Wallace Breem Memorial Award Winners
The Wallace Breem Memorial Award is presented biennially in memory of Wallace Breem who died in 1990. Wallace was a distinguished member of the legal information profession who was Librarian and Keeper of the Manuscripts to the Honourable Society of The Inner Temple. He was also a founder member of BIALL who served at various times as Secretary and Treasurer, Chairman, Vice-President and President.
Current holder
2010: Steven Whittle, Information Systems Manager at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.
The award reflects Steven's considerable contribution to projects such as the FLAG (Foreign Law Guide) database, Intute Law, the CALIM (Current Awareness for Legal Information Managers) database and the FLARE Index to Treaties.
Previous winners
2008: Cathie Jackson for her work on Citing the Law.
2004: Peter Clinch for the Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations.
2002: Peter Clinch for the FLAG project.
2000: Sarah Carter for LAWLINKS
1998: Betty Moys and Jules Winterton for their joint editing of Information Sources in Law, 2nd ed, 1997
1996: Jill Newell for her current awareness section in the Law Librarian
1994: Christine Miskin for the Legal Journals Index
1992: Guy Holborn for Sources of Biographical Information on Past Lawyers. The Law Librarian Vol 23 1992.