UELMA Resources

The Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act (UELMA) is a uniform law that addresses many of the concerns posed by the publication of state primary legal material online. UELMA provides a technology-neutral, outcomes-based approach to ensuring that online state legal material deemed official will be preserved and will be permanently available to the public in unaltered form. AALL members and chapters advocate for adoption of UELMA around the country. This page provides background information about UELMA and advocacy materials for our advocates.

Table of Contents
Background
Advocacy Materials
Bill Tracking Charts
Letters and Testimonies
Chapter Resolutions
Articles and Blog Posts
Reports and Papers
Presentations

Background

Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act (Final Text)
UELMA FAQs (updated September 2015)
UELMA History
UELMA Enactments (updated February 2016)
Resolution on UELMA (endorsed by the AALL Executive Board, November 1, 2013)

Advocacy Materials

UELMA: Five Steps to Advocacy Success
Advocating for UELMA in Your State - Tips for Getting Started
Case Studies - Colorado and California
Sample Advocacy One-Pager
Sample Letter of Support to Committee (Chapter)
Sample Letter of Support to Committee (Individual)
Elevator Pitch Template
UELMA: Implementation Resources (approved by the AALL Executive Board, April 10, 2015)

Bill Tracking

2016 (external link to Uniform Law Commission)
2015
2014
2013
2012

Letters and Testimonies (also see AALL and Chapter Member Testimony on UELMA)

In support of of SB1414, Testimony of Charlotte Graesser Henderson, Board Member, Secretary, Past-President, Arizona Association of Law Libraries
In support of S.B. 6361, Letter from the Law Librarians of Puget Sound (January 19, 2016)
In support of the reintroduction of the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act, Letter from the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) and Law Librarians’ Society of Washington, D.C. (LLSDC) to The Honorable Kenyan McDuffie (June 26, 2015)
In support of SB 611, the Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act, Testimonies of AALL and LLAM to the Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee (March 5, 2015)
In Support of HOUSE BILL 162, Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act, Testimony of Joan Bellistri, Government and Vendor Relations Co-Chair of the Law Library Association of Maryland, to the Maryland House Health and Government Operations Committee (February 18, 2015)
In Support of HOUSE BILL 162, Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act, Testimony of Mary Jo Lazun, Government and Vendor Relations Co-Chair of the Law Library Association of Maryland, to the Maryland House Health and Government Operations Committee (February 18, 2015)
In support of HB 162, the Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act (UELMA). Testimony of Immediate Past President Steven P. Anderson on behalf of the American Association of Law Libraries to the Maryland House Health & Government Operations Committee (February 18, 2015).
To respectfully ask that you sign SB 1941, the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act (UELMA). Letter from American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) and the Chicago Association of Law Libraries (CALL) to Illinois Governor Patrick J. Quinn (June 16, 2014)
In support of SB 1941, the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act. Written testimony of Maribel Nash, President of the Chicago Association of Law Libraries, to Illinois State Legislature House Judiciary Committee (April 28, 2014)
In support of HB 46, the Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act (UELMA). Statement of Emily Feltren, Director of Government Relations, American Association of Law Libraries, before the Maryland House Health and Government Operations Committee (January 23, 2014)
In support of HB 46, the Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act (UELMA). Statement of Tonya Baroudi, President, Law Library Association of Maryland, before the Maryland House Health and Government Operations Committee (January 23, 2014)
In support of Bill 20-0221, the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act of 2013 (UELMA). Statement of Emily Feltren, Director of Government Relations, American Association of Law Libraries before the District of Columbia Council Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety (July 1, 2013)
In support of Bill 20-0221, the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act of 2013 (UELMA). Statement of Melanie Knapp, Member of the Law Librarians Society of D.C., before the District of Columbia Council Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety (July 1, 2013)
To urge the Committee on Judiciary to approve HB 2944. Letter from WestPac to Chair Barker, Vice-Chair Garrett, and Vice-Chair Krieger (March 6, 2013)
In support of SB 1941. Oral testimony from Jean M. Wenger, President, American Association of Law Libraries before the Illinois Senate Judiciary Committee (March 12, 2013)
In support of introduction of a bill to enact the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act. Letter from Western Pennsylvania Law Library Association (WPLLA) and Greater Philadelphia Law Library Association (GPLLA) to Pennsylvania State Senator Joseph B. Scarnati III (December 21, 2012)
In support for introduction of a bill to enact the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act. Letter from Law Library Association of Greater New York (LLAGNY) to Richard Long, Uniform Law Commissioner (October 2, 2012)
In support of SB 1075. Letter from the Council of California County Law Librarians (CCCLL), the Northern California Association of Law Libraries (NOCALL), the San Diego Area Law Libraries (SANDALL) and the Southern California Association of Law Libraries (SCALL) to Governor Jerry Brown (August 27, 2012)
In support of SB 1075. Letter from CCCLL, NOCALL, SANDALL and SCALL to Assembly Rules Committee (June 28, 2012)
In support of SB 1075. Letter from CCCLL, NOCALL, SANDALL and SCALL to Assembly Judiciary Committee (June 20, 2012)
In Support of HB 1209, the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act. Letter from Susan Nevelow Mart, Associate Professor and Director of the Law Library, University of Colorado Law School (March 28, 2012)
In support of Raised Bill No. 418, An Act Adopting the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act and the Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act. Letter from AALL President Darcy Kirk to the Chairs and Ranking Members of the Connecticut Judiciary Committee (March 19, 2012)
In support of SB 1075. Letter from CCCLL, NOCALL, SANDALL and SCALL to Senate Rules Committee (March 19, 2012)
In support of approval of the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act at the ABA’s Midyear Meeting. Letter from AALL President Darcy Kirk to Wm. Robinson III, President, American Bar Association (January 31, 2012)
In support of approval of the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act at the ABA’s Midyear Meeting. Letter from AALL President Darcy Kirk to Linda A. Klein, Chair, ABA House of Delegates (January 31, 2012)
In Support of the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act. Letter from AALL President Darcy Kirk to John Sebert, Executive Director, Uniform Law Commission (November 30, 2011)