AALL Grants to attend annual meeting or workshops

Interested in attending the AALL Annual Meeting, July 10-13, 2010 or one of the workshops affiliated with the conference in Denver, CO?  Consider applying for an AALL Grant to cover your registration costs. There are two categories – Experienced Members and Student/New Members. The deadline is April 1, 2010.

Please note that prior recipients may still apply as long as they have not received a grant within the past three years.

AALL Grants

Purpose:
The AALL Grants Program provides financial assistance to experienced law librarians who are actively involved in AALL or its chapters and to newer law librarians or graduate students who hold promise of future involvement in AALL and the law library profession. Funds are provided by AALL, AALL individual members, and vendors.

Grants cover registration costs at either the Annual Meeting or workshops associated with the Annual Meeting. Individuals eligible for the Experienced Member Grant are active members with five or more years of AALL or AALL chapter membership. Individuals eligible for the Student/New Member Grant are active members with less than five years of AALL or AALL chapter membership or student members of AALL or an AALL chapter.

Qualifications:
An applicant must meet all of the following criteria to be considered for the award:

• be a member or student member of AALL or an AALL chapter;
• not have received a grant in the past three years.; and
• submit a timely and complete application.

*If circumstances prevent a recipient from using the grant, it reverts to the Committee; however, the recipient remains eligible to apply another year.

Instructions:
Submit one application package with the following items:

• a complete, legible application form;
• two letters of recommendation that comment on your potential to contribute to AALL and the field of law librarianship and address your need for the grant; and
• a current resume is strongly suggested.

Note: Applications and letters of recommendation must be on 8 1/2″ x 11″ paper.

Deadline:
The complete application package must be received by April 1 at this address:

Grants Committee Chair
American Association of Law Libraries
105 W. Adams Street, Suite 3300
Chicago, Illinois 60603

Application for Experienced Members
http://www.aallnet.org/services/grant_application_experienced.pdf

Application for Student/New Members
http://www.aallnet.org/services/grant_application_new.pdf