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AALS 2009 Annual Meeting
San Diego, California
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2009 ANNUAL MEETING AND EXHIBITS
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 Marriott Hall, located in the Marriott Pavilion, Lobby Level of the San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina 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 brochure serves as a guide to the Exhibits, providing information about their products and services and their location (see the back of this brochure for the floor plan).
EXHIBIT HALL OPEN HOUSE HOURS:
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Thursday, January 8, 2009 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Friday, January 9, 2009 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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American Bar Association - Book Publishing
Booth #511
321 N. Clark Street, MS 201
Chicago, IL 60654-7598
Phone: (312) 988-6107
Fax: (312) 988-6030
Website: http://www.ababooks.org
ABA Book Publishing is the preeminent publisher of legal books for the practicing lawyer. The ABA publishes in more than 30 subject areas and disciplines: business law, litigation, torts, trial tips and practice, law practice management, environment, construction, and antitrust, to name a few. In 2008, the ABA published 120 titles, and is scheduled to publish more than 150 books in the upcoming year.
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Animal Legal Defense Fund
Booth #509
170 E. Cotati Avenue
Cotati, CA 94931
Phone: (707) 795-2533
Fax: (707) 795-7280
Website: http://www.aldf.org
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 fields 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.
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Ashgate Publishing Company
Booth #103
Representatives:
Eric Levy
Nora Weber
101 Cherry Street, Suite 420
Burlington, VT 05401
Phone: (802) 865-7641
Fax: (802) 865-7847
Website: http://www.ashgate.com
Ashgate is a leading international publisher of academic books on law and legal studies. A substantial presence has been built on the reputation of the Dartmouth imprint for first-class legal monographs, edited collections and reference works. Ashgate has recently broadened the range and depth of this list by consolidating established series with new titles and introducing new series in cutting-edge areas. Our authors come from a variety of jurisdictions and subject areas and write on a wide range of legal topics with particular emphasis on issues of current interest and importance, including human rights law, environmental law and international law.
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Aspen Publishers / Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Booth #200
Representatives:
Megan Ablondi
Jen Armstrong
Jay Caslow
Stacey Caywood
John Chatelaine
Lynn Churchill
Patrick Cummings
Carolyn Czick
Melody Davies
John Devins
Mark Dorman
Steve Emanuel
Steve Errick
Bridget Fonger
Michael Gregory
Kate Hobner
Eric Holt
Terry Johnson
Barbara Lasoff
Linda Lev-Dunton
Wendy Lizotte
Carol McGeehan
Judith McRee
Richard Mixter
Scott Murray
Joanne Nagano
Roberta O’Meara
Deanna Proto
Susie Przybylski
Jim Rigos
Barbara Roth
Rhonda Schnipper
Jennifer Schwarz
Francine Serafin
George Serafin
2700 Lake Cook Road
Riverwoods, IL 60015
Phone: (800) 950-5259
Fax: (800) 915-3450
Website: http://lawschool.aspenpublishers.com
Aspen Publishers, an imprint of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, serves the legal education community with a full range of high-quality casebooks and teaching materials. Aspen Publishers takes special pride in renowned authorship, proven editorial development, exceptional book design, and quality production value. With innovative technology solutions and teaching ancillaries, Aspen Publishers continually strives to meet the needs of today’s classroom. In short, we publish for you! Learn more at http://lawschool.aspenpublishers.com.
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Association Book Exhibit
Booth #108
9423 Old Mount Vernon Road
Alexandria, VA 22309
Phone: (703) 619-5030
Fax: (703) 619-5035
Website: http://www.bookexhibit.com
A publishers’ combined exhibit of new books and journals of professional interest to AALS members. Free catalog available.
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Berkeley Electronic Press
Booth #107
2809 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 202
Berkeley, CA 94705
Phone: (510) 665-1200
Fax: (510) 665-1201
Website: http://www.bepress.com
The Berkeley Electronic Press (“bepress”) promotes efficient scholarly communication by developing innovative software for the law community. bepress services include Digital Commons, the leading hosted institutional repository among law schools, and ExpressO.
