Gordon
Russell
Associate
Dean
Professor of Law
Director of the Law Library
and Information Services
Prior to joining the Charleston School of Law in
2004, Gordon Russell directed St. Thomas University's law library
and served as an associate professor of law. He taught first-year
legal research and writing, advanced electronic research for upper
classes and computer assisted legal research as well as taught
an online distance education class in the International Off Shore
Tax LL.M. program.
Mr. Russell received his B.A. degree from Brigham
Young University, M.L.S. from Brigham Young University, LL.B.
from University of Western Ontario and J.D. degree from the University
of New Mexico.
Mr. Russell was a member of a panel presentation
"Embracing Virtual Technologies: A Library Experience with
Virtual Reference and Artificial Intelligence" at the November
17th 2003, VRD 2003 Digital Reference Conference in San Antonio,
Texas and spoke on "The Future of the Law Library" at
the SEALS Conference - Friday, July 25, 2003, Ritz-Carleton, Amelia
Island, Florida.
He was a panelist on "The Librarians Role in
Space Planning - Fast Forward," at the ABA Section of Legal
Education and Admissions to the Bar, Law School Facilities Committee,
Bricks, Bytes and Continuous Renovations Conference, March 20,
2003, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts and
spoke at the July 2001 Association of Law Libraries Conference
on "David In, Goliath Out? Do We Need Larger Libraries to
Accommodate More Books?"; he presented "Redefining Academic
Legal Reference - Meeting the Challenge of Distributed Users"
at the 2nd International Conference on Technology in Teaching
and Learning in Higher Education, June 2001 in Samos, Greece and
presented "Re-engineering the Law Library as a Virtual Reference
Support Center," ICTE April 2000 Conference in Potchefstroom,
South Africa.
He published Reengineering the Law Library Resources
Today For Tomorrow's Users: A Response to 'How Much of Your Print
Collection Is Really on WESTLAW and LEXIS-NEXIS?' 21(2/3) Legal
Reference Services Quarterly 29, 2002 and co-edited Law Library
Collection Development in the Digital Age. Haworth Press, Inc.
2002.
He is a member of the American Association of Law
Libraries, the American Association of Law Schools, and the Canadian
Association of Law Libraries.
Course
Interests/Research/Teaching Areas
Legal research
Distance Education
Counseling and negotiation
Electronic discovery
Evidence
