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VALL Fall 2020 Meeting

Date: Friday, October 23  Time: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.   RSVP: https://bit.ly/VALL-Fall2020   Legal Analytics: A Competitive Marketplace for Competitive Tools  Alexis Sharp, Hunton Andrews Kurth  Michele Gernhardt, Hunton Andrews Kurth Doris Morgan, McGuire Woods  Description:  Legal Analytics is the use of data to make quantitative legal predictions that inform decisions. With so many legal analytics tools on the market touted […]

Thomas Walker – VALL Membership Spotlight

Name: Thomas Walker Organization: Liberty University School of Law – Ehrhorn Law Library Title: Associate Librarian for Collection Management How did you become interested in law librarianship? I was a music librarian that got involved with scholarly communication and institutional repositories, that led to learning about copyright, which led to me becoming more active on copyright committees in my […]

FALL 2019 VALL Meeting

The Fall 2019 VALL Meeting was a success! We were thankful to have the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens host our meeting. The first session was on what to look for when reviewing, initiating, or reviewing a contract. Along with how to negotiate the terms of a contract. Stinson Mundy from Linden Legal Strategies led this […]

Franklin Runge

Franklin Runge – VALL Membership Spotlight

Name: Franklin L. Runge Organization: Washington & Lee University, School of Law Title: Head of User Services How did you become interested in law librarianship? When I was in practice, my firm’s offices were located in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. Instead of working in my office, I would head over to the law library that was attached to […]

New Members

Welcome to the following new members: Julie Beamer – Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Gabrielle Dennis – Thomson Reuters Allison Gifford – Alexandria Law Library Isaac Needell – Norfolk Law Library Leslie Street – William & Mary Law School

Proposed changes to the Bylaws

VALL Voting Members , At the recent Executive Board meeting, two updates to the Bylaws were proposed to address changes to our organizational structure and operational processes. In accordance with the VALL constitution, members are being notified of these proposed changes in advance of the next meeting (October 25, 2019). Article I, Sec. 5 Current language: Section 5: Suspension […]

AALL 2019- Capitalizing On Our Strengths

by Ashley Vavra First, a highlight: AALL 2019’s Thompson Reuters reception at the Library of Congress. I saw Dr. Carla Hayden speak, gawked at the art on the walls and ceiling of that beautiful building, and met dozens of friends-of-a-friend. I took an entirely unsophisticated number of photos. That opportunity was just one exciting piece […]

CONELL: Class of 2019 – A Reflection

by Kelsey Cox As a new law librarian (just shy of six months), I was very eager to attend my first AALL Conference and participate in the Conference of Newer Librarians (“CONELL”).  My mentors had described CONELL as a fun, engaging, and rewarding experience where lifelong bonds would be formed. With such high regards and […]