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Bloomberg LP
Booths #514, 516
731 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Phone: (212) 617-8617
Fax: (917) 369-8329
Website: http://www.bloomberg.com
BLOOMBERG LAW offers a powerful set of information and analytical tools for today’s legal professional that will give you the competitive edge you need to stay ahead of the curve. We provide access to market sector intelligence, legal and financial data, as well as proprietary analytical reports that will help make you a better legal professional. Features include specialized researching tools, fully-searchable databases of Secondary Sources, case law, statutes, and other legislative material. You will receive full access to court dockets, real-time news, BLOOMBERG LAW Reports, BLOOMBERG LAW Digests, Bloomberg Citator sources, and unlimited access to company and financial information.
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BNA
Booths #413, 415
Representatives:
Cameron Austin
John Baldwin
Mike Bernier
Christine Kerner
Norman Kerner
Ivan Rahman
Heidi Whalen
1801 S. Bell Street
Arlington, VA 22202
Phone: (800) 372-1033
Fax: (800) 253-0332
Website: http://www.bna.com
As the leading independent publisher of legal news, analysis, and reference products, BNA has provided intensive coverage of developments in law for more than 75 years. Our electronic publications are now available in almost every law school in the U.S. Stop by the BNA booth to learn how you can use the resources attorneys use in practice in your classroom. Professors can assign reading in BNA materials, link to BNA from course Web pages, and bring the latest legal developments into the classroom.
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CALI - Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction
Booths #310, 312
Representative:
LaVonne K. Molde
1313 5th Street, SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Phone: (612) 627-4908
Fax: (612) 627-4913
Website: http://www.cali.org
CALI is a non-profit consortium with over 200 law school members and publishes over 700 tutorials in 33 subject areas that were downloaded over 1 million times by law students last year. eLangdell and the Legal Education Commons are two new CALI projects to allow law faculty to create and share electronic course materials. eLangdell will transform the way faculty create course materials letting them share their best ideas in a collaborative, digital environment. MediaNotes software is available only from CALI and allows for faculty annotation of student videos in Interviewing and Counseling, Negotiation, Trial Ad, Moot Court, and other courses.
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Cambridge University Press
Booth #102
Representatives:
John Berger
Marcus Hinds
32 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10013-2473
Phone: (212) 924-3900
Fax: (212) 691-3239
Website: http://www.cambridge.org/us
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. Case books and supplemental texts for a numerous law school course can be seen on display at the AALS meeting or reviewed on www.cambridge.org/us/law.
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Carolina Academic Press
Booths #306, 308
700 Kent Street
Durham, NC 27701
Phone: (919) 489-7486
Fax: (919) 419-0761
Website: http://www.caplaw.com
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, criminal law, 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, animal law and an impressive array of introductory books on topics such as legal analysis, legal writing and research, and starting off right in law school are just a few of the areas available. Check our web site at www.caplaw.com.
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Council for International Exchange of Scholars
Booth #205
Representatives:
Andy Riess
Alisha Scott
3007 Tilden Street, Suite 5L
Washington, DC 20008
Phone: (202) 686-4000
Fax: (202) 362-3442
Website: http://www.cies.org
For over 60 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 more than 130 countries and brings 800 faculty and professionals from overseas to the U.S. It also works with a network of bi-national Fulbright Commissions in 51 countries and 90 U.S. diplomatic posts around the world, as well as international universities and higher education associations.
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Edward Elgar Publishing Inc.
Booth #206
Representatives:
Laura Elgar
Alex Pettifer
9 Dewey Court
Northampton, MA 01060
Phone: (413) 584-5551
Fax: (413) 584-9933
Website: http://www.e-elgar.com
Edward Elgar Publishing is an independent, international publisher of scholarly monographs, advanced textbooks and original reference works. Our areas of specialty include international law, intellectual property, international trade, communications, competition, environmental law, European law, corporate and financial law, and law and economics. New proposals are always welcome.
