Jennifer Chapman

@jelizachapman.bsky.social

2 days ago

War Crimes and Misdemeanors: Is a New Impeachment on the Horizon? Author’s note: As I have been looking into these matters,   I have been seconded by a recent open letter by over 100 International Law experts who warn Strikes on Iran Violated UN Charter…

Brian Cassidy's latest post on the @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog provides helpful information & resources for understanding the complex issue of war crimes, in the context of the current war with Iran ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/04/09/w...

Jennifer Chapman

@jelizachapman.bsky.social

4 days ago

What Recent Survey Data Suggests About Career Paths in Law Librarianship The Greater Philadelphia Law Library Association recently held its Spring Institute organized around the theme The State of Law Librarianship Today. Across three engaging panel presentations, speak…

Paul Riermaier's latest post on the @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog looks at what recent survey data in the suggests about career paths in law librarianship ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/04/08/w...

Jennifer Chapman

@jelizachapman.bsky.social

6 days ago

Yes, We Themed Library Week Around a Hockey Romance Series (You Know the One) If you were awake this winter, you know about Heated Rivalry. The TV series dominated social media and made its way into conversations far beyond its target audience. When our team of reference lib…

Stephanie Grace's latest post on the @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog describes some of the things her library did for #LibraryWeek. There are a lot of great ideas in the post! ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/04/03/y...

Jennifer Chapman

@jelizachapman.bsky.social

1 week ago

Every Little Bit Helps A necessary aspect of law librarianship is understanding what resources your institution has access to. Information is out there, but it’s not always clearly organized. It’s your job to know how to…

Joshua Levine's latest post on @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog looks at navigating the mountain of information available & the importance of knowing what information your institution has access to ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/03/30/e...

Jennifer Chapman

@jelizachapman.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

Carrying Too Many Hats: A Conversation for Law Librarians In life, we all wear many hats. As we grow personally and professionally, that collection naturally expands. For law librarians, the expectation to do ‘all the things’ is often the norm…

Joy Hollerbach's latest post on the @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog is a really important post about compassion fatigue & burn out. My favorite sentence in Joy's post is: "The profession needs you to be sustainable, not sacrificial." ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/03/27/c...

Jennifer Chapman

@jelizachapman.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

Tales from the Stacks: Graphic Novels as tools for Legal Research & Instruction I love comic books. From modern pieces such as Ryan North’s One World Under Doom, to classics such as Frank Miller’s Daredevil Man Without Fear, or even the lesser-known independent titles such as …

Ben Fincher's latest post on the @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog looks at ways the world of #ComicBooks & the law intersect ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/03/24/t...

Jennifer Chapman

@jelizachapman.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

Importance of Not Becoming Too Reliant on Generative AI I recently saw an article from The Conversation titled, “It’s Tempting to Offload Your Thinking to AI. Cognitive Science Shows Why That’s a Bad Idea.” This article points out that as more peop…

Sandy Li's latest post on the @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog looks at the importance of not becoming too reliant on #generativeAI & the detrimental aspects of offloading critical thinking skills. #AI ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/03/18/i...

Jennifer Chapman

@jelizachapman.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

The Access to Information Crisis Whether we are headed towards, or are already in, a Constitutional Crisis is currently being debated. Wider debates about a Constitutional Crisis are outside my expertise, but as a law librarian I …

It's been a year since I wrote this post on the @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog about the Access to Information Crisis. Sadly, things haven't gotten better but I'm hopeful that librarians are doing the hard work of saving information & preparing for future attacks

Jennifer Chapman

@jelizachapman.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

Guest Post: Grim-Dark Fun: How the Warhammer 40k Hobby Makes Me a Better Librarian Guest post by Hughston Vasil, Reference Law Librarian at the University of Baltimore Law Library. Benjamin Fincher wrote in a blog post series last October on how Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) h…

Guest contributor, S. Hughston Vasil, was inspired by Ben Fincher's posts on the @aallnet.bsky.social A RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog & shared how his #Warhammer 40k hobby has made him approach librarianship with a new lens ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/03/18/g...

Jennifer Chapman

@jelizachapman.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

Truth on Trial: Deepfakes and the Future of Evidence The legal profession is confronting a technological shift that strikes at the heart of adjudication: the reliability of evidence. “Deepfakes,” AI-generated or AI-manipulated media that convincingly…

Frank Young's latest post to the @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog looks at the issue of #deepfakes, evidence, & the questions of authentication, admissibility, and ethics ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/03/17/t...

Jennifer Chapman

@jelizachapman.bsky.social

1 month ago

The CIA World Factbook, the Access to Information Crisis, and the U.S. Role in the World On February 4, 2026, the CIA posted on their website “Spotlighting the World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell.” The short story lauded the World Factbook as “[o]ne of CIA’s oldest and most recogn…

My latest post on the @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog looks at what the recent demise of the CIA World Factbook tells us about the access to information crisis & the role of the U.S. in the world #CIAWorldFactbook ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/03/04/t...

Jennifer Chapman

@jelizachapman.bsky.social

1 month ago

Minding the Generational Gap: Teaching Gen Z Law Students A couple weeks ago, I gave the IT desk what I thought was a lost flash drive.  You can only imagine how surprised I was when the student at the desk said, “I don’t think that’s a USB, that’s a Juul…

Jasmine Plott's latest @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog post discusses the importance of understanding the generational gaps between us & our students ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/03/03/m...

Jennifer Chapman

@jelizachapman.bsky.social

1 month ago

Whither the Index?: Electronic Legal Resources Missing Features Found in Print Counterparts Law librarians have long grappled with what is lost when legal information is presented electronically and separated or wholly divorced from its print origins and structures. That discussion seems …

Paul Riermaier's latest post on the @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog examines what's lost when "legal information is presented electronically and separated or wholly divorced from its print origins and structures." ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/03/03/w...

