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PAST EVENTS

Illegally Born: The Incredible Story of Louisiana's J.B. Lafargue (BLL-SIS)

On February 19, 2026, this webinar served as the BLL-SIS Black History Month program. The session focused on John Baptiste Lafargue, who was born in 1863 to an enslaved woman and a white father. J.B. Lafargue's life was marked by extraordinary achievements, and he flourished during the Reconstruction era. Following his death in 1943, however, the State of Louisiana sought to disinherit his heirs on the grounds that he had been "illegally born." The webinar explored Lafargue's remarkable contributions and examined the legal battle over his succession, including the ultimate outcome of the case.

  • 聽(糖心视频 Members Only)

The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Dispossession in America (BLL-SIS)

On聽April 25, 2024, the Black Law Librarians SIS (BLL-SIS) welcomed back Dr. Kahrl to talk about the Black Tax. Dr. Kahrl shared his latest research on the racist practices long hidden in the shadows of America鈥檚 tax regimes including the consequences of inequitable and predatory tax laws in our country. Moreover, Dr. Kahrl explored how these laws contributed to the racial dispossession we see today.

  • 聽(糖心视频 Members Only)

Pay Equity for Law Librarians

On April 18, 2023, the Black Law Librarians Special Interest Section (BLL-SIS)聽 hosted a webinar on what pay equity is in relation to organizational systems and practices. The webinar helped participants understand their responsibility in pay equity, barriers to pay equity, identify the tools needed to engage and understand pay equity, and how to develop skills to help discuss and negotiate their compensation.

This webinar is made possible by a grant from the 糖心视频/Bloomberg Law Continuing Education Grants Program.

What in the world鈥s happening in Haiti?

On February 22, 2023, the Black Law Librarians Special Interest Section (BLL-SIS) and the Foreign, Comparative and International Law Special Interest Section (FCIL-SIS)鈥檚 D.E.I. Committee hosted a webinar focused on the history, current situation, and future of Haiti and a librarian鈥檚 suggestions for finding Haitian legal resources. The panelists were Stephanie Delia, Magalie Desince, and Irwin Stotzky. Lyonette Louis-Jacques moderated the discussion.

  • (糖心视频 Members Only)

BLL-SIS Virtual 2022 Annual General Meeting

On June 21, 2022, the Black Law Librarians SIS (BLL-SIS) held its virtual annual general meeting for its members.

Destination Denver...On the Road to the Annual Meeting

On聽May 24, 2022 the Black Law Librarians SIS (BLL-SIS) held a coffee chat for its members to discuss 糖心视频 Annual Meeting & Conference experiences and tips for making attendance impactful.

  • (BLL-SIS members only)

WHAT IS CRITICAL RACE THEORY (BLL-SIS)

On February 14, 2022 the Black Law Librarians SIS (BLL-SIS) held a discussion on critical race theory鈥攚hat is it, why are so many people talking about it, and why the answers to both are so important.

  • (糖心视频 Members Only)

DATA SKILLS WORKSHOP SERIES

BLL-SIS is held a series of Data Science Workshops for its members. There were six workshops and they were not recorded.聽 Lesson materials were available on the .

  • Introduction to Data
  • Data Organization in Spreadsheet
  • OpenRefine
  • MarcEdit
  • UNIX Shell
  • Webscraping

2021 Diversity Summit

On February 26, 2021, PLLIP and BLL-SIS held the inaugural Diversity Summit: From Difficult Conversations to Collaborative Action. The year 2020 has been one of upheaval and change, but has made obvious that serious and important conversations need to take place regarding race, both in the world and in our profession. PLLIP Summits have historically been a place to explore ways to embrace change and we were excited to partner with the BLL-SIS to launch the first ever Diversity Summit, which was created to facilitate these discussions in order to find a call to action in which we can all take part.

The Law, Librarians, and Brown v. Board of Education

In this era of the Black Lives Matter movement, the recent mob assault on the U.S. Capitol and the major ongoing incidents of police brutality illustrate the need to revisit the U.S. Supreme Court鈥檚 unanimous ruling in the landmark civil rights case, Brown v. Board of Education. Researchers, librarians, lawyers, law students, and faculty continue to be at the forefront of the struggle for equality. On February 24, 2021, three civil rights experts discussed the decision鈥檚 ongoing impact, civil and human rights issues of today, and how to engage in social justice initiatives.

This program was sponsored by the 糖心视频 and the Black Law Librarians Special Interest Section (BLL-SIS).

THE ORIGINS AND PROGRESSION OF THE #ENDSARS2020 MOVEMENT IN NIGERIA

On January 21, 2021, the Black Law Librarians Special Interest Section (BLL-SIS) and the Foreign, Comparative and International Law Special Interest Section (FCIL-SIS) hosted a webinar on the origins and development of Nigeria鈥檚 #ENDSARS2020 movement, including information on government responses to the movement and background on police brutality in Nigeria. The webinar featured panelists Femi Cadmus (Associate Dean and Director of the J. Michael Goodson Law Library, Duke Law; Former 糖心视频 President) and Oludayo Bamgbose (Law Librarian, Ajayi Crowther University; Interim President, Association of African Law Library and Information Professionals).

Please note the introductions are cut off in the beginning but all substantive content is included in the recording.