Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2020
It is an honor to speak at the opening of this 38th Annual Course of the IALL. It was not difficult to accept the invitation to do so, not least because it was extended by Ms. Petal Kinder. Members of the IALL will know Petal because of her close involvement with the IALL as a Board member and as President; Petal was known to me as the Librarian of the High Court of Australia, a position she held when I joined the Court. She was highly valued and respected in that role, and popular amongst judges and staff. We were saddened to hear of her passing earlier this year.
The Honorable Susan Kiefel AC is Chief Justice of Australia.
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6 Schwerin, “International Association of Law Libraries: Its Beginnings” (1984) 12 International Journal of Legal Information 1 at 3.
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8 International Association of Law Libraries, “Welcome” (2019) accessed at <http://iall.org/>.
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24 International Association of Law Libraries, “Programme” (September 25, 2019) accessed at <http://iall.org/conf2019/program/>.