Jennifer Chapman

@jelizachapman.bsky.social

1 month ago

Can AI Help Answer a 111-Year-Old Question? The arrival of AI-integrated everything has disrupted legal education in ways both promising and fragmented. The promising part: librarians, faculty, and students experimenting thoughtfully with ne…

Stephanie Grace's recent @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog post asks if AI can help answer a 111-year old question about the way we teach legal research. This post gave me so much to contemplate about how we teach legal research. ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/02/26/c...

Jennifer Chapman

@jelizachapman.bsky.social

1 month ago

Joy Hollerbach introduced me to a new word in her recent @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog post- #Ambivert ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/02/24/t...

Jennifer Chapman

@jelizachapman.bsky.social

1 month ago

The Balancing Act: Hands-On or Hands-Off? As a legal research instructor, I try to create situations where students can apply what they have learned. Lectures, books, and articles provide essential background information, but then students…

Joshua Levine's @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog examines a common balancing act we face helping patrons, especially students: how much hand holding & guidance to provide & the value of letting students figure something out for themselves ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/02/23/t...

Jennifer Chapman

@jelizachapman.bsky.social

1 month ago

A Con Law Professor & Law Librarian Enter the Breach: Teaching AI-Integrated Legal Analysis As the initial wave of enthusiasm surrounding AI recedes, it gives way to diminishing returns and a field shaped by the diverging perspectives of its most influential thinkers. As Gen AI tools cont…

Frank Young's latest @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog post discusses a new course at his law school, #AI Integrated Legal Analysis, that is taught by a con law professor and a law librarian. ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/a...

Jennifer Chapman

@jelizachapman.bsky.social

1 month ago

Ben Fincher's latest @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog post is for anyone who needs to talk about #AI when you hate talking about AI. Specifically, he reviews the five points he highlighted to students during a recent tabling session. ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/02/16/h...

Jennifer Chapman

@jelizachapman.bsky.social

2 months ago

Sandy Li's latest @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog post discusses the importance of understanding the limits of generative AI tools & maintaining human mentorship. #LawSky #Librarian#GenerativeAI ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/02/11/u...

Jennifer Chapman

@jelizachapman.bsky.social

2 months ago

Jonathan Pratter, "From the Reference Desk: International Agreements Made By States of the Union, a Challenge for Research," DipLawMatic Dialogues: FCIL SIS @aallnet.bsky.social #LawLibrary #LawSky #LibrarySky #LawLibrarian #FCIL

Jennifer Chapman

@jelizachapman.bsky.social

2 months ago

“Boo”lean Should Not Be Scary For those of us who learned searching on Westlaw and Lexis last century, Boolean or Terms and Connectors searching is second nature. It really was the only way to search those systems efficiently a…

Brian Cassidy's latest @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog post looks at ways we can help our student see the importance of Boolean and Terms and Connectors searches ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/02/02/b...

Jennifer Chapman

@jelizachapman.bsky.social

2 months ago

Curiosity as a Professional Skill It took me years to realize curiosity was one of my most valuable professional skills. I came to law librarianship from intercollegiate athletics compliance. My job involved both investigating pote…

Stephanie Grace's recent @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog post examines the importance of curiosity as a professional skill
ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/01/27/c...

Jennifer Chapman

@jelizachapman.bsky.social

2 months ago

Joy Hollerbach's latest post to the @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog examines the important of partnerships in #LawLibraries & provides some examples of partnerships in practice at the Thurgood Marshall State Law Library in #Maryland
ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/01/22/w...

Jennifer Chapman

@jelizachapman.bsky.social

2 months ago

Using Westlaw and Lexis: The Many Ways In Researching the law depends on finding connections between information. No case or statute exists in a vacuum. The primary advantage of using Westlaw and Lexis is that they point out, on a high lev…

Joshua Levine writes about the importance of helping our students find connections between information during legal research, especially when using Lexis & Westlaw, in his new @aallnet.bsky.social #LawLibrarian Blog post ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/01/20/u...

Jennifer Chapman

@jelizachapman.bsky.social

2 months ago

Ben Fincher's recent post on the @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog describes how he uses @zotero.org in his research. He may have convinced me to give Zotero another try! ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/01/20/t...

Jennifer Chapman

@jelizachapman.bsky.social

2 months ago

AI in the Penumbra of Corporate Personhood Will AI achieve consciousness? As AI systems grow more advanced, some believe they may eventually warrant moral consideration.[1] Some contend that “certain AIs are ‘sentient’ and should be treated…

Frank Young's recent @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog post examines the complex questions of #AI personhood
ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/01/16/a...

Jennifer Chapman

@jelizachapman.bsky.social

2 months ago

My latest @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog post contemplates how, or if, we teach international law in U.S. law schools. #LawSchool #LawLibrary #LegalEducation #InternationalLaw #LegalInformation ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2026/01/14/h...

Jennifer Chapman

@jelizachapman.bsky.social

3 months ago

Stephanie Grace looks at the benefits of evaluation & reflection for law librarians in her recent @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog post. This is the perfect post to close out the RIPS Blog for 2025. We'll be back in 2026 with more posts! ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/12/22/t...

Jennifer Chapman

@jelizachapman.bsky.social

3 months ago

My recent post on the @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog stresses the importance of positioning law librarians as trusted human assistants in the era of #AI chatbots. @uvalaw.bsky.social @uvalawlibrary.bsky.social
ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/12/19/t...

Jennifer Chapman

@jelizachapman.bsky.social

3 months ago

My recent post on the @aallnet.bsky.social RIPS #LawLibrarian Blog stresses the importance of positioning law librarians as trusted human assistants in the era of #AI chatbots

ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2025/12/19/t...