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Penny Hazelton: Resume

Colleges Attended

Career

• 2002- Associate Dean for Library and Computing Services and Professor of Law, University of Washington School of Law.
• 1985- Adjunct Professor, University of Washington School of Library and Information Science (Director of the Law Librarianship Program)
• 1985-2002 Law Librarian & Professor of Law, University of Washington School of Law
• 1985 Acting Librarian, U.S. Supreme Court Library
• 1981-85 Assistant Librarian for Research Services, U.S. Supreme Court Library
• 1978-81 Law Librarian & Associate Professor of Law, University of Maine School of Law
• 1976-78 Associate Law Librarian & Associate Professor of Law, University of Maine School of Law
• 1972-75 Serials Librarian, Northwestern School of Law, Lewis & Clark College

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Professional Service

American Association of Law Libraries, 1976-

• 2002-03 Special Committee on Education for Law Librarianship
• 2001 Symposium on the Changing Nature of Legal Research (by invitation)
• 1998-2000 Chair, Task Force on Enhancing Education for Law Librarianship
• 1996-1999 Professional Development Committee
• 1996 Ad Hoc Meeting on the Bluebook
• 1995-96 Educational Policy Committee
• 1995-96 Education Committee, Special Consultant
• 1995 Co-Director, Winter Institute, "Train for Tomorrow: Teaching Research Skills in the 21st Century," San Diego, February 15-18, 1995
• 1994 1994 AALL Annual Meeting Planning Committee
• 1994 Task Force on Education for Law Librarianship, Chair
• 1993-94 Chair, Closing Banquet, AALL Annual Meeting, Seattle, July 9-14, 1994
• 1993-94 Chair, Local Arrangements for AALL Institute, "Transnational Legal Transactions," Seattle, July 5-8, 1994
• 1992 Delegate to the White House Conference on Library and Information Services
• 1991-92 Past President
• 1990-91 President

  Chapter Visits:
  Law Librarians of New England
  Western Pacific Chapter of AALL
  Houston Area Law Librarians
  Colorado Association of Law Libraries
  Southern Florida Association of Law Librarians
  Law Librarians of Puget Sound

  Other Visits:
  British-Irish Association of Law Libraries
  Canadian Association of Law Libraries
  International Association of Law Libraries
  International Federation of Library Associations

• 1989-90 Vice-President/President-Elect

  Chapter Visits:
  Law Librarians Association of Maryland
  Greater Philadelphia Law Librarians Association

• 1988-90 Special Committee on Long-Range Strategic Planning
• 1987-89 AALL Representative to the Association for Library & Information Science Educators
• 1987-88 Special Committee on Educational Policy
• 1987-89 Special Committee on Organizational Structure of AALL
• 1984 Program Chair for Annual Meeting
• 1984-87 Executive Board
• 1983 Co-Director AALL Institute, "Creative Research in Law Libraries"
• 1981-84 Reader Services SIS
• 1980-81 Chair, Law Library Journal Committee
• 1979-80 Law Library Journal Committee
• 1978-80 Government Documents SIS
• 1977-78 Scholarship Committee
• 1976-to date Attended all Annual Meetings

American Bar Association, 1985-

Section on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar:

Accreditation Visits:
2000 Appalachian School of Law
2000 University of Iowa
1999 University of Wisconsin, Madison
1998 University of Chicago School of Law
1997 St. Johns University
1996 University of California, Berkeley
1994 Quinnipeac College of Law
1992 Duke University
1992 Northeastern University
1990 Regent University
1987 State University of New York--Buffalo
1985 University of Wyoming
1980 Wake Forest
1979 Willamette University
1977 Loyola University, Chicago

Other Activities:

• 1997-2000 Law School Facilities Committee
• 1994-95 ABA Standards Review Committee, Subcommittee on Law Library Accreditation Standards
• 1992-93,94-95 Vice-Chair, Committee on Libraries
• 1993-94 Chair, Committee on Libraries

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Association of American Law Schools, 1976-

Annual Meetings attended: 1976-80, 1986-87, 1989-92, 1994, 1996, 1998-

Section on Indian Law

Section on Legal Research and Writing

Section on Law Libraries

1991-94 Committee on Law Libraries

 

Association for Library and Information Science Educators, 1988-

 

