Christopher Steadham

Faculty Services & Research Librarian

E-mail: csteadham@ku.edu

Profile: Chris is a 2004 graduate of the University of Kansas School of Law and 2007 graduate of the Master’s Degree of Legal Information Management program jointly offered through Emporia State University and KU Law. His primary responsibilities include conducting and coordinating legal and interdisciplinary research for the law school faculty, teaching legal research courses, and various other duties within the law library. He also writes a bi-monthly literature review column for the Civic Research Institute and speaks at Continuing Legal Education seminars on the subject of legal research.

Education: M.L.I.M., Emporia State University, 2007; J.D., University of Kansas School of Law, 2004; B.A., University of Kansas, 2001 (Political Science)

Courses Taught: LAW 854, Topics in Advanced Legal Research; LAW 902, Elder Law Research Project; LAW 856, Advanced Legal Research

Publications & Presentations: From the Literature…(Civic Research Institute S.L.R. bi-monthly Literature Review Column); Find it Free & Fast on the Net: Strategies for Legal Research on the Web (March 2007); Internet Strategies for Legal Professionals (May 2006); Find it Fast & Free on the Net: Advanced Internet Strategies for Kansas Legal Professionals (October 2005)

Administration:
Member, Law School Curricular Innovation Committee, 2006 – present
Member, Wheat Law Library Strategic Planning Committee, 2004 – present
Executive Secretary, Friends of the Wheat Law Library, 2004 – present
Member, Law School Library Committee, 2006
Member, Law School Graduate & Int’l Programs Committee, 2006

Member: American Association of Law Libraries; Mid-America Association of Law Libraries; Southwestern Association of Law Libraries

Research Interests: Legal Research Education, The History of Intellectual & Academic Freedom