by David Knight Many times at conferences, the keynote speaker’s address is something going on in another room while attendees run from booth to booth in the exhibit hall gathering as much vendor swag as possible. That was not the case at the AALL Annual Meeting, as the ballroom for the keynote speaker was packed...Read More

by Lyn Warmath I was a fortunate recipient of a very generous grant from VALL this year. The grant enabled me to attend AALL’s annual meeting in Philadelphia, one of the best conferences I have attended. I am pleased to describe a session I attended at the meeting, the keynote address by Dahlia Lithwick, a...Read More

Have you been thinking of writing an article of interest to law librarians? The AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers Committee has just the incentive to get started. The Committee is soliciting articles in four categories: Open Division: for active and retired AALL members and law librarians with five or more years of professional experience. New Member...Read More

The Publications Committee is looking for writers for upcoming columns in the Virginia Lawyer. There is an opportunity to write a 750-word article for the Law Libraries column and also for the February Family Law issue (deadline Jan. 8, 2012) and Senior Lawyers issue (deadline March 12, 2012). If you are interested please contact Gail...Read More

Check out the latest issue (Sept/Oct 2011) of Spectrum for a listing of all winners in the different categories. Congratulations to VALL for winning the Best Campaign award for articles published in the Virginia Lawyer and Virginia Lawyers Weekly. Here is the link to pg. 16 (cut and paste into your browser): http://www.aallnet.org/main-menu/Publications/spectrum/Vol-16/No-1/pr.pdf This was...Read More

Nicholas Stump is the new reference librarian at the Appalachian School of Law Library. Nick grew up in Buckhannon, West Virginia. After attending WVU for both his undergraduate and law degrees he moved to Buchanan County, Virginia (pronounced the same!) to work at ASL. Nick was a student worker at WVU's Law Library during his...Read More

The next VALL business meeting will be held Friday, October 28, 2011 at 10:45 a.m. in the 1st floor Amphitheater of the Portsmouth Renaissance Hotel and Waterfront Conference Center. The address is 425 Water Street, Portsmouth, VA 23704. Please submit all proposed agenda items to Michele Gernhardt (mgernhardt@hunton.com) by Friday, October 21.Read More

by Michele Gernhardt The VLA/VALL Annual Meeting is a little over a month away. Remember to reserve your room(s) at the Portsmouth Renaissance Hotel &Waterfront Conference Center before September 26 to ensure you get theVLA Group rate. ($125/night plus taxes and fees. Price includes hotelparking and internet access in your room. A few rooms are...Read More

by Laurie Claywell Don MacLeod, manager of knowledge management at Debevoise & Plimpton, pointed out at the beginning of the sitting-in-the-aisle room only PLL-SIS program Teaching Advanced Google that our patrons are going to use Google so we might as well help them to get the most from it. I confess I felt a little...Read More

Volunteers are needed to assist with facilitating sessions during the 2011 VLA Conference to be held October 27-28 at the Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel and Waterfront Conference Center. If you are interested in being a volunteer during the conference, please contactLydia Williams by email at williamslc@longwood.edu or by telephone at434.395.2432.Read More