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!
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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Submitted by Joyce Manna Janto Every year AALL gives a full registration grant to several chapters. This year, VALL is one of these chapters. The only stipulation on the grant is that it is to go to a newer member of AALL. They definition of “newer member” is someone who has been an AALL member […]
The meeting will be held at Hunton Andrews Kurth, downtown Richmond, VA. The deadline for registering is April, 26, 2019. The registration form is available under VALL Meetings on this blog. Don’t miss this opportunity to network with colleagues and witness the installation of new board members.