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Annual Meeting 2025

Join us October 22 - 24, 2025 to Rock and Roll at the joint ORALL and MAALL meeting in Cleveland, OH!!

Registration is now open!!

Registration is now open for the Joint MAALL and ORALL Annual Meeting in Cleveland, Ohio!

Cancellations & Refunds: If you register and find you cannot attend, please notify Jennifer Mart-Rice, MAALL Treasurer, as soon as possible. If you cancel before October 1, 2025, half of your registration fees will be refunded. No refunds will be issued after October 1. Approved refunds will be made only after the Annual Meeting. Instead of canceling, you may choose to send an alternate. If the alternate is not a MAALL or ORALL member, he/she must pay any difference in rate. 

Note for ORALL members: You will register on the MAALL Wild Apricot website (https://maall.wildapricot.org/event-6239475) and should be able to receive the member rate without logging in. This will allow us to have all registrations in the same system. Please reach out to Amelia Landenberger if you have any problems with registration. 

PROGRAMS & SCHEDULE

The Annual Meeting Schedule & Program Descriptions are now available! 

All programming, including breakfasts and lunches, will be held in the Tinkham Veale University Center. The Tinkham Veale University Center is a .2 mile walk from the conference hotel. You can get directions from Google Maps or you can follow the shortcut route filmed by SaraJean Petite. The only events not happening at the Tinkham Veale University Center are the Wednesday night opening reception (which is being held at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law) and Thursday night dine arounds.

Full conference registration includes the following meals: Wednesday breakfast, Wednesday lunch, Wednesday night opening reception, Thursday breakfast, Thursday lunch, and Friday breakfast.


Hotel & directions

Travel & Transportation Information 

From the airport:

The Courtyard Cleveland University Circle Hotel is 16.5 miles from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. It is possible to take the Red Line train directly from the airport to the Little Italy-University Circle stop, which is 0.3 miles away from the hotel. For more information, you can consult the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority or your preferred navigation app. Taxis and rideshare companies also operate in Cleveland.

Getting to conference sessions:

To get from the hotel to the conference presentations at the Tinkham Veale University Center, attendees can walk 0.2 miles (estimated 5 minutes) to the event or can request the hotel's local shuttle.

The opening reception will be held in the Case Western Reserve University Ben C. Green Law Library, practically across the street (0.1 miles) from the Tinkham Veale University Center. To return to the hotel from the reception, attendees can walk 0.3 miles (estimated 7 minutes). Since the end of the reception will be later than 7pm, if you will require assistance returning to the hotel, please note this in the accommodations section when you register for the conference.

SaraJean Petite at Case Western created a video showing a shortcut path from the hotel to the Tinkham Veale conference center. 

Courtyard Cleveland University Circle

2021 Cornell Rd.

Cleveland, OH 44106

216-791-5678

Check-in: 3pm    Check-out: 12pm


Book your hotel with a group rate for "Mid-American Association of Law Libraries" good Oct. 21 - 24, 2025. 

Group rates are $184/night and last day to book is Oct. 2, 2025.


Note: As of 9/30/25, the block is full. We recommend you stay at a different hotel close to the Tinham Veale Conference Center. 


Hotel's local shuttle:

The complimentary hotel shuttle operates within a 2-mile radius of the property. The shuttle runs Monday through Friday from 6:00 AM to 7:00 PM, and on Saturdays from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM. It departs approximately every 30 minutes and can be scheduled through the front desk.

Parking at the hotel:

The hotel offers valet parking only, at a cost of $26.00 per day. Parking rates are subject to change.

Parking at CWRU (not available overnight):

For attendees who will be driving to the conference and who will not choose to park at the hotel, the CWRU law library can facilitate the acquisition of CWRU parking passes for you at a cost of $10 per person per day. These do not allow for overnight parking so they cannot be a substitute for the hotel parking for hotel guests. If you need this parking, please select it as an add-on ticket when you register for the conference.

Opening Reception



The opening reception will be held at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Please join us for an evening of food, fun, and friendship!


Thursday dine-arounds


This year we will be offering Watch-Arounds: a dinner followed by a play or an orchestra performance on Thursday, October 23rd. 

Like dine-arounds, the cost of the meal and the event ticket will be the responsibility of the individual, and each individual should also individually purchase their own orchestra or theater ticket, so that they can choose their preferred price point and seating location.

Because these events could sell out, we encourage anyone who is interested to sign up ASAP on the Sign-Up Genius list and p purchase their ticket. The two events are as follows:

  • The world-renowned Cleveland Orchestra is performing Beethoven's Ode to Joy, one of his most popular works. The orchestra performs at Severance Hall, which is located next to the Tinkham Veale University Center (walking distance from the conference hotel). We intend to choose a nearby restaurant to have dinner before the show (TBD). We are so lucky to have this cultural gem within walking distance of the conference! Here's the link to purchase tickets (be sure to select October 23rd at 7:30pm). 
  • The Dobama Theatre Company is performing the Cleveland premiere of the play Witch, by Jen Silverman, at the Dobama Theatre, located within the Lee Road Branch of Heights Libraries. Librarians will appreciate this wonderful collaboration between the library and the theater company. We will use ride-share for transportation to the theater, and we will pick a location near the theater to have dinner prior to the show (TBD). For more information about the play (and content warnings) and to purchase tickets, please visit their website and choose Thursday, October 23rd at 7:30pm. 

Things to do in Cleveland

There's something for everyone to do in Cleveland! 

Looking for something to do while you're in town? Check out the page Cleveland Rocks! Welcome to The Land by our very own Jaime Klausner.

See you in Cleveland!


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