Director Law Library and Associate Professor of Law Joyce McCray Pearson came to the KU law library in 1994 as electronic services librarian. In 1995 she was named the associate director of the library and in 1997 she became director of the law library and associate professor of law. She participates in the legal research component of the Lawyering course and teaches Advanced Legal Research, and Law and Literature. She has published extensively in both law and librarianship and is active in national and regional law library associations.
Red and Black, A Divided Seminole Nation: U.S. v. Davis, 14 Kan., Journal & Public Policy (Spring 2006). "Women: The Good, Bad or Ugly in Law & Literature Text, Picturing Justice," the Online Journal of Law and Popular Culture, http://www.usfca.edu/pj (2003-04); "A Brief History of the University of Kansas School of Law Library," 51 Kansas Law Review 1 (2003); "KU Law School Launches Program with Emporia State University," 72 Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 8 (January 2003); "Recruitment to Law Librarianship," 94 Law Library Journal 788 (2002); "Bringing Up New Information Technology Systems the Old Fashioned Way," Trends in Law Library Management and Technology, (2001); "Affirmative Action and Diversity: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography," Legal Reference Services Quarterly, (2000); "Diversity in AALL - It Does Exist," 90 Law Library Journal 541 (1998); U.S. Government Directories, 1982-1996 (1998); "The Adarand Case: Now Narrowly Tailored to Prevent Monopoly and Competition," 5 Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy 31 (1996); "Unauthorized Practice of Law vs. Legal Reference Service," 58 Kentucky Libraries 12 (1994); "The Federal and State Bills of Rights: The Great Charters of Our Liberty and Freedom," 53 Howard Law Journal 43 (1994)
Law librarianship, diversity issues, historical and current perspectives on civil rights, law and literature.
M.L. 1990, University of Washington; J.D. 1989, Washburn; B.M.E., 1980, Wichita State University
Indiana 1992
Reference Librarian, Louisville 1990-94; Librarian, Kansas, 1994-95; Associate Law Library Director, Kansas 1995-97; Law Library Director and Associate Professor of Law, 1997- present.
American Association of Law Libraries; International Association of Law Libraries; Mid-America Association of Law Libraries; Kansas Bar Association; Indiana Bar; Judge Hugh Means American Inn of Court.
