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L-R: Andrew Winston (VP/PE); Lara Dresser (President); Dana Piazzon (Secretary); Patty Petroccione (past President). Not in picture: Doris Morgan (Director); Alexis Fetzer (Director); David Knight (Treasurer); Evelyn Campbell (Ex-Officio). Photo by Fred Dingledy
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by Donna Bausch Presenters:  Natalie Womack, DEQ FOIA Officer           Alan Gernhardt, Senior Attorney, Virginia FOIA Council  Natalie Womack came to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) after three years at the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  She contrasted FOIA procedure at the federal and state level.  In Virginia, response is far timelier than at...
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by Donna Bausch Presenter:  Roger V. Skalbeck, Associate Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Library and Information Services, University of Richmond School of Law  (Photo of Roger Skalbeck by Fred Dingledy) Virginia is late to the game in A2J, but thanks to the Virginia Access to Justice Commission, of which State Law Librarian Gail...
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 Digital versions of Thomas Jefferson’s collection of law books will soon be available online for free nearly 200 years after he founded the University of Virginia. Click here for story:Digital Collection
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Submitted by Terry Long One of the items Suzanne Corriell reported on from the last VLA Council meeting was the following: [At the Council meeting they make] you PAY if you use an acronym and don't define it.  There was about $10 in the jar to start from their executive session yesterday; I think that...
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Submitted by Lara Dresser The VALL Spring Meeting is May 19th at William & Mary Law School.  Join us for a social event, An Art Museum Mystery, following the meeting (see details below). Attached are a few suggestions for lodging and restaurants in Williamsburg. Please visit the VALL Wiki for registration, schedule, and directions: http://vall.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/116525361/2017%20Spring%20Meeting%20.pdf...
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Sarah Hall from Dallas, TX will be joining the WilliamsMullen library team in Richmond on April 3rd. She was formerly an assistant librarian at the law firm of Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr.  Sarah has a B.A. in History and an M.L.S., both from the University of North Texas. She also studied journalism at Virginia...
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Here is an article from the In Custodia Legis, about Theresa Reiss, a reference librarian at the Law Library of Congress, and who also works at the Alexandria Law Library, and is a member of VALL: Theresa Reiss
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The Nominating Committee is pleased to present the following slate of nominees for the 2017-18 VALL Executive Board: Vice President/President-Elect: Andrew Winston, Law Library of Congress   Treasurer: David Knight, Virginia State Law Library   Director: Alexis Fetzer, University of Richmond Law School Library If there are further nominations to be considered, please send them...
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The Government Law Libraries SIS Awards Committee seeks nominations for the five awards listed below. The deadline for nominations is March 1, 2017. Nomination forms and the names of past award recipients are available through the links above and below. Please submit nominations to me, Elizabeth Caulfield, and please let me know if you have...
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