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Celebrating 75 YearsThe University of Washington Law Librarianship Program

The UW Law Librarianship Program

Founder was Professor Arthur Beardsley.

Arthur Beardsley

“If the law be the pedestal upon the

structure of society is builded, then the

law library must need contain those

books which deal with all human

actions and the relations of Man’s

contact with his neighbor.”

The Librarianship Program's first class

graduated in 1940. Since then, the

Librarianship Program has had over 275

graduates.

Graduates are currently employed at over

125 law libraries in the U.S. and Canada

US Map of Graduates

Yellow = 1-2

Orange= 3-4

Green=5-9

Blue=10+

No color= no

alumni currently

working in that

state

International placements include: Guam,

University of the Philippines, University of

Indonesia, University of Singapore, Seoul

National University and the ABA Rule of

Law Initiative in Vietnam.

Nearly 70 program graduates have been or

are academic, firm, court and county law

library directors.

US News and World Report ranks the

University of Washington’s

Law Librarianship program #1.

Law School Building in 1933 - Condon Hall (I), now

Gowan. Most law librarianship courses were held here

until the law school moved into the “new” Condon Hall in

1974.

Condon Hall

Condon Hall housed the Law School from 1974-2003. It

was featured in architectural magazines of the time, and

won awards for the design.

Condon Hall II

In 2003, the Law School moved to its current location,

Gates Hall.

William H. Gates Hall

Dedicated on September 12th, 2003, the

building is named after William H. Gates

Sr., a 1950 graduate of the UW School of

Law and father of the Microsoft co-

founder.

William H. Gates Hall

The University of Washington School of Law

Library was renamed in 1981 to honor Marian

Gould Gallagher’s “invaluable contributions to

the University’s law school and professions of

law and librarianship. Her efforts on behalf of

the law library have not only helped to create

a great library faculty but also have been

instrumental in putting together one of the

great law schools in the nation.”

-Former Law School Dean. George Schatzki

Marian Gould Gallagher

“We still have occasional difficulty in locating, at

the proper time, willing victims who are

industrious, alert, charming, attentive to detail,

refined, imaginative, unafraid of briefing for a

judge or getting filthy shifting books, dependable,

receptive to talking and following orders, able to

direct underlings to inspired heights, incorruptible,

sincerely interested, attractive (and if women, not

interested in persons who think a woman’s place

is in the home), amusing, cheerful, imperturbable,

diplomatic, and Summa Cum Laude.”

-Marian Gould Gallagher, Law Librarian and Associate

Professor of Law in 5 J. Legal Educ. 537, 539 (1952)


“She liked to have fun at work and play, and didn’t have time for people who

took themselves too seriously.”

16– Pegeen Mulhern ‘05


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A portrait of Mrs.

Gallagher, who worked

at the library for thirty-

seven years, hangs at

the bottom of the

stairway leading to the

Law Library on floor L1.

Marian Gould Gallagher Distinguished

Service Award

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.

The following Alumni

have received the


Distinguished Service

Award:

Marian Gould Gallagher Distinguished Service Award Winners

2009 Patrick E. Kehoe ‘68

1995 Al Coco '62

1990 Viola Bird '53

1988 Earl Borgeson '50

1984 Marian Gould Gallagher '39

2015 Marian Gould Gallagher

Distinguished Service Award Winner

Penny Hazelton ‘76

“Our challenges are many - how to be

organizationally nimble in a rapidly challenging

environment - how to best serve a range of library

users all with different levels of legal and technical

sophistication - how to make our resources stretch

and still serve the needs of our users. The

opportunities are many as well - to continue the

strong traditions started by Marian Gallagher -

exceptional service - strong and accessible

collections - a sense of public missions - leadership

through respect and humor.”

-Penny Hazelton

Penny Hazelton

Degree Changes

The first graduates from the law librarianship program were

awarded a Bachelor of Arts in Law Librarianship.

In 1951, the UW School of Librarianship instituted the

Master of Law Librarianship (M.L.L.).

The last class to receive the M.L.L. graduated in 1983.

Students graduating between 1984 and 1997 earned a Master

of Library Science (M.L.S.) with a Certificate in Law

Librarianship.

Degree Changes

In 1997, the master’s degree program was renamed the

Master of Library and Information Science (M.L.I.S.).

