Carol Furnish

Carol Furnish - Chase College of Law

Professor of Law Library Services

Asst Director for Instruction & Outreach

  • Contact

  • Office: NH207
  • Email: furnish@nku.edu
  • Phone: 859.572.5396
  • Fax: 859.572.6529

  • Education

  • BA, Indiana University
  • MLS, Indiana University

  • Courses Taught

  • Basic Legal Skills - Research
  • Advanced Legal Research

Profile

Carol is responsible for the Reference Services Department. Carol updates the web pages related to research, prepares handouts and offers classroom instruction. Prior to joining the Chase Law Faculty in 1990, she served as the Head Law Librarian for two law firms, Hopkins & Sutter and Ross & Hardies located in Chicago.

Carol has provided numerous presentations to the Kentucky Bar Association, the Cincinnati Bar Association, the Procter & Gamble Legal Division, the Institute for Paralegal Education, and the National Business Institute. Carol has contributed short articles to the Northern Kentucky Bar Association - Lex Loci, the Cincinnati Bar Association - CBA Report, the Special Libraries Association - Legal Division Quarterly, and the Special Libraries Association Cincinnati Chapter - Queen City Gazette.

Carol has written two lengthier articles: Evaluating Electronic Instruction Services published in Legal Reference Services Quarterly (vol. 18, no.4, pgs. 7-29) and Environmental Sources: An Update published in Legal Reference Services Quarterly (vol. 14, no.3, pgs. 85-93). Carol also contributed to the reference publication, Recommended Reference Books in Print 3rd ed. (1999).

Carol is a member of the American Association of Law Libraries, the Ohio Regional Association of Law Libraries and the Cincinnati Bar Association. She received the Chase College of Law, Young's Library Faculty Service Award in 1997 and 2001 and the Special Libraries Association, Cincinnati Chapter - 2000 Meritorious Award.