Submitted by Lara Dresser The VALL Spring Meeting is May 19th at William & Mary Law School.  Join us for a social event, An Art Museum Mystery, following the meeting (see details below). Attached are a few suggestions for lodging and restaurants in Williamsburg. Please visit the VALL Wiki for registration, schedule, and directions: http://vall.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/116525361/2017%20Spring%20Meeting%20.pdf...Read More

Sarah Hall from Dallas, TX will be joining the WilliamsMullen library team in Richmond on April 3rd. She was formerly an assistant librarian at the law firm of Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr.  Sarah has a B.A. in History and an M.L.S., both from the University of North Texas. She also studied journalism at Virginia...Read More

Here is an article from the In Custodia Legis, about Theresa Reiss, a reference librarian at the Law Library of Congress, and who also works at the Alexandria Law Library, and is a member of VALL: Theresa ReissRead More

The Nominating Committee is pleased to present the following slate of nominees for the 2017-18 VALL Executive Board: Vice President/President-Elect: Andrew Winston, Law Library of Congress   Treasurer: David Knight, Virginia State Law Library   Director: Alexis Fetzer, University of Richmond Law School Library If there are further nominations to be considered, please send them...Read More

The Government Law Libraries SIS Awards Committee seeks nominations for the five awards listed below. The deadline for nominations is March 1, 2017. Nomination forms and the names of past award recipients are available through the links above and below. Please submit nominations to me, Elizabeth Caulfield, and please let me know if you have...Read More

Please note that the Spring meeting will be held on May 19 at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary. The previous date was April 21. More information will be posted closer to the meeting date, so stayed tuned!Read More

submitted by Suzanne Corriell VLA Conference is October 11-13 at the Hilton Main in Norfolk.  The call for proposals is open, with a March 15 deadline.  (This is earlier than usual.) Call for Proposals The theme is Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges.  The keynote speaker will be Margot Lee Shetterly, author of Hidden Figures; Friday's keynote...Read More

VALL members privileged to work with Barbara Cumming were struck by her professionalism, generosity, and depth of knowledge in construction and government contract law research. Barbara exemplified the finest qualities to which a law librarian can aspire. Although she had a challenging position with a busy law firm considered a national leader in its field of...Read More

It's that time again to remind folks that VALL Grants are available! The deadline for applying for a VALL Grant is by 5 pm on April 7, 2017. Please click on link for application form and the process for submission: Grant Application FormRead More

Ninth Annual Morris L. Cohen Student Essay Competition The Legal History and Rare Books (LH&RB) Section of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), in cooperation with Cengage Learning, announces the Ninth Annual Morris L. Cohen Student Essay Competition. The competition is named in honor of Morris L. Cohen, late Professor Emeritus of Law at...Read More