Michael Whiteman
Professor of Law
Assoc Dean for Law Library Services & Information Technology
"I see my job as facilitating the success of our students. The Law Library and technology staff are committed to our students’ success. By building and maintaining a modern environment for the study of law, we insure that our students leave here with the skills needed to excel in the modern practice of law."
Contact
- Office: NH216a
- Email: whiteman@nku.edu
- Phone: 859.572.5717
- Fax: 859.572.6529
Courses Taught
- Advanced Legal Research
- Basic Legal Skills - Research
Profile
Michael Whiteman has worked in law libraries since 1993. He has worked at the Boston College School of Law, the Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville, and is currently a Professor of Law and the Associate Dean for Law Library Services and Information Technology at the NKU Chase College of Law. Michael's research interests include the impact of technology on the practice of law. His most recent publications include a chapter (Law Library Management in the Twenty-First Century) in the book How to Manage a Law School Library: Leading Librarians on Updating Resources, Managing Budgets, and Meeting Expectations (Thomson/Aspatore 2008) and the article Law-Library-Palooza: Academics connect with their colleagues in the high rise world to improve legal research skills, 12 AALL Spectrum 7 (2008).
Michael received his B.A. from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, his Juris Doctorate from the University of Louisville, and his Master's of Science in Library and Information Science from Simmons College. He is a member of the Massachusetts Bar.
Latest Publications
Supreme Court Editor, Education Law, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 J. L. & Educ. (2003 - 2008)
Law-Library-Palooza: Academics connect with their colleagues in the high rise world to improve legal research skills, 12 AALL Spectrum 7 (April 2008)
Law Library Management in the Twenty-First Century, in HOW TO MANAGE A LAW SCHOOL LIBRARY: LEADING LIBRARIANS ON UPDATING RESOURCES, MANAGING BUDGETS, AND MEETING EXPECTATIONS (Thomson/Aspatore 2008)
With Kurt X. Metzmeier and Jason Nemes, United At Last: The Judicial Article and the Struggle to Reform Kentucky's Courts, Kentucky Court of Justice (2006)
Appellate Court Briefs on the Web: Electronic Dynamos or Legal Quagmire?, 97 Law Lib. J. 467 (2005)