• Staff
  • By Department

    • Library Staff, by Department


    Access Services

    Provides access and maintains the law library's collections; provides circulation and document delivery services to library patrons. Circulation Desk email: lawcir@wm.edu; Interlibrary Loan: lawill@wm.edu.

    Stephen N. Blaiklock

    Circulation & Reserve Supervisor
    Email: snblai@wm.edu
    Office phone: (757) 221-3258
    Office location: Room L105A   

    Ginger Chwalowski

    Circulation Assistant
    Email    : gachwalowski@wm.edu
    Office phone: (757) 221-3260
    Office location: Room L105

    Angie Taliferro

    Assistant Circulation & Reserve Supervisor
    Email: altaliferro@wm.edu
    Office phone: (757) 221-4337
    Office location: Room L105B 

    Michael N. Umberger

    Head of Access Services
    Degrees: M.L.I.S., University of Washington; J.D. & B.A., Mercer University
    Email: mnumberger@wm.edu
    Office phone: (757) 221-3253
    Office location: Room L106

    Carisa Valle

    Resource Sharing & Outreach Librarian
    Degrees    : B.A., Longwood University
    Email: cvalle@wm.edu
    Office phone: (757) 221-3259
    Office location: Room L111A

    Director's Office

    Katherine Rawson

    Library Assistant
    Email    : kwrawson@wm.edu
    Office phone: (757) 221-5160
    Office location: Room 102G

    Leslie A. Street

    Director of the Wolf Law Library and Clinical Professor of Legal Research
    Degrees: M.L.I.S., University of Washington; J.D. & B.A., Brigham Young University
    Email: lstreet@wm.edu
    Office phone: (757) 221-3252
    Office location: Room L102F

    Research & Instructional Services

    Assists and instructs students, faculty, and other library patrons in the use of legal and law-related information resources. Reference Desk email: wolflibref@wm.edu.

    Christopher D. Byrne

    Head of Research & Instructional Services
    Degrees: M.L.I.S., University of Rhode Island; J.D., Harvard; B.A., Hamilton
    Email: cdbyrn@wm.edu
    Office phone: (757) 221-1736
    Office location: Room L108

    Fred W. Dingledy

    Senior Reference Librarian
    Degrees: J.D., University of Minnesota; M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison; B.S., The Pennsylvania State University
    Email: fwding@wm.edu
    Office phone: (757) 221-6351
    Office location: Room L114

    Paul Hellyer

    Senior Reference Librarian
    Degrees: J.D. & B.A., UCLA; M.L.I.S., San Jose State University
    Email: phellyer@wm.edu
    Office phone: (757) 221-3249
    Office location: Room L110

    Devan Orr

    Foreign, Comparative & International Law Librarian
    Degrees: J.D. & B.A., Arizona State University; M.L.I.S., University of Arizona
    Email: dorr@wm.edu
    Office phone: (757) 221-3256
    Office location: Room L112

    Leslie A. Street

    Director of the Wolf Law Library and Clinical Professor of Legal Research
    Degrees: M.L.I.S., University of Washington; J.D. & B.A., Brigham Young University
    Email: lstreet@wm.edu
    Office phone: (757) 221-3252
    Office location: Room L102F

    Michael N. Umberger

    Head of Access Services
    Degrees: M.L.I.S., University of Washington; J.D. & B.A., Mercer University
    Email: mnumberger@wm.edu
    Office phone: (757) 221-3253
    Office location: Room L106

    Technical Services & Special Collections

    Ensures effective access to the law library's resources in all formats through acquisition and processing of library materials.

    Amanda J. Beasley

    Law Library Accountant
    Degrees: M.A., B.S., Liberty University
    Email: ajbeasley@wm.edu
    Office phone: (757) 221-3245
    Office location: Room L103L

    Kathryn H. Downing

    Digital Collections & Archives Librarian
    Degrees: MSc, University of Edinburgh; B.A., William & Mary
    Email: khdowning@wm.edu
    Office phone: (757) 221-1348
    Office location: Room L103M

    Joanna L. Jourdan

    Metadata Librarian
    Degrees: M.S.L.I.S., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; B.A., University of Mary Washington
    Email: jljourdan@wm.edu
    Office phone: (757) 221-3248
    Office location: Room L103F

    Linda K. Tesar

    Head of Technical Services & Special Collections
    Degrees: M.L.S. and M.A., Vanderbilt University; B.A., Austin Peay State University
    Email: lktesar@wm.edu
    Office phone: (757) 221-3244
    Office location: Room L103H

    Stephanie J. Wilmes

    Collections Services Specialist
    Degrees: J.D., William & Mary Law School, B.A., Vassar
    Email: sjwilmes@wm.edu
    Office phone: (757) 221-3251
    Office location: Room L103E