic Press is the publisher of casebooks and treatises for the academic legal community. Our offerings range from the classic, Plain English for Lawyers, now in its fifth edition, to casebooks in a wide variety of fields such as telecommunications, contracts, capital punishment, and torts. Carolina Academic Press also offers treatises and readers in fields ranging from environmental to international law and from law and psychology to constitutional law. Election law, civil rights and an impressive array of introductory books on topics such as legal analysis, legal writing, and starting off right in law school are just a few of the areas available. Check our web site at http://www.caplaw.com. Cato Institute -- Booth #421 The Cato Institute is America’s leading free-market institute dedicated to expanding the public policy debate to allow consideration of more options consistent with the principles of limited government, individual liberty, and peace. The Institute’s mission is to counteract the pervasive intolerance for individual rights shown by government’s arbitrary intrusions into the private sector and its disregard for civil liberties. Toward that goal, it strives to achieve greater involvement of the public in questions of policy and the proper role of government, in part by publishing books, policy reports, and periodicals that examine the complete spectrum of public policy issues. CALI (Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction) -- Booths #305, 307 CALI publishes over 600 Web-based lessons for law students, provides free software for faculty to develop their own electronic course materials, and offers other resources supporting legal education. Classcaster, a blog/podcast network where faculty can upload their educational materials, is currently home for over 50 faculty course blogs and over 1,500 course podcasts. The eLangdell project announced in June, 2006, will allow law faculty to assemble course materials from a searchable repository of relevant materials developed by law faculty. CALI Radio provides additional insight into complex legal topics via podcasts of conversations with authors of CALI lessons. CALI also sponsors the annual Conference for Law School Computing to be held June 18 - 20, 2007, at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas Law School. Council for International Exchange of Scholars -- Booth #400 For over 50 years, the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) has administered the Fulbright Scholar Program, the U.S. government’s flagship academic exchange effort, on behalf of the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. CIES annually recruits and sends over 800 U.S. faculty and professionals to 150 countries and brings 800 faculty and professionals from overseas to the U.S. The non-profit organization maintains
deep ties with the U.S. higher education community, including individual universities and colleges and major scholarly organizations. Edward Elgar Publishing Inc. -- Booth #402 Edward Elgar Publishing is an independent, international publisher of scholarly monographs, advanced textbooks and original reference works. Our areas of specialty include intellectual property, international trade, communications, competition and antitrust, environmental law, European law, corporate and financial law, and law and economics. New proposals are always welcome.
ExamSoft Worldwide, Inc. -- Booth #419 ExamSoft Worldwide develops and distributes examination software solutions encompassing all elements of the examination process to modernize testing techniques worldwide. Our mission is to develop, distribute and support examination software solutions for the sole purpose of securely creating, administering and scoring tests at the lowest possible per user price. Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) -- Booth #303 The Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization committed to providing high quality education and a neutral forum for the generation of ideas and discussion of law and public policy for its legal, policy, and regulatory communities. FDLI does not engage in advocacy activities. Foundation Press -- Booths #201, 203, 300, 302 Foundation Press sets the standard for excellence in law school publishing with materials written by today’s leading legal scholars. Foundation Press proudly offers the following outstanding product lines: University Casebook Series, University Textbook Series, Concepts and Insights Series, Turning Points Series, and Foundations of Law Series. Each of these series is designed to assist teacher and student to better understand the intricacies of the American legal
