submitted by Linda Tesar,  Interim Director/Head of Technical Services & Special Collections Long-time VALL member Jim Heller officially retired on June 25, 2019 after more than 30 years as library director and professor of law at William & Mary Law School. Jim at a retirement luncheon with his staff, looking through a scrapbook put together...Read More

Hello VALL members, My term as President seemed to fly by.  I wanted to take the opportunity to share with you some of the highlights from our recent Spring Meeting, and to express some well-deserved VALL gratitude. Spring Meeting The meeting was held at the offices of Hunton Andrews Kurth in Richmond on May 3,...Read More

Congratulations to the following for being awarded grants: VALL/AALL Grant: Ashley Vavra (Virginia Supreme Court) AALL Chapter Registration Grant: Molly Lentz-Meyer (University of Richmond Law Library) Barbara Cumming Grant: Megan Scanlon (Williams Mullen) We look forward to reading their articles on VALLTalk in the very near future!Read More

Name: Molly Lentz-Meyer      Organization: University of Richmond Law School Title: Digital and Archival Collections Librarian What is your favorite moment of your career so far?  Helping a struggling student who genuinely wanted to succeed at legal research. What is something you would want people to know about you (hobbies, interests, passions, etc.)?  I love to cook. What is...Read More

Congratulations to Ben Almoite who started with McGuireWoods on May 6 as the technical services librarian in the Richmond office. Ben was previously with the Henrico County Public Library. Congratulations to Anna Price who will begin her new job as a librarian with the Law Library of Congress on May 28! Anna will be leaving...Read More

There were 787 pageviews of VALLTalk in April! Thank you to all those who have stopped by.Read More

About thirty-five VALL members gathered at the Riverfront Plaza office of Hunton Andrews Kurth to attend VALL's spring meeting and installation of officers. Jane Baugh from Woods Rogers checking in at the registration desk. Doris Morgan and Victoria Levy from McGuireWoods walked across the street to attend. Douglas Granger, managing partner at Hunton Andrews' Richmond...Read More

Welcome to the newest VALL members listed below: Eileen Chandhoke – Odin Feldman Pittleman, PC Kelsey Cox – Virginia State Law Library Sarah Drye – Student member John Holtzclaw – National Center for State Courts Tiffany Jenkins – Troutman Sanders Geraldine Kalim – George Mason University Law Library Audrey Lynn – Regent University Law Library...Read More

This school year, the Arthur J. Morris Law Library at the University of Virginia welcomed two new librarians, Sarah New and Kate Boudouris.  Sarah New Sarah joined the library as its web services librarian, bringing extensive experience in digital resources management, web site design and management, and reference services in academic libraries.   She was previously...Read More

Submitted by Anthony Brown Ikwueme Thomas Walker is the new associate librarian for collection management with the Ehrhorn Law Library at Liberty University School of Law. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Music with emphases in Double Bass Performance, Music Composition, and Media Studies; additionally he holds, a Master of Science in Library Science...Read More