The University of Puerto Rico School of Law was founded in 1913.  It is presently located on the University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Campus, within the metropolitan area of San Juan.  The University of Puerto Rico Law School is accredited by the American Bar Association since 1945 and by the Association of American Law Schools since 1948.  It is also accredited by the Council on Higher Education and the Puerto Rico Supreme Court.

The guiding principle behind our academic program is to increase and diversify the learning and development experiences of our students. Our students can take courses ranging from the theoretical to the practical including topics pertaining to civil rights, technology, feminism, therapeutic jurisprudence, business, international relations, cyber and comparative law. 

The Law School offers the Juris Doctor Degree and several joint programs with the University of Barcelona, the University of Minnesota, the University of Puerto Rico Graduate School of Business Administration and the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine. It is currently working toward a joint Juris Doctor and Master in Engineering Sciences Program with the University of Puerto Rico Campus at Mayaguez. The Law School also offers a graduate program LL.M. for Latin American and Caribbean Lawyers.

Among the special programs offered by the School of Law are the student exchange programs, the Clinical program and the Pro Bono services program.  Our faculty is made up of 31 full time professors, trained in the most prestigious institutions of the world, with a special sensitivity to transcultural and transnational issues and concerns.  They contribute to projects with international implications, and form part of diverse academic bodies and institutions.

HeinOnline, Hein’s electronic database, is the world’s largest image-based legal research collection which spans more than 9 centuries and contains over 44 million pages of legal history, including the complete International Law Association Reports of Conferences.  Now in more than 4,000 locations in over 180 countries, HeinOnline is bringing previously unavailable content to the online research community in a fully-searchable, image-based format.

 

Shannon Hein, Sales Director, will be delighted to meet with you at the conference to discuss new libraries, interface enhancements, or to answer any of your HeinOnline questions. Please visit our website at http://heinonline.org .  You can also e-mail your inquires to marketing@wshein.com .

 

 

LexisNexis® is a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions designed specifically for professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting, and academic markets. LexisNexis originally pioneered online information with its Lexis® and Nexis® services. A member of Reed Elsevier, LexisNexis serves customers in more than 100 countries with more than 18,000 employees worldwide.

 

Through the integration of information and technology, LexisNexis uniquely unites proprietary brands, advanced Web technologies and premium information sources. Across the globe, LexisNexis provides customers with access to five billion searchable documents from more than 40,000 legal, news and business sources.

 

To help customers win in their own marketplace, LexisNexis delivers Total Solutions—innovative products and services to address specific customer needs in order to improve productivity, increase profitability and stimulate growth.

 

Through risk and analytics solutions to assess risk, the company helps professionals verify identity, prevent fraud, comply with legislation, facilitate and secure commerce, conduct ackground screening and support law enforcement and homeland security initiatives.

 

LexisNexis encompasses authoritative legal-publishing brands dating back to the 19th century including; Butterworths^® in the United Kingdom, Canada, the Asia-Pacific region, Les Editions du Juris Classeur in France, and Martindale-Hubbell^® and Matthew Bender^® worldwide.

 

To learn more about us, visit our website at http://www.lexisnexis.com.

 

 

With 18 continuous years in the market, Microjuris.com is the regional leader and principal provider of integrated digital information solutions related to law and legal matters.

 

Microjuris.com offers a complete and current range of digital content configured in online digital library style, to be used as an investigation and work tool. The information has been categorized and integrated according to the needs of the entities we serve. Documents that are essential to litigation, the legal profession, and regulatory consulting are part of our extensive legal library. We provide the laws, regulations, jurisprudence, notes, resolutions, doctrines, and other content that allow businesses to consult the legal aspect for their strategic plans based on the type of industry and economic sector.