system. In addition to expertly edited cases, these publications also include original notes and questions to enrich class discussion. The texts and readers are especially valuable as desktop references for future practitioners. Hart Publishing -- Booth #220 Hart Publishing, Oxford, is one of the UK’s leading law publishers, with more than 500 titles published in less than 10 years. The list is predominantly academic, with a strong emphasis on international law, legal philosophy, English law, European law, comparative law, antitrust and intellectual property law. The list is as well known in the English-speaking world for its strong commitment to high academic standards as it is for attractive books and journals produced quickly and professionally. Hart Publishing is represented at AALS by Richard Hart and Joanne Ledger who will be happy to welcome you to the Hart -- Booth (220) in the exhibition hall. Harvard University Press -- Booth #406 Harvard University Press publishes a variety of books on law including the following new titles: Justice in Robes (Dworkin); Framing Contract Law (Goldberg); College Administrator’s Survival Guide (Gunsalus); The Antitrust Enterprise (Hovenkamp); Deportation Nation (Kanstroom); Minding Justice (Slobogin), and Patriots and Cosmopolitans (Witt). William S. Hein & Co., Inc. -- Booth #116 William S. Hein & Co., Inc. invites you to stop by our -- Booth to see a selection of our newest titles, as well as the latest additions to HeinOnline (http://heinonline.org), which is now proudly a part of every law school in the United States and Canada. HeinOnline content is in PDF format, fully-searchable, and all content included is from inception. No other online resource offers such in-depth coverage spanning four centuries of legal research material. Hudson House Associates -- Booth #401 Through our John Jay Bookstore and Trans-Media Microform Divisions, we provide to the legal community, rare, scarce and out-of-print law books, subject area collections, such as Supreme Court, Legal History, Jurisprudence, slavery etc. tailored to a law library’s profile, special and unique items, many of which are on display at our -- Booth, legal art work, and major compilations and sets for American, Commonwealth and International Law in microfilm. Justis Publishing Ltd. -- Booth #121 Justis Publishing, Ltd. is an independent publisher of electronic legal information and provider of publishing software and services. Since 1986 we have provided the legal community with electronic access to a wide range of titles from well respected legal publishers such as The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England & Wales, Sweet & Maxwell, Office of Public Sector Information, and many more. We have recently launched the new and improved electronic legal library - Justis 2.0. With a host of new features and enhanced functionality, Justis 2.0 will provide you with the information you need, when you need it. Law Preview - Law School Prep Course -- Booth #118 Law Preview builds better law students. Students who attend our 6-day summer program receive lectures from some of the country’s most distinguished law professors on the core first-year classes as well as academic and exam-taking strategies. For the past decade we have maintained a 99+% student satisfaction rating and a recent survey of those students who attended Law Preview during the summer of 2005 showed that their average class rank was 20.7%. Law Preview works directly with law schools by offering recruiting/retention scholarships and by administering school-sponsored 1-day Exam-Taking Strategies Workshops. The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. -- Booth #417 The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. is a law book publisher and antiquarian law bookseller specializing in all aspects of law and legal history. Our publication program offers reprints of over 700 landmark works as well as original books. We issue monthly catalogues in print and on-line, offering our new titles, as well as used and rare law books for scholars and practitioners. We can also provide appraisals and assist in collection development. Founded in 1983, we currently
serve thousands of individuals and institutions worldwide. LexisNexis -- Booths #309, 313 LexisNexis® (http://www.lexisnexis.com) is a leading provider of information and services solutions, including its flagship Web-based Lexis® and Nexis® research services, to a wide range of professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting and academic markets. In the United States, LexisNexis offers its customers total practice solutions comprised of an extensive range of online and print legal, regulatory, news and business information products, tools, customized Web applications and critical filing services that help legal professionals achieve excellence in the business and practice of law. Liberty Fund, Inc. -- Booth #415 Liberty Fund, Inc. is a private educational foundation established in 1960 to encourage study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. Among Liberty Fund’s activities is the publication of new, authoritative editions of important books that contribute to this mission. Liberty Fund specializes in publishing print and electronic scholarly resources in the subject areas of law, natural law, American constitutional history, European history, modern political thought and philosophy, education, and economics. Many include new forewords, prefaces, or introductions by leading authorities, as well as annotations, bibliographies, and indexes. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, an imprint of Brill -- Booths #106, 108 Brill’s publishing programs in the fields of public international law, human rights, humanitarian law, and, increasingly, international relations appear under the imprint Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, a prestigious imprint dating back to the nineteenth century. This imprint’s annual publication program consists of over 20 journals, 20 annuals, and 120 new book titles, added to a backlist of over 2,000 titles. To further expand the Nijhoff imprint, Brill is pleased to announce the