Federal Bar Association, Capitol Hill Chapter, 1981-85

 

King County Bar Association, 1991-

1991-93 Task Force on the King County Law Library

 

Law Librarians of Puget Sound (LLOPS), 1990-

1998-2000 Co-Chair, Library School Liaison Committee

 

Law Librarian's Society of Washington, D.C., 1981-85

1981-85 Federal Law Librarians SIS
               Chair, Interlibrary Cooperation Policy Committee

1984-85 Vice-President/President-Elect

1983-84 Executive Board

U.S. Supreme Court Bar, 1985-

 

Washington State Bar Association, 1976-

1991-93 Bench and Bar Computer Council

1990-91 Editorial Advisory Board, Chair

1988-95 Editorial Advisory Board

Washington Women Lawyers, 1988-

 

Western-Pacific Chapter, AALL (Westpac), 1985-

1987 Co-Chair, Local Arrangements Annual Meeting

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Speeches, Presentations:

Speeches:

• "Writing for Fame and Fortune," AALL Annual Meeting, July, 2003
• "Did We Recognize the New Frontier When We Crossed into It?," Westpac Annual Meeting, September 20, 2002
• “Forming Partnerships Between Law Libraries and Library Schools”, AALL Annual Meeting, July 18, 2000  
• "Legal Indexing," Conference on Traditional Skills in High Tech Environments, University of Washington Alumni Association, February 12, 2000
• "From Nutshells to Netscape: Part 2," AALL Annual Meeting, July 22, 1997
• "The Changing World of Legal Publishing: Developing Successful Management Strategies," LLOPS Spring Professional Development Workshop, May 29, 1997
• "Grief in the Workplace," AALL Annual Meeting, July 1996
• "Current and Future Research Needs of Lawyers," AALL Annual Meeting, July 17, 1995, Moderator
• "What Happens If They Close All the Library Schools? AALL's Role in the Education of Future Law Librarians," AALL Annual Meeting, July 12, 1994
• "Strategizing for Hard Times," ALUW, Dec. 8, 1993
• "How Would You Handle this Situation: Ethical and Political Quandaries in Law Librarianship," AALL Annual Meeting, July 24, 1991
• "AALL Meeting the Challenge of the Privates: Your Turn to Talk," AALL Annual Meeting, May 28, 1988
• "Database Perspectives for Deans and Law Library Directors," AALS Annual Meeting, January 1986

• 2002 Consultant:  Marquette University Law School Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• 2001 Legal research training for judges, permanent legal staff and law clerks of the Washington State Court of Appeals, Divisions I, II and III.
• 1993- Perspectives Editorial Board
• 1988- Tenure Reviews for law librarians and law faculty
• 2000 Findlaw Librarian Standing Advisory Board
• 2000 Consultant:  Michigan Statue University Detroit College of Law, East Lansing, MI
• 2000 Consultant:  Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library
• 1998-99 Consultant for West Group. Drafted KeyCite product teaching & training materials
• 1998 Consultant:  Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College, Woods Hall Building Program
• 1998 Article referee, Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Nov. 1998
• 1997 Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing, Guest editor, Vol. 6, #1, Fall 1997
• 1997-98 King County ElectronicCourt Records (ERC) Project Advisory Committee
• 1997-98 Key Cite Advisory Board (West Group)
• 1996 WLN Directors Colloquy and Meeting, May 3, 1996
• 1994/95 ALA COA Teleconference Advisory Board 1994/95
• 1993-96 WESTLAW Excellence in Academic Law Librarianship Award, Judge
• 1993-94 Consultant: Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, Indexing study, Rochester, NY
• 1993 National University, ABA Assessment Panel
• 1991 Consultant: University of Hawaii Law School, Honolulu
• 1989-92 Member, Washington State Advisory Council on Libraries
• 1986-89 Member, WESTLAW Academic Advisory Committee Board
• 1986-87 Consultant and Resource Person: University of Victoria School of Law, Victoria, B.C., regarding future collections and the replacement of a law librarian
• 1985-88 Consultant: National University Law School, San Diego, in preparation for ABA accreditation application
• 1982 Consultant: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Technical Evaluation Panel
• 1979-81 Consultant: Maine Advisory Committee on County Law Libraries
• 1980 Consultant: Preti, Flaherty & Beliveau