Guest blogger Keith Ann Stiverson delivers some exciting news! It is a pleasure to inform you that the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act (UELMA) was introduced in Illinois on Friday, February 15 by Senator John G. Mulroe, a Democrat from the 10th District of Illinois. The bill that was introduced, …
Following wins in California and Colorado in 2012, five states have introduced UELMA in 2013 Building on last year’s successes in Colorado and California, advocates for more trustworthy online legal materials have introduced the Uniform Electric Legal Material Act (UELMA) in five more states so far in 2013. UELMA holds …
Great news arrived today in the April issue of the AALL Washington E-Bulletin: Colorado has enacted the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act, setting an important example for other states looking to address permanent public access to official, authentic online legal materials. Governor Hickenlooper signed HB 1209 on April 26 after …
Law libraries have a critical stake in the vitality of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) and need to be involved in the forecasts and discussions now underway to chart a secure course for the future of the program. That was the central theme of a webinar sponsored by the …
Colorado is poised to become the first state in the nation to ensure the trustworthiness of its online legal materials, now that the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act (UELMA) has passed both chambers of the Colorado General Assembly and been sent to Gov. John Hickenlooper for his signature. House Bill …
The years-long effort to address the reliability of online primary legal materials at the state level finally reached the floors of statehouses across the country when bills to enact the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act (UELMA) (pdf, 95kb) were introduced in Tennessee, Colorado, and California over a three week period …