FW: From TLA - please share with your legal counsel

[Laurie Mahaffey]

This is a message from CTLS-L. Selecting "Reply" will send a message to the originator. Selecting "Reply to All" will send a message to the entire list. ---------------------------------------------------------     From: Ted Wanner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 9:35 AM To: Texas Libraries Subject: From TLA - please share with your legal counsel   Please share this announcement with your library’s legal counsel - ********************************************************* In 2005, thirty-four attempts to ban materials in Texas public libraries were reported – the actual number is estimated to be more than double. When your city or county asks you to respond to such a challenge, will you know how to respond?   Learn these answers and more at Lawyers for Libraries, a one-day institute to be held in Houston, Texas on April 25, 2006. Instructors will include several attorneys who have argued cases before the United States Supreme Court.   This seminar is a preconference workshop at the Texas Library Association’s 2006 Annual Conference. The course normally costs $395, but is open to Texas attorneys and TLA members for only $250 per person. The event carries 6 hours of Continuing Legal Education Credit.               Location                       George R. Brown Convention Center                                                 1001 Avenue of the Americas                                                 Houston, Texas 77010             Date                             April 25, 2006             Time                             9am-4pm   To register, please visit us on the web at www.txla.org/conference/conf.html (click on the ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM on the left)   More information on the Lawyers for Libraries project is available at http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/oifprograms/lawforlib/lawyerslibraries.htm