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Foundation Press, Part of Thomson Reuters
Booth #207
Representatives:
John Bloomquist
Jim Coates
Nicole Fox
Christopher Hart
Kevin Schroder
Paul Thomson
Junior Torres
Robb Westawker
195 Broadway, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10007-3100
Phone: (877) 888-1330
Fax: (212) 267-6799
Website: http://www.foundation-press.com
Foundation Press is the preeminent publisher of legal education materials. A division of West, a Thomson Reuters business, Foundation Press sets the standard for excellence in law school publishing to generations of professors and their students by providing the finest legal education materials by today’s leading legal scholars. For more information, please visit http://www.Foundation-Press.com.
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Hart Publishing, Oxford
Booth #515
c/o ISBS
920 NE 58th Avenue, Suite 300
Portland, OR 97213
Phone: (800) 944-6190
Fax: (503) 280-8832
Website: http://www.hartpublishingusa.com
Hart Publishing is an independent, privately owned law publisher based in Oxford, England, committed to the highest standards of excellence in legal publishing. We publish intellectually stimulating and innovative law books which contribute to the academic study of law as well as to its development and practical implementation. Our wide range of titles include many by US scholars, including George Fletcher, Ronald Dworkin and Mark Tushnet. Please come to our booth to talk to our representative Richard Hart, who apart from being the Managing Director, is also the Publisher. If you have any enquiries please contact us at mail@hartpub.co.uk.
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Harvard University Press
Booth #203
Representative:
Elizabeth Knoll
79 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: (617) 495-2607
Fax: (617) 496-4892
Website: http://www.hup.harvard.edu
With “Scholarship Plus” as its motto, Harvard University Press publishes books that matter. From ants to Zeus, HUP opens the academy to the world.
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William S. Hein & Co., Inc.
Booth #204
1285 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14209-1987
Phone: (800) 828-7571
Fax: (716) 883-8100
Website: http://www.wshein.com
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.
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Justis Publishing, Ltd.
Booth #519
Suite 3, Grand Union House, 20 Kentish Town Rd.
London, NW1 9NR, England
Phone: (44) 207-267-8989
Fax: (44) 207-267-1133
Website: http://www.justispublishing.com
Justis Publishing s a UK-based independent electronic publisher and provider of legal information and software services. Established in 1986, we provide a wide range of online material on UK and Irish, EU and International Law through our full-text library, Justis, and our provider-neutral citator, JustCite. Our case law and legislation go back to 1163 and 1235 respectively, while our JustCite citator cross-references and links to all of the above, along with cases, legislation and articles from an expanding list jurisdictions, including Australia, Canada and Singapore. For more information call +44 (0)20 7284 8080 or visit www.justis.com and www.justcite.com.
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Kaplan PMBR
Booth #101
700 S. Flower Street, Suite 2900
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone: (213) 452-5860
Fax: (213) 452-5821
Website: http://www.kaplanpmbr.com
Kaplan Test Prep, the world’s leading test preparation company and PMBR, who has prepared students for the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE) for over 30 years, have combined to provide law students today with a brand new complete bar review course. Finally, there’s a choice when preparing for both the state-specific and multistate sections of the bar. Kaplan PMBR offers tailored institutional programs to law schools across the country including a customized 6-day Foundation Course, MBE Workshops and an MPRE course. Kaplan PMBR will tailor our programs to meet your needs. Visit our booth #101 to win raffle items!
