The William & Mary African-American Law Alumni Celebration Discussing Legal Career Alternatives is looking for people to serve on a panel on career alternatives. On February 22nd-25th, the William & Mary Law Office of Alumni and Development Affairs is hosting the school’s annual African-American Law Alumni Celebration. The schedule includes a panel on Friday, February […]
Congratulations to Amy Wharton, who will take over as director of the University of Virginia Law School Library on February 1. Amy was previously the library’s research and web services law librarian, and VALL president from 2013 – 2014. Happy retirement to Taylor Fitchett, the outgoing library director. Cheryl Jackson, the manager of information and […]
by Jane Harrison The theme of this year’s American Association of Law Libraries annual conference, Forgo the Status Quo was mirrored in several programs I attended. Among them, and two I will discuss briefly in this article are: Identifying Competitive Intelligence in Public Filings: 30 Ways to Find the What, Where, Why and How and […]
Read about VALL’s own Ben Almoite: American Libraries Nov/Dec 2017
submitted by Terry Long, VALL Liaison · VLA’s Jobline is profitable · Membership dues are over the projected amount this year; VLA has 934 members · VLA issued a statement regarding the demonstrations in Charlottesville in August. · VLA members need to be encouraged to vote; as of 14 September only 26% of membership has […]
From Andrew Winston VLA has added a second hotel with a discounted rate for our 2017 Annual Conference in Norfolk! Rooms are now available at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott for $145 each (plus taxes and fees.) This price is being offered on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights through this link: Virginia Library Association Overflow Rooms […]
Congratulations to VALL’s own Joyce Janto for the well deserved award! Read more about it Award
by Andrew Winston Committee work will involve working with me (as committee chair) on the 2017 Fall Meeting and 2018 Spring Meeting. The 2017 Fall Meeting will be at a joint meeting of VALL and the Virginia Library Association. To meet VLA’s planning timetable, some of the work required for the Fall Meeting (such as […]
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
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 […]
