Program Title: Getting to Know Bearings Legal Resources!
Program Description: Join the Houston Area Law Librarians (HALL) and Bearings Legal Resources for an engaging and fun presentation about the new Texas legal publishing company—Bearings. We will be discussing Bearings’ titles, the need for a competitive marketplace, and some direct comparisons between the Bearings’ and O’Connor’s products.
Lunch? Heck yes! Lunch will be provided for those in attendance. If you have any dietary restrictions (or quirks), please email Kelly Beam at kbeam@jw.com.
Extras:
• Gift cards – must be present to win. We will have three random drawings for gift cards.
• Complimentary copies – for those interested – attendance not required. Free copies of Bearings Texas Civil Litigation (2022) and Bearings Civil Practice & Remedies Code (2022) will be provided for you. You can either pick them up in person or they can be shipped to you. If you’re not attending but would like to have copies of these titles, please email kbeam@jw.com.
Please RSVP directly to Kelly by 2/28.
RSVP: To RSVP, please email Kelly Beam at kbeam@jw.com.
Speaker Bios:
Kelly Beam is a Research Attorney with Jackson Walker and a Co-Founder of Bearings Legal Resources who has over 18 years of legal-publishing experience. Before starting Bearings, she was the Operations Director for O'Connor’s and the Executive Editor for that brand’s Texas Family Law Handbook and Texas Family Code Plus. She nerds out over helping attorneys understand the law and finding answers to their questions.
Jason Wilson is a Co-Founder of Bearings Legal Resources and has over 28 years of experience writing and publishing legal materials. He was the former Vice President of O’Connor’s from its inception to its acquisition. During his time at O’Connor’s, he learned a tremendous amount about developing quality reference materials, building a business, forming productive relationships, and knowing when to let smarter people take over. As a native Texan, Jason is committed to being an independent resource for members of the Texas bar once again.
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