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LexisNexis
Booth #401
Representatives:
Rachel Baarz
Kristy Ballard
Tom Berdan
Jennifer Beszley
Kimberly Brennen
Jennifer Bright
Sean Caldwell
Gail Chambers
Pali Chheda
Barbara Cooperman
Zachary Dickerson
Maura Donovan
Shelton Dousay
Kelli Eagle
Cristina Gegenschatz
John Harding
Lisa Hughes
Carrie Irvin
Eric Knustrom
Leslie Rose Levin
John Lipsey
Karen Lynam
Rosemary Milew
Michael Minz
Ohad Reshef
Jodie Rosell
Michael Saint-Onge
Deana Sparling
Frances Warren
Karen Wellman
9443 Springboro Pike
Miamisburg, OH 45342
Phone: (800) 227-9597
Fax: (937) 847-3097
Website: http://www.lexisnexis.com
LexisNexis® (www.lexisnexis.com) is a leading global provider of business information solutions to a wide range of professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting and academic markets. LexisNexis originally pioneered online information with its Lexis® and Nexis® services. A member of Reed Elsevier [NYSE: ENL; NYSE: RUK] (www.reedelsevier.com), LexisNexis serves customers in more than 100 countries with 13,000 employees worldwide.
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Liberty Fund, Inc.
Booth #513
8335 Allison Pointe Trail, Suite 300
Indianapolis, IN 46250
Phone: (317) 579-6048
Fax: (317) 579-6060
Website: http://www.libertyfund.org
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.
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National Jurist
Booth #503, 505
5715 Kearny Villa Road, #108
San Diego, CA 92123
Phone: (800) 296-9656
Fax: (858) 503-7588
Website: http://www.nationaljurist.com
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. This year more than 700 international and U.S. law schools will receive our November issue, which features LL.M. programs for non-U.S. students. preLaw is published quarterly in both print and digital format. We reach more than 40,000 pre-law students at over 350 universities nationwide. Our website —www.NationalJurist.com—has recently been redesigned from the ground up. The new site features, “Advice & Consent” a blog to cover the critical issues in legal education, “Career Hotline” a blog which offers interview tips and answers to pressing questions from students. Plus, the latest law school news and information.
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NITA (National Institute for Trial Advocacy)
Booth #501
361 Centennial Parkway, Suite 220
Louisville, CO 80027
Phone: (303) 953-6841
Fax: (720) 890-7069
Website: http://www.nita.org
The National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) is the nation’s leading provider of legal advocacy skills training. NITA offers a wide range of publications and programs to help attorneys become the best lawyers they can be. Stop by the booth to flip through our extensive list of valuable reference books, learn more about our dynamic learning-by-doing method and various program offerings, and register for fun prizes!
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Numonics Corporation
Booth #100
101 Commerce Drive
Montgomeryville, PA 18936
Phone: (215) 362-2766
Fax: (215) 361-0167
Website: http://www.numonics.com
Intelliboard was designed to improve communications between teacher and students and to create a new paradigm for learning. Numonics Corporation is an ISO 9001 certified company with 35 plus years of design and manufacturing experience and is considered an innovator for interactive products for education. Numonics introduced the first pen-centric interactive whiteboard in 1994 leading the way in alternatives to touch boards. Industry awards have been won for product innovation, design engineering and computer productivity. Numonics’ products are available through an network of systems integrators, OEMs, and resellers throughout the world.
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NYU Press
Booth #517
Representatives:
Debbie Gershenowitz
Steve Maikowski
838 Broadway, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10003
Phone: (212) 998-2547
Fax: (212) 995-3833
Website: http://www.nyupress.org
New York University Press will be exhibiting titles from its acclaimed publishing program in legal studies. NYU Press is committed to publishing cutting edge work in the areas of race and gender for general readers, students, and scholars. Visit our booth to share your book ideas with us and to peruse our classic and new titles. Highlights include, Chicano Students and the Courts: The Mexican American Legal Struggle for Educational Equality by Richard R. Valencia, Courting Change: Queer Parents, Judges, and the Transformation of American Family Law by Kimberly D. Richman, and The Importance of Being Honest: How Lying, Secrecy, and Hypocrisy Collide with Truth in Law by Steven Lubet.
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Oxford University Press
Booths #510, 512
Representatives:
Chris Collins
Dave McBride
Ninell Silberberg
198 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016
Phone: (212) 726-6065
Fax: (212) 726-6439
Website: http://www.oup.com/us
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 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.
