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Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship

Congratulations to Anthony Ikwueme, director of Ehrhorn Law Library, Liberty University School of Law, on being awarded this prestigious fellowship! Here is more information about the award and what Tony will be doing over the summer: Carnegie Fellowship Tony will be headed to Nigeria. “My first task will be to help develop a curriculum for […]

Grant Recipients

Congratulations to the following VALL members for being award grants to attend the AALL Annual Meeting in Chicago in July: The Barbara Cummings Grant; AALL Chapter Registration Grant:Alison HancockWilliams Mullen VALL Grants:Greg StonerMcGuireWoods Jason ZarinUniversity of Richmond School of Law Library Alex JakubowUniversity of Virginia School of Law Library As a condition of receiving the […]

VALL Spring Meeting at Washington & Lee

The Spring Meeting was held on April 8, 2016, at the Washington & Lee Law School in Lexington. About 30 VALL members made the drive to Lexington on a cool and clear day to attend the programs and witness the changeover of officers. It was a beautiful drive into Lexington Fred Dingledy from William & […]

What VALL Does for Us

by Gail Zwirner I retired a year ago after a 42 year career in law, first as a paralegal, then as a librarian.  Last year you honored me by making me a Lifetime Member.  On this anniversary, I reminisced about my career, of which VALL was a big part.  Many times we are asked to […]

VALL Reaches 100-Article Milestone in the Virginia Lawyer

By Gail Zwirner VALL reached a major milestone in August 2015 in our collaboration with the Virginia State Bar.  Roger Skalbeck’s article on legal research technologies for the Law Libraries column in the Virginia Lawyer was the 100tharticle we contributed. Our relationship started in April 1997 when Donna Bausch, in an outreach and public relations […]

VLA Council Meeting, 19 March 2016

Submitted by Terry Long, VALL liaison to VLA Highlights of the VLA Council Meeting: VLA annual meeting will be held at the Homestead, October 26-28th. o   More program proposals are needed. o   Lisa Varga, Executive Director, explored some conference ideas with the group.  VLA Professional Associated Forum will be held May 2nd at the Doubletree […]

AALL name change vote

The proposal to change the name of American Association of Law Libraries to the Association for Legal Information has failed by a vote of 1998 (80.11 percent) opposed, to 496 (19.89 percent) in favor. A record number of members voted on this proposal, with 59.51 percent casting a ballot.

VLA Council Meeting highlights from January 29, 2016

Submitted by Terry Long, VALL Liaison ·         The VLA annual conference was a success. ·         The cost to post on Jobline has increased from $75 to $100. This increase will help keep the dues at the current level. ·         VLA is in a strong financial position as have a healthy reserve fund. ·         Lisa Varga, […]

Ben on Jeopardy!

Yes, that’s right — VALL’s own Ben Almoite will be a contestant on Jeopardy! this Thursday, January 14, so don’t forget to tune in and cheer Ben on! How does one get to be on Jeopardy!? Other than the obvious … be really, really good in trivia. Ben took the Jeopardy! Adult Online Test in […]