Fred will be speaking at the Louisiana Supreme Court on Thursday, November 12. The topic is the Corpus Juris Civilis. For more information about this free CLE: Corpus Juris Civilis.Read More

Congratulations to Michele Gernhardt and family on the addition of beautiful Rachel Emmeline, who was born on Sept. 21, at 1:08 pm, and weighed in at 8lb 2 oz, and was 21 1/2 inches. Big sister Sabrina is thrilled with her baby sister.Read More

Submitted by Terry Long ·         Jobline greatly contributes to the VLA bottom line ·         900 members of VLA ·         VLA/VALL meeting o   477 registrations so far o   28 people have signed up for the tour of the Va Supreme Court and library o   72 of 75 booths have sold o   New Member Forum will offer...Read More

Ben Almoite is leaving the Virginia State Law Library on Sept. 3rd and will take up his new position as librarian of the Henrico Government & Law Library on Sept. 8. Ben is excited to be following in Isabel Paul's footsteps and plans on continuing the great service she provided to the library's patrons for...Read More

Systems Librarian Joe Wynne retired on July 24th after 37 years of service to the University of Virginia Law Library.  Joe joined the law school in 1978 as a cataloger, worked under two library directors (Larry Wenger and Taylor Fitchett), was a reference librarian, budget and technology manager, a leading contributor in moving the library...Read More

by Suzanne B. Corriell Associate Circuit Librarian, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit Library   This year’s AALL Annual Meeting theme of “The Power of Connection” was exactly what I needed as I transitioned to a new role in a federal court library.  Our library has embarked upon the strategic planning process, and several of...Read More

by Kat Klepfer  Reference & Research Services Librarian, University of Richmond This was my first AALL annual conference as a professional librarian and I was very excited to attend the conference, not as a job-seeker, but as a practicing librarian. I began my full-time job as a reference & research services librarian at the University...Read More

A good time was had by all at the Blue Goat on August 13 and no goats were consumed! Thanks to Julie Beamer from the Fourth Circuit Library for organizing these dinners for VASLA and VALL members to meet and find out what is happening in other area libraries. There were no goats on the...Read More

 On July 1st, Roger V. Skalbeck joined Richmond School of Law as their Associate Dean of Library & Information Resources.  He comes to Richmond Law from Georgetown Law Center, where he worked for eight years as an associate librarian and co-taught a seminar in Technology Innovation and Law Practice.   Prior to working at Georgetown, Roger...Read More

Tim Coggins retired in June from the University of Richmond Law School Library after 18 years of service to the university. And as VALLers are aware he was also awarded AALL's Marian Gould Gallagher Distinguished Service Award in July. That's a fine way to end a distinguished career! Tim was an active member of the...Read More