The following is a guest post by Andrew Winston, a legal reference librarian in the Public Services Division of the Law Library of Congress. Andrew interviews the Virginia State Law Librarian, Gail Warren. We have previously interviewed another state law librarian, Jennifer Frazier, from Kentucky.
How long have you been the Virginia State Law Librarian, and what was the educational and professional path that led you to this position?
Gail Warren at the Supreme Court of Virginia
I’ve spent the past thirty-two and a half years in the same position! My original career goal, dating back to when I was 14 or 15 years old, was to go to law school and become another Perry Mason, the mystery-solving criminal defense attorney. At the time, my family saw this as a passing desire; none of the other members of my family had graduated from college. My interest in law school only intensified, though, and after receiving my undergraduate degree from James Madison University
