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Welcome AALS Workshop Participants

Michael Slinger | May 30, 2008 - 15:14

Speaking for myself and the entire Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Library staff, we are pleased to welcome attendees of the 2008 American Association of Law Schools Workshop for Law Librarians to a reception at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law on Tuesday, June 3, 2008, at 6pm. Please be sure to stop in our Law Library for a tour.

The Law Library, built in 1997, is featured on SchoolDesigns.com as an example of outstanding university design. It was designed by Ellerbe Becket of Minneapolis with Collins Rimer Gordon of Cleveland. The 85,000 square-foot, four-story, light-filled, modern building houses over 500,000 volumes, a 50-seat computer lab, several instructional rooms, and 17 group study rooms. The Law Library is also home to several interesting works of art.

Encircling our entrance level rotunda is series of bronze plates created by Washington, DC sculptor Jim Sanborn. The plates include excerpts from prominent legal documents from the 6th to 20th centuries, thereby depicting the development of justice systems in many cultures. In our Casual Reading area on the base level is a large collage of ceramic tiles created by Cleveland ceramicist Angelica Pozo. The tiles are imprinted with excerpts from key US Statutes, and, though they clearly spell out the word LAW, reflect the struggle underlying legal interpretations.

We hope you enjoy your visit to our College of Law and Law Library, and best wishes to you for productive and stimulating sessions at the AALS Workshop for Law Librarians.


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