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Cleveland Law Library Board Members and Director Record Podcast for Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

In honor of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association's (CMBA) 150th Anniversary, Cleveland Law Library Association (CLLA) Board members and staff recorded a Podcast for the CMBA's My BarStory Series. Please join CLLA Board President Carla Tricarichi, Esq., Past President Joseph N. Gross, Esq., and Director/Board Secretary Kathleen M. Dugan, Esq., MLS in discussing the relationships between the CMBA and the CLLA over the years, including shared leadership and values. Click here to listen to this episode, which is numbered S02E05. Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Ohio!

Happy Birthday Ohio! On March 1, 1803, Ohio became the 17th State to join the Union, making Ohio 218 years old today. The Library of Congress has created a great page on Ohio resources at this link.

Cleveland Law Library Welcomes CLEVNET Directors Today, 1/31/2020

Today, the Cleveland Law Library is hosting its first meeting of the Directors of CLEVNET, a consortium of libraries in NEO. Welcome Directors!

In 1985, the Cleveland Law Library became the first and still the only law library to join CLEVNET, a consortium of public and special libraries in Northeast Ohio which has been recognized as a nationwide leader in library innovation The Cleveland Law Library's decision to join CLEVNET has since enabled the Law Library to share in the same advanced technologies that public libraries have offered to their patrons. The Law Library got its first taste of online research through an “Information Gateway” that was provided by the CLEVNET Consortium. Through a simple interface, the Law Library was able to search the catalogs of Case Western Reserve University, Kent State University, Oberlin College, Cleveland State University, and the Cuyahoga County Public Library. In 1990, the Law Library’s membership in CLEVNET enabled the Law Library to begin archiving the opinions of the Eighth District Court of Appeals on the Law Library’s website.

The Law Library’s membership in CLEVNET continues today and has provided the Law Library with a state-of-the-art online catalog since 1987, a sophisticated Integrated Library System for tracking materials and patrons, and high-tech library support services.

Thanks CLEVNET!

 

Cleveland Law Library Creates Virtual Display on Prominent Female Lawyers in Ohio and Cleveland History

In honor of Women's History Month in March, our Library, the Cleveland Law Library, launched its first virtual display highlighting "Prominent Female Lawyers in Ohio and Cleveland History." This display highlights many firsts for Ohio women lawyers, including these:

• Nettie Cronise Lutes, 1st female member of the Ohio Bar
• Blanche Krupansky, 1st woman to serve on the Ohio Court of Appeals
• Lillian W. Burke, 1st African American female judge appointed in Ohio
• Sara J. Harper, 1st African American woman appointed to sit on the Ohio Supreme Court
• Betty Montgomery, 1st female Ohio Attorney General and 1st female Ohio Auditor of State
• Maureen O’Connor, 1st female Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
• Kathleen B. Burke, 1st female OSBA President