acquisition of Transnational Publications, a leading publisher of international law and human rights. The Transnational titles have been available for sale exclusively from Brill under the MNP imprint since October 1. NYU Press -- Booths #405, 407 Highlights from our acclaimed publishing program in law and legal studies include the 10th anniversary edition of Ian Haney Lopez’s path-breaking White by Law; a new primer, Feminist Legal Theory, by Nancy Levit and Robert Verchick; Charles Ogletree’s and Austin Sarat’s gripping anthology on race and the death penalty, From Lynch Mobs to the Killing
State; a revisionist history of the 4th Amendment, Reconstructing the Fourth Amendment, by Andrew Taslitz; the 2nd volume in our Ex Machina series on law and technology, The State of Play: Law, Games, and Virtual Worlds, edited by Jack Balkin and Beth Noveck, and more. National Institute for Trial Advocacy -- Booth #404 NITA is a dedicated team of professors, judges and practicing lawyers who believe that skilled and ethical advocacy is a critical component of legal professionalism and all systems of dispute resolution that seek justice. NITA’s mission is to promote: justice through effective and ethical advocacy; train and mentor lawyers to be competent and ethical advocates in pursuit of justice; and develop and teach trial advocacy skills to support and promote the effective and fair
administration of justice. The National Jurist / PreLaw Magazine -- Booths #216, 218 The National Jurist has been the leading news magazine for law students since 1991, and has published the only magazine for prospective law students -PreLaw magazine - since 1998. The National Jurist is published six times a year in both print and digital format. Our Website - http://www.NationalJurist.com - receives more than 130,000 visitors every year. This year more than 500 law schools received our November issue with articles on LL.M. programs for non-U.S.
students. PreLaw is published quarterly with more than 50,000 pre-law students reading it at 300 universities nationwide. Our Website, podcast and digital version of the magazine reach more than 80,000 students each year. Oxford University Press -- Booths #110, 112 The Law Division of Oxford University Press combines a long-standing tradition of commitment to academic excellence with ambitious new works across the full range of international legal practice. With titles in fields from comparative law to human rights to legal theory, OUP has established a worldwide reputation as the first-choice legal publisher for scholars and practitioners alike. In 2005, Oxford University Press acquired U.S.-based Oceana Publications, a leading publisher
of international legal materials. Oceana brings to OUP a strong portfolio of law monographs and leading online databases on constitutional law and treaties. Routledge/Cavendish -- Booth #119 In January 2006, Cavendish joined the T&F Informa Group, and now operates as Routledge-Cavendish, incorporating the strengths of two very established imprints - Routledge and Cavendish. With offices in the United Kingdom and United States, Routledge-Cavendish publishes globally on law, criminology and criminal justice for the academic and
professional market. It has a very strong publishing presence in the Caribbean, South Pacific and Australasian regions. All our books and journals are available electronically as e-books or online. With an active backlist of over five hundred titles and an annual publishing programme of 100 new books, we are your publishing partners, supporting your contribution towards legal scholarship in your community. Stanford University Press -- Booth #104 Stanford University Press’s law list encompasses scholarly, professional, academic trade, and textbook titles. The list includes four edited series, including our most recent addition, Critical Perspectives on Crime and Law, edited by Markus D. Dubber. Featured books in the Press’s AALS -- Booth will include: In Pursuit of Knowledge: Scholars, Status, and Academic Culture, by Deborah L. Rhode; Taming the Electoral College, by Robert W. Bennett; The New Police Science: The Police Power in Domestic and International Governance, edited by Markus D. Dubber and Mariana Valverde; and Guilty Please in International Criminal Law: Constructing a Restorative Approach, by Nancy Amoury Combs. Thomson International Legal Products -- Booth #301 Thomson brings you the world’s best legal, regulatory, tax and accounting information from over 19 different publishers. We are the one source for the latest legal developments and informational print and online resources from around the globe. Our materials encompass a broad range of topics, including international crime, alternative dispute resolution, trade agreements, e-commerce, trademarks and intellectual property, corporate governance, and tax and competition
