Alicia Brillon
Associate Librarian
Alicia Brillon joined the Library faculty at the S.J. Quinney College of Law in January 2013. Alicia is primarily responsible for the law library’s print acquisitions and government documents. Prior to becoming a law librarian, she worked as in-house counsel for a number of technology companies in Seattle, including for 3 years as Associate Counsel at Amazon.com working on intellectual property issues and software and content licensing. She is a member of the Washington State Bar Association and the American Association of Law Libraries.
Scholarship Highlights
Research Guides
CALI Lesson, Government Documents. Available via CALI’s website at: http://www.cali.org/lesson/8457
CALI Lesson, Colorado Legal Research - Secondary Source Materials. Available via CALI’s website at: http://www.cali.org/lesson/8375
CALI Lesson, Colorado Legal Research - Primary Source Materials, authored sections on the Colorado Constitution and Colorado Cases and Digests. Available via CALI’s website at: http://www.cali.org/lesson/1282
How to research using secondary sources: http://www.colorado.edu/law/lawlib/howto/secondary_sources-guide.pdf
How to find law review articles using an index: http://www.colorado.edu/law/lawlib/howto/law_review_articles-guide.pdf
How to find Colorado statutes: http://www.colorado.edu/law/lawlib/howto/statutes-guide.pdf
Authored the Intellectual Property section of the online Law and Legal Information module
created by a consortium of libraries in Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. The
Intellectual Property section includes information covering the subjects of copyright,
trademark and patent, as well as a Case Study. See:
http://legalconcerns.pbwiki.com/Intellectual-Property-Overview
Articles
Collection Analysis When the Budget Decreases, Legal Reference Services Quarterly, Vol.
30, Iss. 4, 289 (2011).
Professional Service
University of Colorado
Law School Technology Committee, July 2011 to present/2013
Co-chair, Library Discovery Platform Committee, April 2012 to present/Sept. 2012
Member, law school's Task Force on Legal Education and Job Opportunities for Graduates, 2011-2012
Reappointment Evaluation Committee for Public Services Librarian, February to May 2012
Hiring Committee, Library Technician III position, May to July 2009
Law School Technology Committee, July 2008 to 2009
Hiring Committee, Associate Director and Head of Public Services, March to November 2008
Reappointment Evaluation Committee for Technical Services Librarian, February to May 2008
National
AALL Copyright Committee, July 2010 to present/July 2013
AALL Committee on Relations with Information Vendors, July 2007 to July 2009
Local
Member At Large, Colorado Association of Law Libraries Board, June 2011 to June 2012
Spotlight On Your Career Organizing Committee, September 2009 to February 2010
Spotlight On Your Career Organizing Committee, September 2008 to February 2009
Professional Affiliations
Washington State Bar, member November 1995 to present
American Bar Association, member November 1995 to present
American Association of Law Libraries, member December 2005 to present
Colorado Association of Law Libraries, member August 2006 to present
Southwestern Association of Law Libraries, member August 2006 to present
Special Libraries Association, member April 2012 to present