History - 2000 to date
2000
Publication of A History of the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 1969-1999 to celebrate the Association's first thirty years, written by Mary Blake with the assistance of Derek Way.
First Irish Chair of BIALL (John Furlong).
First Study Weekend held in Edinburgh in December.
JSI held at Yale Law School.
2001
The Law Librarian was renamed Legal Information Management.
Legal Journals Award set up.
Establishment of the US Law Firms Librarians Group as a separate group.
2002
Death of Betty Moys, Founder Member.
The second Constitutional Crisis when John Miller resigned as Vice-Chair in June. Crisis was resolved when Valerie Stevenson agreed to remain as Chair for a second year. This was the only occasion that the arrangements for continuity from Vice-Chair to Chair, set up in 1994, has broken down.
Life Membership awarded to Derek Way, a Founder Member and long term contributor to many BIALL activities.
Establishment of SALLi (the Southern Academic Law Librarians). Laurence Eastham resigned as editor of LIM. Christine Miskin was commissioned as the new editor.
One Person Library/Small Teams Group set up within BIALL.
BIALL participates in IFLA's Glasgow Conference.
JSI held at Royal Roads University, Vancouver Island, Canada.
2003
Death of Willi Steiner, Founder Member.
Jobs Board added to the BIALL website.
New edition of the Legal Research Training Pack
Legal Library Services offer a bursary to a librarian outside European or North America to attend BIALL's conference.
Launch of Members' Only Pages on BIALL website: Newsletter & Email Forum.
Duplicates Exchange Scheme moves to electronic delivery.
2004
The Edinburgh annual conference was the first one to be held in a purpose-built commercial conference centre. It also had a revised format of three full days, rather than three days spread over four.
Register of Electronic Sources of Legal Information launched on BIALL website under the name LORD
Award of first Betty Moys Bursary.
Council agrees to set up a memorial lecture in Willi Steiner's name. CUP becomes publisher of Legal Information Management.
Move from paper to electronic delivery of BIALL publications and papers to members.
JSI held at the Women's College, Sydney University.
BIALL joins with CLIG, CiG and ICLG to hold its first ever Christmas party.
For its 2004-05 year, BIALL appoints its first Chair from a US law firm London office (Susan Doe)
2005
A reunion of students of the Law for Librarians course was held to celebrate its twentieth anniversary.
The course itself is renamed Legal Foundations Course.
First Willi Steiner Memorial Lecture.
Harrogate Conference attendance tops 400.
First Law Librarian of the Year award was presented to Sue Pettit.
LexisNexis Awards held at Lincoln's Inn
BIALL Code of Good Practice for Legal Publishers launched
2006
BIALL joins with CLIG, CiG and ICLG to hold its annual Christmas party.
JSI held at St Anne's College, Oxford
Annual conference held in Brighton.
2007
Annual Cheese & Wine Evening held at Lincoln's Inn.
BIALL blog launched
Annual conference held in Sheffield.
BIALL joins with CLIG, CiG and ICLG to hold its annual Christmas party.
The BIALL Awards for Excellence were re-launched as the Halsbury's Awards (2007 - centenary of Halsbury's Laws of England) and held at The Inner Temple.
2008
Annual Membership payment by PayPal/Credit Card introduced.
Legal Foundations Course/Law for Librarians 20th anniversary celebration party held at BPP Professional Education, London in April.
JSI held in Washington
Annual conference held in Dublin.
2009
Paul Richardson died on 30 April. He was the librarian of the Law Society in the 1970s, a leading figure in BIALL during that period, chairman in 1975-1976 and a life member.
Barbara Steiner (Willi Steiner's wife) died on 28 April after a long illness.
BI-ALLSIG (British and Irish Academic Law Librarian Special Interest Group) mailing list created in January.
New BIALL web site goes live on 22 June.
BIALL celebrates its 40th Birthday with a party sponsored by Justis.
Annual conference held in Manchester
2010
Mary Blake retires as honorary archivist
BIALL archives are moved to the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS)
Supplier of the year award is won by Wildy's
The Legal Foundations Course is available online for the first time.
JSI held in Montreal
Annual conference held in Brighton
2011
Christine Miskin retires as editor of LIM
George Woodburn awarded an MBE for services to Law Libraries
Supplier of the year award is won by Bloomsbury
CILIP fellowship awarded to Jackie Fishleigh
Annual conference held in Newcastle
