 | Western PAcific Chapter of AALL |
2026 Annual Meeting Schedule |
Hosted by the University of Washington Gallagher Law Library!
Annual Meeting Program (PDF)
Reception – Thursday, September 17th
UW Waterfront Activities Center
3710 Montlake Blvd NE, Seattle, WA 98195
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
(see transportation options)
- Generously sponsored by CLIO with remarks from Kenton Brice
- Dinner will be provided
- One free drink per attendee
- Fun indoor activities are being planned!
- Water-based activities can be individually arranged from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm at: https://www.washington.edu/ima/waterfront/boat-rentals/ (WestPac is not coordinating or funding any water-based activities).
- Register any guests you’d like to bring in advance
Program – Friday, September 18th
University of Washington School of Law
William H. Gates Hall, room 117
(enter on Memorial Way)
|
Time |
Event |
Speaker(s) |
Title of Presentation |
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8:00-9:00 |
Breakfast with Welcome & Opening Remarks at 8:45 |
Justin Iverson (WestPac President) Anne Mostad-Jensen (Breakfast Sponsor, LLMC) |
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9:00-10:00 |
Keynote Speaker |
Dr. Jevin West (Information School, UW) |
AI, Misinformation, and the Integrity of Public Discourse |
|
10:00-11:00 |
Session 1 |
Catherine Davenport, Barbara Engstrom (moderator), Rosemarie LeMoine, Liz Steen (King County Law Library) |
King County Law Library’s Family Law Drafting Lab |
|
11:00-11:30 |
Break & Exhibitors |
Sponsored by Clarivate |
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|
11:30-12:00 |
Lightning Round 1 |
Grace Pierce (Sidley Austin LLP) |
Beyond the Platform: Teaching Transferable AI Skills for Legal Practice |
|
12:00-1:30 |
Lunch & Business Meeting |
Justin Iverson (WestPac President) Tim Hooge (Lunch Sponsor, HeinOnline) |
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1:30-2:30 |
Session 2 |
Mari Cheney (Baker Hostetler), Annalee Hickman (moderator, BYU Law), Susan Koenig (Troutman Pepper Locke), Kristin Kimura (Perkins Coie LLP) |
You Taught Them Westlaw. Now What? Summer Associate Training from the Law Firm Side |
|
2:30-3:00 |
Lightning Round 2 |
Valeri Craigle (Utah) |
The Coder on My Shoulder: ChatGPT’s Python Scripts for Automating Metadata Work on Difficult Documents |
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3:00-3:30 |
Break & Exhibitors |
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3:30-4:30 |
Session 3 |
Aamir Abdullah (University of Hawaii), Ashley Perkins (Perkins Coie), Lee Van Duzer (Ninth Circuit), Rob Truman (moderator, Lewis & Clark) |
When AI Hallucinates: Professional Judgment, Ethics, and Accountability Across the Legal System |
|
4:30-5:00 |
Lightning Round 3 |
Carla Wale (UW Law) |
The State of Law Librarian Education |
|
6:30-8:00 |
Optional Dine Arounds |
This
program is made possible by a grant from the AALL/Bloomberg
Law Continuing Education Grants Program.
Program – Saturday, September 19th
University of Washington School of Law
William H. Gates Hall, room 117
(enter on Memorial Way)
|
Time |
Event |
Speaker(s) |
Title of Presentation |
|
8:00-9:00 |
Breakfast with Opening Remarks at 8:45 |
Justin Iverson (WestPac President) Marc Fong (Breakfast Sponsor, Thomson Reuters) |
|
|
9:00-9:30 |
Lightning Round 4 |
Jim Kite (Lewis & Clark) |
Generative AI as Secondary Source: A Reciprocal Framework for the Modern Law Library |
|
9:30-10:30 |
Session 4 |
Mari Cheney (moderator, Baker Hostetler), Stephanie Davidson (Willamette), John DiGilio (Sidley Austin LLP), Jenny Foster (State of Hawaii) |
Common Challenges for Law Libraries & How We Can Overcome Them |
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10:30-11:00 |
Break & Exhibitors |
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|
11:00 to 12:00 |
Session 5 |
Sara Archibald (Utah) |
The Trojan Horse: Detecting AI in Student Submissions |
|
12:00 to 12:10 |
Closing Remarks |
Justin Iverson (WestPac President) |
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|
1:30 to 3:00 |
Seattle Public Library Optional Tour |
Capacity is limited to the first 20 registrants |
This
program is made possible by a grant from the AALL/Bloomberg
Law Continuing Education Grants Program.
