
Legal Research Certification
Legal Research Certification
W&L Law Library's Legal Research Certification program, also known as Spring Into Summer Success, is offered each spring to all 1L, 2L, and 3L students. Led by our librarians and legal research faculty, it focuses on practice-oriented research skills and resources that students will find helpful in the legal workplace—whether at a private firm, public interest organization, judicial internship, or government agency.
Upon completion of the training, students receive a Legal Research Certificate from W&L Law Library that helps demonstrate knowledge and competency to employers.
The program covers specialized research materials and strategies, cost efficiency, technology in a legal setting, professionalism, and other topics beyond the basic Legal Research course curriculum. In 2022, the Law Library developed and hosted the program in collaboration with W&L Law's Office of Career Strategy, whose professional staff and experienced 3L Rachford Fellows also provided valuable advice for navigating the summer associate or intern experience.
In previous years, the program has also brought students together with experienced legal practitioners who share insights and tips for real-world legal research application. Past panelists have included litigators and transactional attorneys at large and small firms, judges, judicial clerks, law librarians, solo practitioners, and prosecutors from Commonwealth Attorneys' offices.
Inquiries about Legal Research Certification may be directed to Andrew Christensen at ChristensenA@wlu.edu.
See the 2023 Online Guide for Spring into Summer Success with W&L Law Library and OCS (Password required - W&L Law community only).
2023 Certificate Recipients
- Virginia Augello
- Kadiatou Barry
- Katherine Berman
- Sabrina Callender-Clewett
- Ryan Capone
- Natalie Corban
- Jarod Dye
- Breanna Jefferson
- Jack Kellerman
- Taylor Kennedy
- Jane Kim
- Makailah Lee
- Crawford Lewis
- Alexandra Norsworthy
- Olivia Scheidt
- Ryan Scott
- James Suppleer
- Bryce Thornburg
- Hannah Walters
- Arianna Wright
- Connie Yim
2022 Certificate Recipients
- Alexis Acosta
- Max Blumenthal
- Adam Cline
- Chloe Dupre
- Julia Farbstein
- Alyssa Fitchett
- Haley Fortner
- Jen Golio
- Sam Gustafson
- Caryn Hannapel
- Adam Hawks
- Jordan Hicks
- Kaitlyn Hyun
- Joshua Justus
- Colleen Karlovich
- John Kutac
- Makailah Lee
- Liz LoPreiato
- Liv Maier
- Ryan Mastro
- Lara Morris
- Mosope Omoniwa
- Elizabeth Pruitt
- Taylor Roberson
- Jo Shin
- Rachel Silver
- Frank Smith
- Cat Spencer
- Andreya Steidl
- Erik Suh
- Jonathan Thomas
- Arthur Troy
- William Truban
- Timothy Wang
- Arianna Webb
- Zach Zimmerman
2021 Certificate Recipients
- Adam Hawks
- Justin Jarrett
- Matt Kaminer
- Min Kyoung Kim
- Cassandra Lamzik
- Ashlynn Lee
- Kylan Memminger
- Andrew Nissensohn
- Austin Palmore
- Kellen Spradlin
- Chris Swope
- Alexander Xenos
2019 Certificate Recipients
- Tomi Akinmola
- Jack Andrade
- Wade Barfield
- George Bouchard
- Lee Brett
- Warren Buff
- Angela Cannon
- Christophe Chino
- Alexandra Clark
- Brandon Cornejo
- C. Deen
- Lucy Dempsey
- Rachel Dickson
- Colin Emrich
- Kyle Ericson
- Eduardo Garza
- Yi Guo
- Karlo Goronja
- Chandler Gray
- Charlie Hallinan
- Lauren Hancock
- Aaron Hardy
- Corey Hauser
- Erin Hayes
- Ann Herman
- Matthew Jeffers
- William Jenkins
- Alora Jiang
- Joshua Keruski
- Natey Kinzounza
- Carrie Macon
- Andrik Massaro
- Adenike Miles-Sorinmade
- Alyssa Montemayor
- Audrey Moore
- Dessie Otachliska
- Danielle Potter
- Molly Pugh
- Rami Abdallah Rashmawi
- Rebecca Richardson
- Nate Roach
- Sophie Rogers
- Hunter Rush
- Evan Sweeney
- Kate Thompson
- Cynthia Trinh
- Ruta Trivedi
- Sydney Tucker
- Rebecca Vanas
- Clarissa Verleur
- Brooke Wilson
2018 Certificate Recipients
- Rashanna Butler
- Siabhan Canty
- Phillip Carwane
- Hannah Cloh
- Stefani Evans
- Thomas Geeker
- Natalie Gordon
- Mahalia Hall
- Brittany Lawson
- Parker McCarty
- Sean Moran
- Joseph Oschrin
- Madison Peace
- Georgianna Pisano-Goetz
- Jarod Sammons
- Srimukhi Vunnam
- Kaya Vyas
2017 Certificate Recipients
- Frank Bozzi
- Cara Brown
- Alan Carrillo
- Kelly Cunningham
- Claudia Fass
- Claire Flowers
- Haley Goode
- Diane Gremillion
- Christopher Henry
- Dory Ille
- Jacqueline Keenan
- Brandon Koenig
- Douglas Malenfant
- Benton Morton
- Andrew Mossman
- Danielle Novelly
- Elizabeth Nugent
- Gabriella Passidomo
- Danielle San Román
- Alexa Shockley
- Jesse Stephens
- Kari Still
2016 Certificate Recipients
- Aileen Almonte
- TJ Briggs
- Jessica Campbell
- Taylor Davison
- Yalda Godusi
- Watson Gowdy
- Fiorella Herrera
- Zachary Imboden
- Corey Lipschutz
- Sills O'Keefe
- Ian Roberts
- Nicholas Schaffer
- Alix Sirota
- Jacob Thayer
- Hollie Webb
- Elizabeth Williams
2015 Certificate Recipients
- Emily Bao
- Sarah Bidwell
- Ann Cox
- Maressa Cuenca
- Atanasio Fernandez
- Jack Gainey
- Andrei Grigoryev
- David Hatch
- Deborah Howe
- Molly McGregor
- Clinton Williams
2014 Certificate Recipients
- Elizabeth Farrell
- Spencer Feldman
- William Flory
- Julia Mayer
- Elaine McCafferty
- Rachele Reis
- Andrew Squires
- Christopher Wilson
- Cole Wilson
2013 Certificate Recipients
- Jonathan Caulder
- Gregory Chakmakas
- Krista Consiglio
- Donavan Eason
- Lauren Formica
- Jessica Girvan
- Ashley Hart
- Brittany Love
- Heather Misura
- Rebecca Reed
- Sukhmani Rekhi
- John-Michael Seibler
- Thomas Short