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

by Evelyn M. Campbell There are few things that can rival a crisp Fall day in Hot Springs, VA, even when foliage is not quite in its glory. More than 500 people attended the Virginia Library Association's Annual Meeting from Oct. 26 - 28, at the Homestead. I had submitted four programs designed to build...Read More

by Patricia Petroccione If you weren’t at the VALL 2016 Fall Meeting on October 14, you missed a very engaging event. Lara Dresser and the program committee, Alison Hancock and Chris Vassey, put much thought and effort into planning the entire day, which began with a light breakfast and ended with an invitation to stroll...Read More

by Anthony Brown Ikwueme As one of the recipients of the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship (CADF) Award for 2016, I was in Nigeria from May to July of 2016 at the University Of Nigeria Faculty Of Law, Enugu Campus, where I worked with the law faculty to jointly develop a new curriculum and teaching methodology...Read More

submitted by Terry Long, VALL liaison to VLA ·         Jobline has exceeded expectations, even though posting charge has increased; it has brought in $16,000 so far this year. ·         Membership is strong – 986 members ·         The 2017 annual conference will be held in downtown Norfolk. ·         The 2016 conference at the Homestead has sold...Read More