Category: Grants & Chapter Awards
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Apply for a Grant! Nominate a colleague for an Award!
In spring 2025, CALL’s Grants & Chapter Awards Committee will seek nominations for the following awards: • The Agnes and Harvey Reid Award for Outstanding Contribution to Law Librarianship – presented annually at the May business meeting for outstanding service to the chapter during the previous year or for contribution to law librarianship. • Outstanding…
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Claire Toomey Durkin & Bill Schwesig – 2023 Lifetime Achievement in Law Librarianship Honorees
The Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in Law Librarianship Award is presented annually to a librarian for an outstanding lifetime achievement in law librarianship. The 2023 Honorees were Claire Toomey Durkin and William “Bill” Schwesig.
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Emily Byrne – 2023 Outstanding In-House Publication Honoree
The Outstanding In-House Publication Award is given to an individual or group who created in-house library materials (print or online) that are user and staff oriented, are relevant for law libraries, and are outstanding in quality. Emily Byrne, Chapman and Cutler LLP Each year, the library at Chapman and Cutler celebrates National Library Week with daily…
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Shari Berkowitz Duff and Jessie LeMar – 2023 Agnes and Harvey Reid Honorees
The Agnes and Harvey Reid Award for Outstanding Contribution to Law Librarianship is presented annually to librarians who have provided outstanding service to the chapter during the previous year or for contribution to law librarianship. This year the honorees are Shari Berkowitz Duff and Jesse LeMar:
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Grants and Chapter Awards Committee Annual Report 2022-2023
Chair: Jamie Sommer Members: Sheri Lewis Lyonette Louis-Jacques Kristen Naik This year the Committee worked with 2 grantee recipients and honored 5 CALL members with our 3 annual awards.
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2023-24 CALL Award Winners
The CALL Grants and Chapter Awards Committee is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s CALL awards. Please join me in congratulating our honorees:
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2022 Agnes and Harvey Reid Honoree: Joe Mitzenmacher
The Agnes and Harvey Reid Award for Outstanding Contribution to Law Librarianship is presented annually to librarians who have provided outstanding service to the chapter during the previous year or for contribution to law librarianship. The 2022 Winner is Joseph Mitzenmacher. Please learn more about Joe and help us wish her a well deserved congratulations!
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Outstanding In-House Publication Award: Appellate Brief Guide
While Debbie and I have been offering Word Workshops in our first year Legal Writing curriculum for 5+ years, this new guide was designed to focus on the resources offered for just one major assignment, breaking down each section to match the skills I show in my in-person workshops. For Spring 2022, I knew I’d…
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CALL Grants and Chapter Awards Committee 2021-2022 Annual Report
Liaison: Lindsey Carpino Chair: Lindsey Carpino Members: Eric Parker Lyonette Louis-Jacques Therese Arado Shari Berkowitz Duff
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Grantee Report: Law Books: History &; Connoisseurship Rare Books School
This summer, thanks to a CALL grant, I was able to take Law Books: History & Connoisseurship, a course held through the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia. The course, which was held remotely, took place from August 1-6 and was team taught by Mike Widener, recently retired from the Lillian Goldman Law…