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Springer
Booth #109
Van Godewijckstraat 30
PO Box 17
3300 AA Dordrecht, NL-3311, The Netherlands
Phone: (31) 78-657-6317
Fax: (31) 78-657-6377
Website: http://www.springer.com
Springer is a leading publisher in the Philosophy of Law, publishing renowned journals and books series such as Law and Philosophy and the Law and Philosophy Library, Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice and the AMINTAPHIL book series. Other publications include: Law and Critique, Artificial Intelligence and Law and the International Journal for the Semiotics of Law. The Philosophy of Law program is still expanding and new proposals are most welcome. We are eager to consider reference works, research monographs, existing journals and new journals. Visit our booth to order our latest publications at a 20% conference discount.
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Thomson Reuters
Booth #417
610 Opperman Drive
Eagan, MN 55123
Phone: (800) 507-9378
Fax: (651) 687-7570
Website: http://west.thomson.com/products/global
The trademark information you need is now, more than ever, crossing country borders. Your challenge is finding legal resources to support your worldly practice. Global Legal Products, Thomson Reuters, brings you the world’s best legal information from over 18 internationally recognized publishers. These leaders in the industry include Sweet & Maxwell, Carswell, Sweet & Maxwell Asia, Lawbook Co., to name just a few.
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Vandeplas Publishing
Booth #518
Representatives:
Anton Vandeplas
Lisa Vandeplas
801 International Parkway, 5th Floor
Lake Mary, FL 32746
Phone: (407) 562-1947
Fax: (407) 321-7730
Website: http://www.vandeplaspublishing.com
Vandeplas Publishing is the fastest growing independent publisher in the US of law and law related books and ebooks. Publications include textbooks, casebooks, monographs, readers, etc. We offer:
* a flexible submission procedure with decision in 2 weeks
* a more “personal” approach with our authors
* specialized in small circulation books
* authors maintain the copyright of their text
* finalized manuscripts are published within 4 weeks
* books are marketed and distributed worldwide
Be sure to pick up our latest catalog at our booth #518 by the registration desk and browse through our textbooks for your classroom use.
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West, a Thomson Reuters business
Booth #305
Representatives:
Moneesh Aurora
Sarah Bachmann-Lane
Roxy Birkel
Heidi Boe
Tessa Boury
Eric Brandes
Aaron Cabbage
Brian Cahill
James Cahon
Tracy Carney
Jason Caturia
Heather Delaney
Julie Flower
Melissa Hagar
Christopher Hart
Heidi Hellekson
Paul Hellickson
Louis Higgins
Peter Hinsch
Erin Jensen
Meredith Johnson
Bonnie Karlen
Mike Kraus
Jill Krusemark
Matt Larson
Jon Olson
Ryan Pfeiffer
Jennifer Roehl
Steve Roses
Pam Siege-Chandler
Pat Sparks
Jay Streitz
Mike Suchsland
Trina Tinglum
Kim Yolitz
Kathy Zeug
Christi klein
610 Opperman Drive
Eagan, MN 55123
Phone: (800) 313-9378
Fax: (651) 687-5642
Website: http://www.westacademic.com
West offers the most comprehensive range of traditional and electronic legal research products; developed to support the needs of law school faculty, staff and students. West’s law school resources include: print, CD-ROM, Westlaw, TWEN and other software & services such as Attorney Jobs Online. Stop by the West booth for more details and to see the latest developments. West is now part of Thomson Reuters, the world’s largest source of intelligence information for businesses and professionals. For more information, please go to: www.west.thomson.com, www.westacademic.com or www.thomsonreuters.com.
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Wiley-Blackwell
Booth #106
Representative:
Eva Fernandez-Scalzo
350 Main Street
Malden, MA 02148
Phone: (800) 532-5954
Fax: (781) 388-8552
Website: http://www.wiley.com
Wiley-Blackwell is the world’s leading society publisher and a top academic publisher in the field of law. Our varied collection of publications has global appeal and is essential to scholars, researchers, practitioners and policymakers in a diverse range of legal and law-related fields. Our journals are available in thousands of libraries world-wide, and have an extensive international readership. For more information, visit www.wiley.com/