by Greg Stoner As you may already know, our friend and colleague Jeanne Ullian will soon be retiring from Williams Mullen after 13 years of dedicated service. Throughout the course of her time with the firm, our staff and attorneys have come to depend upon Jeanne and her ability to provide reliable information and assistance....Read More

Please register for the VALL Spring Meeting! Registration deadline is today, April 5. Here is the link to the meeting and registration information: http://vall.pbworks.com/w/file/51616696/VALL_2012_Spring_Meeting_Registration.docRead More

Renew Your AALL Membership Early for a Chance to Win a Free 2012 AALL Annual Meeting Registration In March, AALL dues invoices for 2012-2013 mailed out to all library directors for their institutionally paid memberships and to all other individual members. The deadline for membership renewal is May 31. When you renew early—by May 1—you...Read More

Librarian (Virginia Beach/Norfolk Office) Williams Mullen, an award-winning AmLaw 200 firm, is well regarded for providing comprehensive legal services to regional, national and international clients in a wide variety of general and specialty practice areas. With about 275 attorneys and ten offices throughout the Mid-Atlantic, the firm delivers innovative, team-supported solutions to support its clients’...Read More

VALL will not be partnersing with VLA this year, but please consider submitting a concurrent session proposal for the VLA 2012 Annual Meeting which will be held Oct. 24 - 26 in Williamsburg. The deadline to submit a proposal is May 1. Please see below for details about submission: May 1: Deadline to complete the...Read More

Congratulations to Bill Magee from Regent University Law Library who was awarded a VALL grant to attend SEAALL 2012 in Clearwater, Florida! The conference was held March 22 - 24. Keep an eye out on the blog ... Bill will be writing about his experience very soon. Don't forget to apply for grants to attend...Read More

A short and sweet President’s message for February, the shortest, and sometimes the sweetest (for those of us that partake in Valentine’s Day celebration) month of the year. Leadership: Leadership Manual: The edits continue; very, very slowly. I am determined to complete the manual before the end of my term, so that the incoming executive...Read More

The Program Committee is in the process of finalizing the Spring meeting -- please save the date for the meeting which is scheduled to be held at the University of Richmond School of Law Library. The day’s program will include a presentation from the team at the University of Virginia that is digitizing the papers...Read More

Congratulations to Anthony Brown Ikwueme who is now the director of Ehrhorn Law Library! Tony assumed the directorship in December after serving as acting director when Barbara Baxter retired in the summer of 2011. Welcome to Sola G. Babatunde who is the new reference librarian at Ehrhorn Law Library. Sola comes to Ehrhorn from from...Read More

Greetings, fellow VALLers. Time has hurtled by at a startling pace as it is wont to do. I hope this message finds you all in good health and high spirits. Our joint annual meeting with VLA last week was a great success. All of the programs presented by VALL members were very well-attended and well-received....Read More