Today students continue to receive the M.L.I.S. with a

Certificate in Law Librarianship.

Degree Changes

Earl Borgeson

Earl Borgeson ‘49 in the

1955 Harvard Law Bulletin

The Earl Borgeson Research in Law Librarianship

Award was established in 2000 to help promote the

UW Law Librarianship Program and to encourage

scholarly research that will enhance the profession.

AJ Blechner

Improving Usability of Legal Research Databases for

Users with Print-Disabilities

2014 Borgeson Award Winner

Kara Noel

The Unbundling of Legal Services and its Implications

for Law Librarianship


Michael G. Moore

Green with Envy, Not the "Gold Standard in Legal

Citation": Why the ALWD Citation Manual Should

Finally Be Relegated to a Footnote.



Ellen Richardson

Ain’t No (Sky)River Wide Enough to Keep Me From

Getting to You: SkyRiver, Innovative, OCLC, and

the fight for control over bibliographic data, cataloging

services, ILL and ILS markets.


Emily Smith

May It Please the Court: Law Students and Legal

Research Instruction the Prison Law Libraries.


Julia Vinson

Fostering the Profession of Law: The Lifetime

Achievements of Harry Bitner.


Merrilee Harrell

Self-Help Legal Materials in the Law Library: Going

a Step Further for the Public Patron.


Sabrina Sondhi

Should We Care if the Case Digest Disappears?

A Retrospective Analysis and the future of Legal

Research Instruction.


Ernesto Longa

A History of America’s First Jim Crow Law

School Library and Staff.


Tom Kimbrough

Building a Chinese Law Collection in the

Academic Law Library: Challenges, Alternatives,

and Trends.


Camilla Tubbs

Electronic Research in State Prisons.


Tammy Hinderman

What is Your Library Worth? Changes in Evaluation

Methods for Academic Law Libraries.


Kristin Henderson

Lessons from Bankruptcy Court Public Records: A

Conflict of Values for Law Librarians.


Sarah Garner

Bridging an Intercultural Communication Gap at the Reference Desk: How

to Have an Effective Reference Interaction with Asian LLM Students.


Janai Powell Symons

Are Web Sites a “Public Accommodation” Under Title

III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”)

Requiring Reasonable Access for Persons with

Disabilities?

AALL Hall of Fame

The Hall of Fame was established in 2009 to recognize

those members whose contributions to the profession and

service to the Association have been significant,

substantial and long-standing.

Arthur S. Beardsley ’24

Marian Gould Gallagher ‘39

Earl C. Borgeson ’50

Viola A. Bird ‘53

Dan F. Henke ‘56

Jacquelyn Jurkins ‘60

Alfred Coco ’62

Patrick E. Kehoe ’68

Albert O. Brecht ‘73

Penny Hazelton ‘76

Barbara Bintliff ‘79

Michael Chiorazzi ‘81

Directors of the Law Library and the Law Librarianship program

Arthur Beardsley

1939-43


1944-81

Robert C. Berring

1981-82

Wes Cochran 1982-

85

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Penny A. Hazelton

1985-present

Directors of the Law Library and the Law Librarianship program

Professor William Burke, Professor Emeritus, University

of Washington School of Law

In 1978, when a University committee voted to

effectively discontinue the law librarianship

program, Professor Burke chaired the committee

that supported the continuation.

Currently the Maddox Professor of Law and

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at Texas

Tech University School of Law.

Between 1983 to 1985 Professor Cochran

taught the law librarianship courses.

Professor J. Wesley Cochran ’80, Former Associate Law

Librarian and Adjunct Professor, University of Washington

In 1981, Dr. Chisholm worked with Professor

Berring to establish a “new” law librarianship

program.

Dr. Margaret Chisholm, Director of the UW Graduate

School of Library and Information Science, 1981-1992

In addition to developing the iSchool as a whole,

Professor Eisenberg was a strong supporter of

law librarianship program, funding legal research,

law library administration courses, and graduate

assistantship.

Dr. Michael B. Eisenberg, Dean Emeritus and Professor,

University of Washington Information School, 1998-2006

Dean Hotchkiss has taught many of the law librarianship

courses including Legal Research I and II to law

librarianship, regular MLIS and law school students.

Mary Hotchkiss

Senior Associate Dean for Students

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