On October 9, 2025, the Washington and Lee Law Library hosted the fifth W&L Law Fall Scholarship Celebration. The event was co-sponsored by the Frances Lewis Law Center and took place in the Law Library's main reading room from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
On display were dozens of scholarly articles, books, chapters, and court briefs authored by the W&L Law faculty and student body between October 2022 and October 2025. Additional works were accessible online via QR codes to W&L Law Scholarly Commons institutional repository. A selection of vintage scholarship by former W&L Law professors was also on display, courtesy of the Powell Archives.
Faculty, librarians, staff, and administrators mingled with law students over hors d'oeuvres and drinks to peruse the formidable scholarly output of the W&L Law community. Retirees, alumni, faculty from W&L's undergraduate campus, and others with ties to the University were also in attendance.
Melanie Wilson, Dean and Roy Steinheimer, Jr. Professor of Law; Michelle Cosby, Assistant Dean of Legal Information Services and Professor of Practice; Brandon Hasbrouck, Sydney and Frances Lewis Professor of Law and Director of the Frances Lewis Law Center; Andrew Christensen, Deputy Director of the Law Library; and Jenny Mitchell, Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, provided welcoming remarks.
The event program, which includes a list of the scholarship on display, is available to download in PDF and to view online in Issuu.
Photos taken at the event are available to view below, in the W&L Law Scholarly Commons Image Gallery.
