Get Out the Map: Finding Our Way Toward a Stronger Professional Pipeline

The Great Resignation is having a serious cause and effect on our profession—less applicants and increased demand—and amplifies the need for immediate and sustained attention to be paid to the state of our hiring pipeline. What can we do to recruit potential colleagues, ensure diversity and inclusion, and provide the tools, training, and resources new law librarians will need to navigate successful careers and contribute to the larger law librarian landscape over time? Following an update from the AALL Pipeline to the Profession Special Committee, attendees will engage in small group discussion of real-world scenarios, allowing a collective conversation to brainstorm and share best practices. By discussing subjects such as professional credentials, legal research educational opportunities (in library school and beyond), and navigating modern law librarian job descriptions, participants will be better prepared to advocate for and support a successful future for our profession.

Target Audience:

While this topic should be of interest and concern across our profession, it may be most helpful to law librarians in management/supervisory positions (that may have the power or influence to effect change at an administrative/institutional level) and law librarians entering the profession or early on in their careers (that may be able to gain ideas from their colleagues as to how to navigate their careers and set themselves up for professional success).