Robert Davis from Prince William County Public Law Library will be retiring at the end of the month after 19 years in public law librarianship. Robert began his career in the county’s planning and zoning department but was laid off within six months of hire. “Last hired, first fired,” Robert said. He was fortunate to...Read More

Congratulations to the following VALL members: Timothy Coggins (Marian Gould Gallagher Distinguished Service Award); James Heller (Hall of Fame) and Donna Bausch (Volunteer Service Award)!Read More

Congratulations to Suzanne Corriell (4th Circuit Law Library) and Kathleen Klepfer (University of Richmond Law School Library) for being awarded VALL grants to AALL! We look forward to reading about their experiences at AALL in Philadelphia.Read More

The Spring meeting is always an exciting one because it marks the changing of the guard -- saying farewell to an outgoing president and welcoming the incoming one. About 30 VALLers met at the picturesque University of Virginia Law School to listen to a panel of academic law librarians discuss how they "Prep to Practice"...Read More

Hello, VALL members!  I am looking forward to seeing you at the Spring Meeting at the UVA School of Law in a few days. But before then, I just want to take this time to say a few words about what is coming up for VALL this year: VALL Strategic Plan The executive board has...Read More

by Timothy Coggins & Kathleen Klepfer Gail Zwirner, head of access services in the University of Richmond Law Library, will retire on April 3, 2015. Gail has provided exemplary reference and research assistance to the law school’s faculty, students, and other users since 1998, when she joined the law library as a reference and research services...Read More

Patty Petroccione Vice President/President Elect:  Patricia Peroccione (Walter T. McCarthy Law Library).  Patty received her J.D. from George Washington University, her MSLIS from Catholic University and her B.A. in sociology and German from the State University of New York at Albany.  In the early 1980s, she was the director of the law library at Sidley...Read More

To date, the last bound volume published was 286 Virginia (distributed in June 2014) and the last advance sheet published was vol. 288 No. 1 (distributed in October 2014). This means there has been a delay in producing bound volume 287 of the Virginia Reports and the advance sheets for the September 2014 and November...Read More

A joint meeting with VLA and VALL will be held October 21-23, 2015 at the Richmond Marriott.   Program submissions are now open!  Please consider submitting a program idea for the joint meeting.  It is a wonderful opportunity to learn from our VLA colleagues and also share our experience in law libraries.  Proposals will be...Read More

On behalf of the VALL Strategic Planning Committee, please find attached the draft Strategic Plan for VALL that has been proposed by the committee to the Executive Board.  This plan was prepared after a process that included a VALL member survey; the development of a mission statement for VALL; an environmental scan; a strengths-weaknesses-opportunities-threats (SWOT)...Read More