Michelle Hook Dewey received her Master of Library & Information Science degree from the University of Illinois. She has a J.D. and an LL.M. in health law and policy from Southern Illinois University. Michelle previously worked as a reference assistant and teaching fellow at S.I.U. While there she was responsible for the design and teaching of an online legal research and writing course for SIU’s Masters of Legal Studies program, assisting with the instruction and development of hybrid law classes and providing in-depth reference and research assistance to faculty and students. Michelle is currently a Law Reference Librarian & Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois.

Anne Mostad-Jensen is Head of Faculty Services at the Thormodsgard Law Library at the University of North Dakota School of Law. She received her B.A. from Concordia University-St. Paul, her Masters in Library and Information Science from St. Catherine University, and a J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law. She teaches Advanced Legal Research. She has also presented nationally and has published articles in AALL Spectrum and Boston College Law Review.

Deborah Schander is Research Services Librarian/Lecturer in Law at the Alyne Queener Massey Law Library at Vanderbilt Law School. Previously, she was the Coordinator of Digital Projects and Outreach at Georgia State University College of Law in Atlanta, Georgia. Deborah teaches general legal research courses for 1Ls, and an upper level course on Transnational Legal Research. She received her JD and MLIS from Florida State University in 2007. She is an active member of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), including its southeastern (SEAALL) chapter.

David E. Matchen, Jr. (J.D., M.L.I.S.), is the Head of Circulation at the University of Baltimore Law Library, where he also serves as part of the library’s team of reference librarians. Prior to joining UB in 2008, David practiced law in Illinois with a concentration in admiralty and transportation matters. When not troubleshooting or unearthing arcana, David is an instructor for the newly-endowed Fannie Angelos Program for Academic Excellence, and also preps students for the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) and the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). David is a past board member of the Law Library Association of Maryland, and presently serves as the Vice-President/President-Elect of the University’s Library Faculty Senate.

Lisa A. Goodman is the Interim Assistant Dean for the Law Library & Information Technology Services at Louisiana State University’s Paul M. Hebert Law Center Library, a position she has held since 2012. She was previously Head of Public Services at the Dee J. Kelly Law Library at Texas Wesleyan (now Texas A&M) University School of Law and before that an attorney with the Detroit firm of Dickinson Wright PLLC. She has taught both first-year and advanced legal research classes. Lisa holds a JD and MLIS from Wayne State University, a BS from Eastern Michigan University, and a BA from the University of Michigan.  She is active in the American Association of Law Libraries including service as the 2013-2014 CONELL Committee Chair and the 2015-2016 Black Caucus Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect.  She is a member of the State Bar of Michigan. 

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.

James Charles Smith is the John Byrd Martin Professor of Law at the University of Georgia, where he has taught since 1985. He specializes in property, real estate transactions, and commercial law. He earned a bachelor's degree from St. Olaf College and a law degree from the University of Texas. After serving as law clerk for Judge Walter Ely of the Ninth Circuit, Smith practiced law for four years with the law firm of Baker Botts in Houston, Texas. From 1982 to 1985 he taught at the Ohio State University College of Law.

He is author of numerous articles and five books (Contracts and Conveyances of Real Property, Federal Taxation of Real Estate, Neighboring Property Owners, and two casebooks). An avid runner, Smith has participated in the Boston Marathon on five occasions between 1981 and 2002.