Author of the Week: Mary Rumsey

Mary Rumsey is the reference and instructional services librarian at the Willamette University College of Law Library. She is a member of the CALI Editorial Board. She also is a member of the American Society of International Law, and the former chair of the Foreign, Comparative & International Law Special Interest Section of the American Association of Law Libraries. She has written extensively on library and legal research issues, with two of her publications receiving national awards.
Rumsey received her B.A. degree (with distinction) from the University of Wisconsin in 1981, a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 1984, and an M.L.I.S. from Dominican University in 1998. She practiced law for two years and then worked for West Group in its Westlaw Research and Development department. Rumsey was the Electronic Services Librarian at the William Mitchell College of Law and then taught foreign and international legal research at the University of Minnesota Law Library from 2000 to 2014.

Author of the Week: Terrye Conroy

Terrye Conroy, J.D., M.L.I.S., is the Reference/Public Services Librarian for the Coleman Karesh Law Library at the University of South Carolina School of Law. She teaches first-year legal research and has taught advanced legal research for the law school and legal research and reference for the library school at the University of South Carolina. Ms. Conroy has presented programs on access to legal information and regularly conducts workshops on legal research for non-law librarians. She is active in AALL and has served as Chair of its Legal Information Services to the Public (LISP) special interest section.

Author of the Week: Professor Robert Lind

Robert Lind a Professor of Law at Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles, California, where he began teaching in 1981. Professor Lind teaches courses in Copyright Law, Trademark Law, Entertainment Law, Art and Museum Law, Defamation and Privacy Law, and Television Production Law.

He is the author or co-author of several books, chapters and articles, including: Entertainment Law: Legal Concepts and Business Practices (2d ed. 2003) (5 volume treatise published by West Group); Newsgathering and the Law (2d ed. 1999) (treatise published by Lexis Law Publishing); Entertainment Law (3d ed. 2003) (casebook published by Matthew Bender); Art and Museum Law (2002) (casebook published by Carolina Academic Press); Copyright Law 2002(2002) (substantive outline published by Carolina Academic Press) and Trademark Law 2002 (2002) (substantive outline published by Carolina Academic Press).

Professor Lind received his Bachelor of Elected Studies degree from the University of Minnesota (Summa Cum Laude), and received his Juris Doctor and Master of Laws degrees from The National Law Center of George Washington University (Highest Honors).

Author of the Week: Law Library Director Nichelle "Nikki" Perry

Nichelle “Nikki” Perry (J.D., M.L.S.) is the Director of the North Carolina Central University School of Law Library. She formerly held positions as the Electronic Services Librarian at the University of North Carolina School Of Law Library and as the Reference Instructional Librarian for North Carolina Central University School of Law Library.

Author of the Week: Professor Lee Peoples

Professor Peoples’ research and scholarship is focused on comparative law and on the impact of technology on legal research, the judiciary, and the law. He has published articles, books, and book chapters on these topics. He is co-founding editor of the Legal Information and Technology eJournal on SSRN. He teaches advanced legal research classes and is a frequent lecturer in law school classes. Professor Peoples is active in professional organizations including the American Association of Law Libraries and Association of American Law Schools. He is vice president of the Mid-America Law Library Consortium.

He served as the Director of International Programs for the School of Law from 2007-2010. In that position he developed the innovative Certificate in American Law Program. Prior to his appointment as Law Library Director in 2010 he served as Associate Director, Associate Director for Faculty and Research Services, and Head of Reference Services. Before joining the faculty Professor Peoples practiced law in Oklahoma City. He is admitted to practice in the State of Oklahoma, Western District of Oklahoma, and Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Author of the Week: Professor Daniel Moriaty

Professor Moriarty teaches primarily in the area of criminal law. Before coming to the Albany Law School in 1971 he was an Assistant District Attorney in Albany County, New York for a year and was a law clerk in New York's intermediate appellate court (Appellate Division, 3rd Department, Albany, NY) specializing in criminal appeals. Over the years he has taught a number of criminal law courses including Comparative Criminal Law, Sentencing and Punishment, Juvenile Justice, and White Collar Crimes.

Professor Moriarty received a B.S.F.S. (Bachelor of Science, Foreign Service) in 1964 from the Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, and a J.D. in 1967 from Georgetown's Law Center.

Author of the Week: Professor Andrea Charlow

Andrea Charlow is a professor at Drake University Law School teaching courses in Family Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution. She has an A.B. from Vassar College, a J.D. from Albany Law School, and an LLM from Columbia University Law School, where she was a Chamberlain Fellow. She practiced law with the firm of Hancock, Ryan, Shove, & Hust in Syracuse, New York where she was a trial lawyer concentrating in family law and medical malpractice and products liability cases. She is former Chair of the Iowa Governor's Advisory Committee on Child Support Enforcement. She has served as Associate Dean at Drake Law School, Director of the Middleton Children's Rights Center and is in charge of the law school web site. She has been interviewed on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" has published articles in the Yale Review of Law Social Policy and the Family Law Quarterly and does workshops and lectures on Family Law and Negotiations.

Author of the Week: Professor Melissa Weresh

Melissa Weresh joined the Drake University Law School faculty in 1997. She is a Professor of Law and the Director of Legal Writing. She has lectured and written extensively on the ethical and professional considerations associated with legal writing and communication.

Weresh received the 2009 Warren E. Burger Prize from the American Inns of Court, a writing competition designed to encourage outstanding scholarship that “promotes the ideals of excellence, civility, ethics and professionalism within the legal profession.” She is a current Board member and the President-Elect of the Legal Writing Institute (LWI), a non-profit organization with over 2,100 members including representatives from 38 different countries. LWI is dedicated to improving legal writing by providing a forum for discussion and scholarship about legal writing, analysis, and research. Weresh is also active in the Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD), in various sections of the American Association of Law Schools (AALS). Weresh also recently completed her service as the Chair of Professionalism section of the Iowa State Bar Association.

Weresh is the author of numerous books and articles on legal research, legal writing, and ethics and professional responsibility. As a lawyer her practice focused on environmental compliance and litigation.

Author of the Week: Professor Robin Craig

Robin Kundis Craig has been appointed to a National Research Council Committee on the Mississippi River and the Clean Water Act. She is the author of numerous articles on environmental law, most of which focus on water, the oceans, and the Clean Water Act. Thomason/West published her textbook on environmental law, Environmental Law in Context, in Spring 2005. Professor Craig is also the author of The Clean Water Act and the Constitution, published by the Environmental Law Institute in late 2004.

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