All Members

VALL is now accepting applications for the VALL AALL Annual Meeting/Institute Grant and the Barbara Cumming AALL Grant. The AALL Grant is for $1000 and is meant to defray the cost of any member who is attending either the AALL Annual Meeting or one of the AALL Institutes. The Barbara Cumming Grant is for $500 and is limited to a firm librarian…[Read more]

Please join us for the Virginia Association of Law Libraries Spring 2023 meeting on Thursday, May 18, at the Maymont historic estate and park located in Richmond, Virginia. A mid-morning snack, a box lunch, and a guided Maymont Mansion group tour will be offered. A virtual option is available for those unable to attend in person.

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Hello VALL – I am delighted to introduce our slate of officers for the 2023-2024 VALL Executive Board positions:

VP/President-Elect – Andrew Christensen (Washington & Lee)
Treasurer – Jocelyn Mitchell Manion (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Library)
Director – Jeanine Cali – (McGuireWoods LLP)

VALL Spring Meeting – Save the Date!
WHEN: Thursday, May 18th, 2023
WHERE: Maymont, Richmond, VA
Mark your calendars! Additional details regarding programming and registration will be distributed in the upcoming weeks.

Thirteenth 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 Gale, a Cengage company, announces the Thirteenth Annual Morris L. Cohen Student Essay Competition. The competition is named in honor of Morris L. Cohen, late…[Read more]

Throughout 2022, PLLIP members demonstrated their passion and commitment to our profession. You have the opportunity to recognize colleagues who made exceptional contributions to the library and information profession through their work, their writing, and their service. What better way to show gratitude, encourage achievement, and reward…[Read more]

Good morning VALL members,
As some of you may know SEAALL will be holding its Annual Meeting in Richmond from March 9th – 11th. On March 9th there will be an Institute on the topic of Access to Justice held here at the University of Richmond School of Law. The Annual Meeting proper will be on March 10th and 11th at the Richmond Omni Hotel. VALL…[Read more]

another Code of Virginia volume 11 notice
Happy New Year!
Unfortunately another error has been discovered in the re-printed version of Volume 11. Rule 4.1 should read as follows:
Truthfulness In Statements To Others
In the course of representing a client a lawyer shall not knowingly:
(a) make a false statement of fact or law; or
(b) fail to…[Read more]

Happy 2023, VALL! I am excited to see that the Library of Virginia has the HeinOnline Public Library Package on trial. Copying their description in part: “Provides an extensive collection of federal and state legal resources including session laws for the Virginia colony (1661-1775) and Virginia (1776-2021); Virginia charters and constitutions…[Read more]

VA Code error corrections to expect –
Yesterday we received boxes with reprinted copies of the 2022 Supplements for 13 volumes of the Code, a new copy of volume 8A and an errata sheet for volume 8. As with the earlier distribution of a replacement Volume 11 (Rules), these items replace “faulty” supplementation. I assume everyone who has a set…[Read more]

VA Code 2021 replacement volumes – supplement printing errors
This week we noticed the 2022 supplements to v. 1B, 4, 5 and 6B had the prior year’s replacement volume date on them.
Interestingly, v. 3 was correct. I let editorial at LexisNexis/Matthew Bender know.
Just fyi,
Victoria Levy