Patrick Meyer
Patrick Meyer
Interim Library Director
Adjunct Professor of Law
J.D. Washburn University School of Law
M.L.S. Syracuse University
M.S. in Mass Communications
– emphasis in Public Relations, Kansas State University
M.L.S. Syracuse University
M.S. in Mass Communications
– emphasis in Public Relations, Kansas State University
Phone: (619) 961-4296
E-mail: pmeyer@tjsl.edu
Professor Meyer started his library career at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law Library as the Electronic Services Librarian, where he was in charge of the computer labs and Westlaw and Lexis training. He regularly taught MCLE courses and developed and taught advanced legal research courses. Professor Meyer then spent 5 ½ years working at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles -- first working in the Computer Resource Center and then as the Foreign & International Law Librarian. At Loyola he taught Legal Research, a first year course, to over 100 students each year, and Electronic Legal Research, and an upper level elective. Both courses integrate print and online research.
From 2006 through 2009, Professor Meyer served TJSL in the capacity of Associate Library Director, where he was in charge of public services, to include reference and research services, circulation, and interlibrary loan, and participated in overall library management. In addition, he taught at least one section of advanced legal research, and supervised another section, each semester.
Professor Meyer is a recent President of the Southern California Association of Law Libraries (SCALL), a group of about 400 law librarians from San Luis Obispo to the Mexican border. He served on the SCALL board for five years. SCALL is a chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries. Professor Meyer was recently a member of the ThomsonWest Legal Research and Writing Advisory Board.
Awards
Rohan Chapter Service Award Winner 2010: Ch. 6, Bibliography of California Resources, in Locating the Law, 5th ed.
SCALL Rohan Chapter Service Award Winner 2004: AALL ALL-SIS Marketing Toolkit Annotated Bibliography on Library Marketing
Courses Include:
Advanced Legal Research
Scholarships
EDITORSHIPS
Issue editor: bRAINStorms, Loyola Law School Library reference department monthly e-newsletter (1/05 - 6/06)
ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS, AND ARTICLE-LENGTH WORKS
Law Firm Legal Research Requirements of New Attorneys, 101 Law Libr. J. 297 (2009)
Ch. 6, Bibliography of California Resources, in Locating the Law, 5th ed. (Patrick Meyer ed., 2009). (Southern California Association of Law Libraries (SCALL))
Training the Next Generation of Lawyers: Teaching Essential Research Skills, in
Inside The Minds: The Law School Librarian's Role As An Educator, Aspatore Books (2008)
Legal Status of Lesbians and Gay Men, in Sexual Orientation and the Law: A Research Bibliography, 128-142. Standing Committee on Lesbian and Gay Issues. Social Responsibilities Special Interest Section, American Association of Law Libraries, AALL/Hein Publication Series # 74 (2006)
Book Review, 97 Law Libr. J. 373 (2005) (reviewing Robert Ambrogi, The Best (and Worst) Legal Sites on the Web (2004))
Think Before You Type: Observations of an Online Researcher, 13 Persp.: Teaching Legal Res. and Writing 19 (2004)
AALL ALL-SIS Marketing Toolkit Annotated Bibliography. http://www.aallnet.org/sis/allsis/toolkit/marketing_bib.pdf (2003)
Virtual Library Tour (produced/directed) -- designed for 1L's entering research & writing class (2002)
Intellectual Property Resources, in Internet Research for Legal Professionals in California. Lorman Education Services (2001)
Presentations
Presenter, Research Requirements for New Attorneys, New Attorneys’ Research Skills Workshop: What They Have vs. What They Need. University of Southern California Gould School of Law (May, 2010)
Co-Presenter, 30 International Corporate Websites in 30 Minutes. 2008 Southern California Association of Law Libraries (SCALL) Annual Institute (Mar., 2008)
Panelist, ThomsonWest Town Hall Meeting on Law Firm Legal Research. American Association of Law Libraries Annual Conference (July, 2007)
Presenter, Law Firm Legal Research Results, Back to the Future of Legal Research Symposium (May, 2007)
Co-Presenter, To Market to Market: Innovations in Promoting Library Services. American Association of Law Libraries Annual Conference (July, 2006)
The Future of Legal Research Symposium. Briefly summarized my legal research results from my 2004 law firm legal research e-questionnaire. Results were included in the handout materials. (May, 2005)
Multiple-Time Presenter at the Computer Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) Conference:
-1999: Incorporating the Internet into Advanced Legal Research Courses
-2002: Disaster Preparedness (co-presenter)
-2003: Teaching Internet Legal Research (the Free Web) (co-presenter)
LORMAN MCLE Seminar, 2001 (Co-Presenter): Internet Research for Legal Professionals in California, Intellectual Property Resources
Court Administrators Conference 2000: Internet Parts I & II
Multiple-Time MCLE Presenter, 1998-2000:
Using Westlaw.com
Using Lexis.com
Legal Research on the Internet
Using the Law Library’s Online Catalog
