Joan S. Howland
Honorary Chair
Roger F. Noreen Professor of Law
Associate Dean for Information and Technology
University of Minnesota Law School
Email: howla001@umn.edu
About CAFLL
Chinese and American Forum on Legal Information and Law Libraries (CAFLL) is a non-profit organization incorporated in the State of Pennsylvania on February 1, 2010. It was granted the Federal income tax exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code as of February 1, 2010.
Mission
The Chinese and American Forum on Legal Information and Law Libraries (CAFLL) promotes the accessibility of legal information and fosters the education of legal information professionals in the United States and China.
Vision
The rule of law in China and the United States is strengthened by a recognition of the central role professional law librarians play in collecting, organizing and making accessible each nations’ legal information.
Values
1. Collaboration between Chinese and American legal information professionals
2. Development of CAFLL into an ethical, inclusive, collaborative, and innovative organization.
Executive Board
Year 2019 -
Core Values & Evolving Roles of Legal Information and Information Professionals
Previous Conferences
CAFLL has had six successful biennual conferences.
First Conference
Beijing 2009
Xiangshan Statement
Second Conference
Philodelphia 2011
Program Co-Chair: Wei Luo and Sergio Stone
Third Conference
Shanghai 2013
Collaboration: Information, Access, and Partnership
Fourth Conference
Honolulu 2015
Challenges, Competencies, Opportunities
挑战、能力、机遇
Fifth Conference
Hangzhou 2017
Reimagining Law Libraries :
Collaboration, Sharing and Win-Win
共创 共享 共赢
Sixth Conference
Washington DC 2019
Evolving Technology and Evolving Strengths in Academic Law Libraries