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Law Librarianship Program
University of Washington
School of Library and Information Science

As of August 2000

bulletFirst class graduated 1940
bullet185 graduates since 1940 (see alumni listed by year)
bullet61 program graduates have been or are academic, firm, court and county law library directors!
bulletOnly specialized program in the United States to require the law degree for admission
bulletFounder:  Professor Arthur Beardsley, Law Librarian and Professor of Law, University of Washington School of Law Library
bulletSeveral graduates have been honored by AALL
Five received the prestigious Distinguished Service Award (named after Marian G. Gallagher in 1990):
    1984: Marian Gould Gallagher
    1988: Earl Borgeson (1950)
    1990: Viola Bird (1953)
    1995: Al Coco (1962)
    1995: Dan Henke (1956)
One received the Law Library Journal Article of the Year Award:
    1991: Theodore A. Mahr (1984)
One received the AALL Spectrum Article of the Year Award:
    2000: Joanne Dugan (1993)
Six were chosen in the AALL LEXIS (formerly AALL/Matthew Bender) Call for Papers Competition:
    1985: Arturo T. Torres (1984)
    1987: Mike Chiorazzi (1981)
    1993: Sheilla Desert--student division (1993)
    1994: Jonathan Franklin--student division (1994)
    1996: Wei Luo (1993)
    2000: Beatrice Tice--student division (2000)
Two received the Joseph L. Andrews Bibliographical Award
    1997: Penny A. Hazelton and Nancy McMurrer (1990)
One received the Frederick Charles Hicks Award for Outstanding Contributions to Academic Law Librarianship
    2000: Penny A. Hazelton (1976)
One received the Research Fund award:
    2001: Kris Gilliland (1992)
Several received scholarships and grants to attend the annual meeting (see recipients names and awards)
bullet30 have retired, and 23 of these graduates were directors of law libraries at retirement
bulletIn the early years one or two students graduated each year
bulletThe largest classes were 1992 and 1993 with 11 and 12 students respectively
bulletOf the 101 graduates who are still practicing law librarianship:
    62 graduated since 1990
    33 are directors of academic, court or county law libraries, including:
        Cumberland School of Law
        Orange County Law Library
        University of Arizona
        University of Arkansas at Little Rock
        University of Houston
        University of Kansas
        University of Miami
        University of Southern California
        University of Utah
        University of Wyoming
        Washington State Law Library
        Yale University
    Recent job placements include positions at:
        Columbia University
        University of Michigan
        8th Circuit Court of Appeals
        University of Virginia
        Cornell University
        University of Maryland
        Montana State Law Library
        Various law firms
bulletOne alum was the librarian at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown!
bulletEight graduates have been President of the American Association of Law Libraries:
    1968-69:  Earl Borgeson (1950)
    1971-72:  Viola A. Bird (1953)
    1977-78:  Al Coco (1962)
    1984-85:  Jacquelyn Jurkins (1959)
    1987-88:  Albert O. Brecht (1973)
    1990-91:  Penny A. Hazelton (1976)
    1995-96:  Patrick E. Kehoe (1968)
    2000-01:  Barbara A. Bintliff (1979)
Numerous others have served on AALL's Board, and as chapter presidents and officers.
bulletThere have been five directors of the law librarianship program:
    Arthur Beardsley 1939-43
    Marian Gould Gallagher 1944-81
    Robert C. Berring 1981-82
    Wes Cochran 1982-85
    Penny A. Hazelton 1985-present