American Association of Law Libraries Announces 2022 Hall of Fame Award Inductees Camille Broussard, Steven Antonio Lastres, Anne C. Matthewman & Kent C. Olson honored by AALL CHICAGO – May 25, 2022 —
The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) announces four longtime association members have been honored with the 2022 Hall of Fame Award.
This year’s inductees are:
• Camille Broussard, Associate Dean and Library Director, New York Law School, Mendik Library, New York, New York
• Steven Antonio Lastres, Retired Director of Knowledge Management Services, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, New York
• Anne C. Matthewman, Chief Law Librarian, Sir James Dunn Law Library, Associate Dean – Learning and Teaching, Dalhousie Libraries, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Kent C. Olson, Retired Head of Research Services, University of Virginia School of Law, Arthur J. Morris Law Library, Charlottesville, Virginia
The Hall of Fame Award was established in 2009 to recognize AALL members who have made significant, substantial, and long-standing contributions to the profession of legal information management—such as writing for legal publications, serving in AALL leadership roles, working with outside organizations on behalf of the profession, or serving as exceptional role models for their colleagues.
Inductees have been AALL members for a minimum of 25 years and have contributed significant service to the legal information profession in association leadership positions.
“This year’s Hall of Fame inductees have each made impressive contributions to the profession as well as to AALL,” said AALL President Diane M. Rodriguez. “The legal information profession is better because of their dedication and leadership, and we are thrilled to be able to recognize them for all of their accomplishments.”
Broussard, Lastres, Matthewman, and Olson each offered their thoughts on what it means to be a 2022 AALL Hall of Fame Award winner. “Thanks to all involved for this award and recognition,” said Broussard. “To be honored by one’s professional association is truly humbling.
To be selected for the AALL Hall of Fame and placed in the distinguished ranks of past honorees and colleagues of this great profession is an incredible reward. AALL has given me so many opportunities to do the work I enjoy, surrounded by a wonderful community of friends and supporters all working to make our great Association even stronger.
Thank you all again.” “I am humbled and honored to be inducted into the AALL Hall of Fame.,” said Lastres. “It is a privilege to have served AALL in a myriad of positions and to now have my professional life’s work recognized by the Association which has been my home for almost 40 years. The Association provided me with many opportunities to learn my craft and grow professionally.
I was fortunate to have found excellent mentors that helped guide my career and an invaluable network of wonderful colleagues who shared their expertise and cheered me on at each milestone of my career. I am grateful to the many talented law librarians in the private law firm libraries where I worked that supported and enabled me to volunteer my time.
Finally, a special thanks to my colleagues who nominated me and to the Association for this award. ” “Thank you to my colleagues who nominated me and to the Awards Committee for selecting me to become a member of the AALL Hall of Fame,” said Matthewman. “I have great admiration for the AALL members already in the Hall of Fame and it is an honor to join them.
Many of the highlights of my professional career have come from my involvement with AALL. Very early on, I was mentored and supported by Association staff and by members who were in leadership roles.
They encouraged me to join committees, work on conferences and education programs, and ultimately stand for the Executive Board. Each of these activities helped me develop skills, confidence, and widened my knowledge.
Most importantly, along the way I made some very dear friends who are a large part of my life. I thank my employers, colleagues, and staff at the Toronto Lawyers Association and Dalhousie University, especially the Schulich School of Law, who have given me great support and encouragement in my involvement with AALL. It is an honor and a pleasure to be recognized by my friends and colleagues.”
“I’m deeply grateful to be named to the AALL Hall of Fame,” said Olson. “I owe so much credit to the mentors at whose feet I studied, particularly Bob Berring and the late Morris Cohen, and to my current co-authors from whom I continue to learn.
I would also like to acknowledge my colleagues at the University of Virginia Law Library for being the best library team possible. Thank you to AALL for this honor of being able to stand with the great law librarians, past and present.”
For more information about the Hall of Fame Award, visit bit.ly/AALL-hof.
About AALL The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) is the only national association dedicated to the legal information profession and its professionals. Founded in 1906 on the belief that people—lawyers, judges, students, and the public—need timely access to relevant legal information to make sound legal arguments and wise legal decisions, its more than 3,500 members are problem solvers of the highest order. AALL fosters the profession by offering its members knowledge, leadership, and community that make the whole legal system stronger. For more information, visit www.aallnet.org.