 

Microjuris.com is a Puerto Rican owned business that exports its technology to Latin American countries that include Argentina, Chile and Venezuela, in addition to Spain and the United States, through collaborative agreements

 

Our Sales Manager, Cristina Armenteros, and Microjuris.com representatives are looking forward to meeting you at the conference. Please visit our website at www.microjuris.com or contact us at info@microjuris.com

 

 

Vlex.com provides an innovative approach to accessing global legal information. Vlex is comprised of over 90 countries, offering both official and secondary sources on one user-friendly platform with an interface that is available in 8 languages.

 

Vlex is a premier provider of legal content from Spain, South America, Latin America and Mexico. We are now further strengthening our position in Europe where we have already have extensive databases for Belgium, France, Italy and Portugal.

 

A vLex subscription offers unlimited access to our growing database with new sources in full text added weekly, official documents updated daily and innovative solutions for working with the documents from your personal user account.

 

Sarah Keating and Sara Wejdenstolpe will be attending the conference and look forward to speaking with you more about vLex and how we can add value to your library. We also encourage you to visit our website at www.vlex.com or if you are from the USA, you may also send us your inquiries to skeatingm@vlex.com . All other inquires may be sent to swejdenstolpe@vlex.com .

 

Alan Moss Ltd

Alan Moss Ltd, based in Barbados and registered in Anguilla, deals in Caribbean books, mainly current or recent titles published within the Caribbean which are of interest to academic libraries and their clientele, and specializes in the publications of the English‑speaking Caribbean and Haiti. 

 

The company has developed a subject specialty in law, and can supply revised editions, annual volumes of legislation, official gazettes and law reports, as well as secondary materials.  For legal publications its area of coverage extends to the Dominican Republic.

 

From time to time lists of titles for sale are circulated, usually via e-mail, and enquiries for titles not listed are welcomed.   A search-and-quote service for titles not in stock is offered.  Standing orders for serials, including legal serials, are accepted if it is believed that a regular supply of the title can be assured.

 

The company builds on the experience of its English-born director, Alan Moss, who for more than 25 years was Acquisitions Librarian, Main Library, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados.  It is thus able to offer an intimate knowledge of the region and its book-trade, coupled with a sympathetic understanding of libraries’ needs. 

 

Alan Moss will be attending the conference and will be happy to respond in person to any queries you may have.  He may also be contacted by e-mail at alanmoss@caribsurf.com.

 

 

The firm was founded in 1933 by Earle T. Fiddler, a Harvard Law School graduate, who relocated to Puerto Rico and soon became one of the leading corporate and banking lawyers on the island.  José G. González, a Georgetown law alumni, and Rubén Rodríguez Antongiorgi, a graduate of Stanford University, joined Mr. Fiddler to forge what the a law firm of six attorneys into the legal institution Fiddler Gonzalez & Rodriguez, PSC is today.

                                                                                                                                                        

Fiddler Gonzalez & Rodriguez, PSC is a full-service law firm with well established practice areas encompassing nearly all areas of law.  With over 100 lawyers, the firm is one of the oldest in the Caribbean and Latin America.  Fiddler is a dynamic, modern legal organization equipped with the resources and committed to providing practical, results-oriented legal services tailored to our clients needs at competitive billing rates.

 

 

McConnell Valdés is one of the largest Hispanic-owned law firms in the world.  Founded in 1946, it is recognized as one of the top full service law firms in our region.  The  firm acts as regional counsel to many local and international business and commercial clients and is known for providing high quality legal services including Corporate, Environmental and Land Use, Real Estate and Commercial Financing, Labor and Employment Law, Litigation and Tax as well as  specialized practice areas such as Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Bankruptcy, Construction, Corporate and Public Finance, Distribution and Franchising, Financial Institutions, Government Enforcement and White Collar Defense,  Hospitality Industry, Immigration, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International Trade, Maritime, Products Liability, and Trusts and Estates.

 

The secret to our success, longevity and growth over half of a century is our capability to change. As the business world, technology and the legal arena have become more global, we have prepared ourselves for each new challenge, transforming ourselves with our eyes focused on the future, aiming to provide high quality legal services in a client-centered, ethical manner.