Shaun Jamison, Concord Law School of Kaplan University, recently earned the Distinguished Toastmaster award (DTM). It is the highest award in the Toastmasters International program and is the culmination of both the leadership and communication programs.
Robert Hudson, Nova Southeastern, received one of the four 2008 LexisNexis/John R. Johnson Memorial Scholarships for his continuing PhD studies in Educational Technology. Read more about this scholarship at www.aallnet.org/services/sch_recipients_2008.asp.
Aperna Sherman, Texas Tech School of Law Library, has been named as one of the fellows for the AALL Leadership Academy.
Courtney Selby, University of Tulsa Law Library, has been named as one of the fellows for the AALL Leadership Academy.
Joe Gerken, Reference Librarian at University at Buffalo Law Library, received tenure and was promoted to Associate Librarian. Congratulations, Joe!
In March, Peter Egler was promoted to Interim Head of Research Services at Drexel’s law library. His previous position was Faculty Services Librarian.
Colleen Martinez Skinner has joined Florida Coastal School of Law as the newest Reference Librarian. She received her JD from Florida Coastal. Colleen is excited to start her career in law librarianship while working to complete her Masters of Information Science at Florida State University. Also new to Florida Coastal as the Head of Reference is Jennifer Lunt. She has her MLS and her JD from the University of Alabama. Jennifer most recently comes from Michigan.
Jennie Meade, formerly the rare books librarian at The George Washington University Law School, Jacob Burns Law Library, is now the director of special collections.
Kasia Solon, formerly a reference librarian at The George Washington University Law School, Jacob Burns Law Library, is now the rare books librarian.
Leslie Street is the newest reference librarian at Georgetown University Law Library. She recently received her Masters Degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Washington. Prior to library school, Leslie practiced law in New York City and Seattle, WA . In New York, she was employed by the New York City Law Department, and in Seattle, she worked at a small law firm, focusing on immigration and family law cases. She received both her BA and JD from Brigham Young University.
Barb Kallusky has been promoted to Head of Public Services at Hamline University Law Library. Prior to this promotion, Barb served as Faculty Services Librarian and Reference Librarian at Hamline.
Ms. Noëlle Sinclair has joined the staff of the University of Iowa Law Library as the Head of Circulation/Reference Librarian.
Esther Cho, a 2008 graduate of the UCLA Department of Information Studies, has joined the William M. Rains Law Library of Loyola Los Angeles Law School as the new Reference/Government Documents Librarian.
Amy Wharton is the new Research & Electronic Services Librarian at the University of Virginia School of Law. This is Amy’s first academic position. She was formerly Internet Librarian at Winston & Strawn, LLP in Washington, D.C.
Kate Irwin-Smiler is now a Reference Librarian at Wake Forest School of Law. She was Senior Research Librarian at Western New England College School of Law (Springfield, MA) previously.
Peter Egler, Drexel Law Library, drafted an annotated bibliography of Delaware state documents and other materials used in legal research as part of AALL’s Government Documents Special Interest Section’s series of state document bibliographies. Previously the series didn't have a bibliography for Delaware materials.
Theodore A. (Ted) Potter, Head of Public Services, University of Iowa Law Library, General Editor, Jane Colwin, State Law Librarian, Wisconsin State Law Library, William J. Ebbott, Assistant Director for Public Services, University of Wisconsin Law Library, Mary J. Koshollek, Director of Information and Records, Godfrey & Kahn, SC (Milwaukee) and Sunil T. Rao, Foreign Law Librarian, University of Wisconsin Law Library, recently published Legal Research in Wisconsin, 2nd ed., Buffalo, NY: William S. Hein & Co., Inc. (2008).
Robert Hudson, Nova Southeastern, published a recent article on using Second Life in a legal research class: A Little Grafting of Second Life into a Legal Research Class, LLRX May 9, 2008, available at www.llrx.com/features/secondlife.htm.
Paul Axel-Lute, Rutgers University Library for the Center for Law & Justice, has completed the 5th edition of the New Jersey Legal Research Handbook, which will be published by the N.J. Institute for Continuing Legal Education this fall.
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