Mary has been Chief Law Librarian at Thompson Rivers University since 2011. An academic librarian since 1980, Mary worked at Concordia and McGill. At the University of Calgary’s Law Library, she was Head of Technical Services in (1989-1995) with reference responsibilities.

From 1996 to 2011, Mary represented collections and instruction for humanities and social sciences as well as Communications and Culture. She served as Interim Law Librarian, University of Calgary, (2004, 2007-2008) and Assistant Director (2008-2011).

Mary is the author of book chapters on visual legal semiotics examining 18th century satirical prints; the role of women in pulp fiction (1925-1945); and the role of libraries in controlling popular culture collections. She has been an active book reviewer for journals and newspapers since 1980.

Professor Hemmings has taught courses in Fundamental Legal Skills at TRU’s Faculty of Law and Advanced Legal Skills at the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Law.

Howard Knopf

Howard Knopf practices mainly in the areas of copyright, trade-marks, cyberlaw, and related issues. He is the Chairman of the Copyright Policy Committee of the Canadian Bar Association and was recently advisor to the Law Commission of Canada on security interests in intellectual property.

He has frequently lectured at the invitation of the judiciary, government officials, law schools, continuing legal education fora, the World Intellectual Property Organization and various NGOs. Recently, he has been extensively involved in the Canadian P2P litigation and the opposition to private copying levies in Canada.

Howard has served on the board of arts organizations in Toronto and Ottawa, and the Council of the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto. Prior to his legal career, he was a Juilliard graduate and a professional clarinetist, internationally active as a soloist, chamber and recording musician.

What are the practical implications of recent SCC decisions and the new Copyright Act, as well as the fallout from the Access Copyright fiasco? Join us to hear about CALL’s position presented by Mary at the C32 hearing in March 2012 and Howard's views on Access/Excess.

Mary Rumsey has been the Foreign, International & Comparative Law Librarian at the University of Minnesota since 2000.  She is the coauthor of International and Foreign Legal Research: A Coursebook (2nd ed. Brill 2012).
 
Anna Szot-Sacawa has been with the Bora Laskin Law Library,(UofT) since 2007. An alumnus of the Jagiellonian University and the University of Toronto Ischool, Anna follows closely the globalization of legal information and practice.

Mary and Anna will give you an armchair tour of key resources for foreign and international legal research.

The first part of the webinar will describe the landscape of foreign/international legal information—what areas are easy to travel, what areas are trickier terrain, and what traps lie in wait for the unwary.  Mary will highlight such legal topics as contracts, family law, dispute resolution, and intellectual property.

In the second part, Anna will deal with international law, including the hot area of EU legal research.
The emphasis will be on free sources, Mary and Anna will also point out some key subscription-based and fee-based tools.

Ivan Mokanov, Executive Director at Lexum.
Ivan Mokanov has over 10 years of experience in electronic legal publishing and legal document management. Ivan acted as CanLII's Chief Editor from 2003 to 2009. Currently he is Executive Director of Lexum and oversees the company's product development. Ivan graduated from Sofia University (B.C.L.), the University of Montréal (LL.M.) and HEC Montréal (MBA).