law. Search the world’s law on Westlaw with the ease and confidence you are familiar with domestically from leading publishers from key jurisdictions across the globe - United Kingdom, the European Union, Canada, Australia and Hong Kong. Thomson RIA -- Booth #304 Just look at what RIA has to offer you and your students! See live demonstrations of RIA’s Academic Advantage Program at AALS in -- Booth #304. Includes libraries of RIA and WG&L tax and accounting research products - at special prices exclusively for academic professionals. Featuring RIA’s United States Tax Reporter code arranged service with RIA Citator 2nd plus access to all of the WG&L titles that the tax community relies on like Bittker & Eustice, Federal
Income Taxation of Corporations and Shareholders, 7th Edition and Bittker & Lokken, Federal Taxation of Income, Estates & Gifts, 2nd/3rd Edition. Recently added to RIA’s Academic Advantage Program, Comtax, the #1 International tax planning software in the world that simulates and analyzes millions of possible cross-border repatriation scenarios to help you identify and maintain optimal ownership, finance and license structures. Available only from RIA for professors to use exclusively in course work on international taxation. Thomson West -- Booth #101 West, the foremost provider of integrated information solutions to the U.S. legal market, serves the needs of the legal education market by providing high-quality education resources, including law school resources, preparatory materials for the Bar review and Westlaw online legal research services for law students. The West Education Network (TWEN) is an electronic extension of the classroom, integrating academic tools, Westlaw research, and other resources in an online environment. In addition, recent enhancements to Westlaw, including Graphical KeyCite and Graphical Statutes, provide added value to law student research, learning and curriculum. Visit the Thomson West -- Booth to learn more. Tidebreak, Inc. -- Booth #613 Tidebreak, Inc. is a global leader for interactive workplace technologies that accelerate team performance and fuel innovation in the real-time information workplace. Based on advanced concepts developed at one of the world’s foremost research institutions, Tidebreak’s TeamSpot software creates dynamic physical collaboration zones for enhanced group interaction. With TeamSpot groups can explore, interact, and produce information using existing applications and information devices. Inspired by new workstyles practiced by the next generation workforce, Tidebreak’s leading-edge technology is being deployed by organizations to help them establish and maintain competitive advantage. Tidebreak’s next wave technologies power the digital work future...today. TrackStar -- Booth #512 TrackStar LLC offers software solutions for educational institutions. Our consultants can
help clients identify the kind of information they might track for evaluation or accreditation purposes, design a comprehensive student (or client) data management process, build a relational database customized to manage and centralize (1) student or client contact and personal information, (2) course or treatment history and advisement information, (3) outcome assessment information, and (4) data currently stored in many different files. Customized
screens and customized reports are developed to user specifications. Uses could include handling mailings and other communications, easily retrieving information for advising students and tracking progress, and aggregating and reporting student assessment information for program evaluation or accreditation. West Court Record Services -- Booth #205 West Court Record Services has been providing microfiche of court records and briefs for the United States Supreme Court and the 13 Federal Courts of Appeal since 1980-the legal profession’s premier provider of this unique and valuable service. As a Thomson West business, West Court Record Services has expanded its collection of records and briefs from courts across the country. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business -- Booth #217 Wolters Kluwer Law & Business is the provider of the premier Aspen Publishers casebooks and study aids for law schools nationwide. The company also produces research products and tools in specialty areas for legal practitioners and business professionals. Offerings include online, print and integrated workflow products in key specialty areas. Wolters Kluwer brands include Aspen Publishers, CCH, Kluwer Law International and Loislaw. Visit http://lawschool.aspenpublishers.com for more information on the latest teaching materials. Yale University Press -- Booth #403 The Yale University Press publishes serious works that contribute to a global understanding of human affairs. Our books and other materials further scholarly investigation, advance interdisciplinary inquiry, stimulate public debate, educate both within and outside the classroom, and enhance cultural life. |
