Date: Thursday, November 12, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET/2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT/1:00 PM – 2:00 PM MT/12:00 PM – 1:00 PT
Section on Law Libraries & Legal Information
Law library fellowships are a highly effective way to recruit and welcome new talent into the profession, and fellowships come in more forms than one might expect. In this webinar, colleagues from across the country will share the unique aspects of how their programs are structured and funded, from endowed positions and multi-year residential programs to hourly internships and online options. You will come away knowing what’s out there so you can point prospective library students, law students, and lawyers curious about the field, toward opportunities that fit their goals. You’ll also hear how fellowships benefit both the fellow, the library, and the law school, including how they can lead to full-time hires in a challenging market. As new federal student loan limits reshape how students finance their graduate education, paid fellowships are becoming an increasingly important tool for opening the door to a more diverse profession.
Sheri Lewis, Director of the D’Angelo Law Library, Lecturer in Law, University of Chicago, The Law School
Sheri Lewis became Director of the D’Angelo Law Library in 2013 after serving 12 years as D’Angelo’s Associate Law Librarian for Public Services. She has been a librarian since 1994 and has worked at several law school libraries. Ms. Lewis is an active member of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), the Chicago Association of Law Libraries (CALL), and the Law Libraries and Legal Information Section of the American Association of Law Schools (AALS). She teaches Advanced Legal Research at the University of Chicago Law School.
Teresa Miguel-Stearns, Associate Dean for Legal Information Innovation, Director of the Law Library, Professor of Law, The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
Teresa Miguel-Stearns is Associate Dean for Legal Information Innovation, Director of the Daniel F. Cracchiolo Law Library, and Professor of Law at the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona. She is Affiliate Faculty at the University of Arizona School of Information and the Center for Latin American Studies. Miguel-Stearns was previously Law Librarian and Professor of Law at the Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School, from 2016–2020, where she also served as Deputy Director, Associate Director of Foreign and International Law, Latin American and Iberian bibliographer, and other positions from 2005–2016. She practiced law as a public defender for nearly a decade before pivoting to academic law librarianship. Miguel-Stearns teaches and writes in the areas of legal and library science education, with a focus on legal history and diversity, equity, and inclusion. She also works on issues of law library education and practice in Latin America, Indigenous information, and law library data collection and sharing. Miguel-Stearns has held numerous leadership positions in regional, national, and international library organizations, and is the recipient of awards in library literature, technology innovation, and service to the community and profession. Miguel-Stearns received her B.A. from University of Wisconsin-Madison, J.D. from the University of Richmond, and MLIS from the University of Arizona, where she was a Knowledge River Scholar.
Caroline Osborne, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the UNC Law Library, University of North Carolina School of Law
Caroline Osborne joined the Carolina Law faculty in 2024 and serves as the Director of the Kathrine R. Everett Law Library and Associate Professor of Law. Her teaching and research interests include copyright, cultural property law, scholarly impact, and legal research pedagogy. Ms. Osborne is a prolific author. Her work has appeared in the Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal, the SMU Science & Technology Law Review, the Ohio State Law Journal Online, Law Library Journal, and Legal Research Services Quarterly. Her 2023 book, Sources and Strategies of Legal Research won the 2024 Joseph L. Andrews Legal Literature Award and the American Association of Law Libraries Academic Special Interests Section Book Award. She is the 2015 and 2020 winner of the American Association of Law Libraries Academic Special Interest Section Outstanding Article Award and the 2023 recipient of the Frederick Charles Hicks Award for Outstanding Contributions to Academic Law Librarianship. In 2024 she was honored to receive the Service to SEAALL award for sustained service to the chapter. Ms. Osborne attended Richmond Law School, where she was a member of the McNeill Law Honor Society and the Law Review. She also holds an LL.M. from Emory Law and her B.A. and M.S.L.S. from the University of North Carolina. She is the prior Director and Professor of Law at West Virginia College of Law and a prior Associate Dean of Legal Information Services at the Washington & Lee University School of Law. Ms. Osborne practiced law in North Carolina, Georgia, and New York focusing on leverage finance and commercial real estate. She is an active member of the North Carolina bar.
Brittany Persson, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Library, Brooklyn Law School
Professor Persson teaches legal research within the 1L Legal Writing program.
Before joining the Brooklyn Law School faculty, Professor Persson was a librarian and associate professor who taught advanced legal research, and legal research within the 2L appellate advocacy program at Seton Hall University School of Law. Her most recent scholarship includes State Practice Materials: Annotated Bibliographies: New Jersey, W.S. Hein (2021).
Professor Persson is an active member of the American Association of Law Schools and the American Association of Law Libraries at both the committee and special interest section levels. Currently, serves as the chair of the AALL George A. Strait Scholarship and Fellows Committee, and as the Chair-Elect of the AALS Section on Technology, Law and Legal Education. A graduate of Brooklyn Law School, Professor Persson was a Prince Scholar and the associate managing editor of the Brooklyn Journal of International Law. While obtaining an M.L.S. from St. John’s University, she was an Institute of Museum and Library Services Scholar.
Carla Wale, Associate Dean of Information & Technology, Director of the MLIS Law Librarianship Program, iSchool, Kellye Y. Testy Endowed Professor of Law, Director of Gallagher Law Library, University of Washington School of Law
Carla Wale holds a joint appointment as a Teaching Professor in the School of Law and the Information School. She also serves as the School of Law’s Associate Dean of Information and Technology, Director of the Gallagher Law Library, and Director of the Information School’s M.L.I.S. Law Librarianship program.
Prior to joining the University of Washington, she served in various roles at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, and Northern Illinois University College of Law.
Courses taught by Dean Wale include Technology Law and Public Policy, Legal Research Methods, Advanced Copyright Law, Copyright for Information Professionals, and Foundations of Law Librarianship. Her scholarship focuses on organizational leadership and the intersection of information, technology and law.
Shamika Dalton, William A. Wise Law Library Director and Associate Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School
Shamika Dalton began her career as a reference librarian at the University of Florida Levin College of Law Legal Information Center in 2012 and rose through the ranks to become the associate director for public services and professor of legal research. She has dedicated her research and professional service to celebrating the contributions of law librarians of color, educating the profession about the importance of racial diversity, and advocating for cultural competency in legal research instruction.
In July 2019, Professor Dalton received the Joseph L. Andrews Award for her book, Celebrating Diversity: A Legacy of Minority Leadership in the American Association of Law Libraries (2nd edition).
