Description
The Distinguished Service Award was established in 1984 to recognize extended and sustained service to law librarianship, for the exemplary service to the Association, or for contributions to the professional literature. The award was renamed the Marian Gould Gallagher Distinguished Service Award in 1990. This award is the Association’s highest honor.
Process
Criteria
The Marian Gould Gallagher Distinguished Service Award is presented to an individual who has completed or is nearing completion of an active professional career. The Award is given in recognition of a career of outstanding, extended and sustained service to law librarianship and to AALL. Honorees may be recognized for exceptional achievement in a particular area of law librarianship, for service to the Association that goes well beyond expectation, or for outstanding contributions to the professional literature. Nominees must be or at one time have been a member of the American Association of Law Libraries. The award may be given posthumously.
Application Information
Download the Marian Gould Gallagher Distinguished Service Award Nomination Form
The deadline for nominations is February 3, 2020. Nominations should include either additional supporting letters or the names of the other persons to contact for further information concerning the nominee. Each candidate shall be considered individually and confidentially and will be judged according to the criteria listed above.
Petitions and letter writing campaigns (beyond those letters included with the application) are discouraged and will not be considered in the evaluation process nor will they influence the Committee.
Please email the nomination form and supporting documents to Catherine Lemann.
AWARD PRESENTATION
The award shall be a plaque issued by the American Association of Law Libraries.
Winners
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2010–2019 2019
James S. Heller
Director of the Law Library and Professor of Law
College of William & Mary
Williamsburg, VAKenneth J. Hirsh
Director of the Law Library and Professor of Practice
Robert S. Marx Law Library
University of Cincinnati College of Law
Cincinnati, OHJacquelyn J. Jurkins
Law Librarian, Director
Multnomah Law Library
Portland, ORDarcy Kirk
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Distinguished Professor of Law
University of Connecticut School of Law
Hartford, CT
2018
Mark E. Estes
Law Library Director
Bernard E. Witkin Alameda County Law Library
Oakland, CAClaire M. Germain
Associate Dean for Legal Information & Clarence J. TeSelle Professor of Law Emerita
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Gainesville, FLMargaret K. Maes
Executive Director
Legal Information Preservation Alliance
Bloomington, INVictoria K. Trotta
Associate Dean
Ross-Blakley Law Library
Phoenix, AZ
2017
Richard A. Danner
Rufty Research Professor of Law, Senior Associate Dean for Information Services
Duke University School of Law
Durham, NCKarl T. Gruben, Awarded Posthumously
Associate Dean for Library & Information Services, Professor of Law and Director of the Legal Research Center
University of San Diego School of Law
San Diego, CAGitelle Seer
Director of Library and Research Services, Retired
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
Mahwah, NJ
2016
S. Blair Kauffman
Law Librarian and Professor of Law
Yale Law School
New Haven, CTJudith M. Wright
Retired
D’Angelo Law Library, University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
2015
Timothy L. Coggins
Associate Dean for Library and Information Services and Professor of Law
University of Richmond School of Law Library
Richmond, VAPenny A. Hazelton
Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Library and Technology Services
University of Washington Gallagher Law Library
Seattle, WASarah G. Holterhoff
Associate Professor of Law Librarianship and Government Information/Reference Librarian
Valparaiso University Law School Library
Valparaiso, INSarah K. Wiant
Professor of Law
Washington Lee University School of Law
Lexington, VA
2014
Robert C. Berring, Jr.
Walter Perry Johnson Professor of Law
UC Berkeley School of Law
Berkeley, CAJanis L. Johnston
Director and Associate Professor of Law, Retired
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Law
Champaign, ILCarol Avery Nicholson
Associate Director for Technical Services, Retired
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Durham, NC
2013
Carolyn P. Ahearn
Director of Library Services, Retired
Wiley Rein LLP
Washington, DCJudy Meadows
Director and State Law Librarian, Retired
State Law Library of Montana
Helena, MT
2012
Nancy P. Johnson
Associate Dean for Library and Information Services, Professor of Law
Georgia State University College of Law Library
Atlanta, GAHarry S. Martin III
Henry N. Ess III Librarian and Professor of Law, Emeritus
Harvard Law SchoolAdjunct Professor
University of Texas School of Law and School of Information
Austin, TX
2011
Laura N. Gasaway
Professor of Law
University of North Carolina School of Law
Chapel Hill, NCFrank G. Houdek
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law
Southern Illinois University Law Library
Carbondale, ILM. Kathleen Price
Retired
Alexandria, VA
2010
Marie E. Whited
Law Library of Congress -
2000–2009 2009
Patrick E. Kehoe
American UniversityElizabeth Ann Puckett
University of Georgia School of Law
2008
Robert L. Oakley, Awarded Posthumously
Georgetown University Law Library
2007
Carol D. Billings
Director
Law Library of Louisiana
New Orleans, LARoger F. Jacobs
Associate Dean and Professor of Law, Retired 2006
Kresge Law Library, University of Notre Dame
South Bend, INCossette T. Sun
Law Library Director
Bernard E. Witkin Alameda County Law Library
Oakland, CA
2006
No award
2005
Charles R. Dyer
Director of Libraries
San Diego County Public Law Library
San Diego, CAMichael S. Miller
Director, Retired
Maryland State Law Library
Annapolis, MDRoy M. Mersky
Harry M. Reasoner Regents Chair in Law and Director of Research
The Jamail Center for Legal Research, Tarlton Law Library
University of Texas at Austin School of Law
Austin, TX
2004
Shirley Hart David
Director
Sacramento County Public Law Library
Sacramento, CAThomas H. Reynolds
Associate Law Librarian Emeritus
University of California School of Law Library, Boalt Hall
Berkeley, CA
2003
Marvin R. Anderson
State Law Librarian, Retired
Minnesota State Law Library
St. Paul, MNLeah F. Chanin
Professor of Law and Director, Retired
Furman Smith Law Library
Mercer University
Macon, GAFrancis Robert “Bob” Doyle
Director,
Loyola University Chicago School of Law Library
Chicago, IL
2002
Jacqueline S. Wright
Librarian, Retired
Arkansas Supreme Court Library
Little Rock, Arkansas
2001
Marian Boner, Awarded Posthumously
Director, Retired
Texas State Law Library
Austin, TXFrancis Gates
Circuit Librarian, Retired
U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco, CA
2000
Balfour Halevy
Law Librarian, Retired
York University
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaAdolf Sprudzs
Foreign and International Librarian, Retired
University of Chicago Law Library
Chicago, IL -
1990–1999 1999
Edgar J. Bellefontaine
Boston, MAEileen H. Searls
St. Louis University Law Library
1998
Richard L. Beer
Lake Orion, MIBardie C. Wolfe, Jr.
St. Thomas University Law Library
1997
1996
No award
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
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1984–1989 1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
No award
1984