OCU LAW - Lee Peoples

Lee F. Peoples

Associate Professor of Law Library Science, Associate Law Library Director, and Director of International Programs (for the School of Law)

Curriculum Vitae

Welcoming Nankai University Law Students for the

Certificate in American Law Program

Education:

J.D. University of Oklahoma (semester at Åarhus University, Denmark)
M.L.I.S. University of Oklahoma
B.A. University of Oklahoma (semester at the Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands)

Responsibilities:
Lee actively participates in library administration under the general direction of the law library director and in the director’s absence assumes responsibility for the administration of the library. He supervises librarians and library staff, coordinates the instructional activities of the library including teaching two Advanced Legal Research courses, and selects and manages the law library’s electronic resources. His duties as the Director of International Programs for the law school include coordinating and promoting international educational programs including summer abroad programs for law students. He directs the Certificate in American Law Program for Nankai University Law Students and Tianjin Bar Association Lawyers held each year in Oklahoma City. He explores new opportunities for the law school in the area of international education.

Experience:
Lee's areas of emphasis include foreign and international legal research. Before coming to OCU in the summer of 2002 he was a graduate assistant at the University of Oklahoma Law Library. Lee is admitted to practice in the State of Oklahoma, Western District of Oklahoma, and Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. He practiced law in Oklahoma City for a year and a half before becoming a law librarian.

Teaching

Advanced Legal Research - U.S. Law
Advanced Legal Research - Foreign, Comparative, and International Law
Program Director and Professor for the Certificate Program in American Law for Nankai University Law School students and Lawyers from the Tianjin Bar Association

Books and Book Chapters

Consumer Law: Cases, Problems and Materials, 2nd ed., chapter on researching consumer law (Carolina Academic Press, forthcoming – publication expected 2008).
Public Services in Law Libraries: Evolution and Innovation in the 21st Century, co-edited with Barbara Bintliff (Haworth Press, 2008).
Legal Ethics: A Research Guide, 2nd ed. (W.S.Hein & Co., 2006).

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

The Use of Foreign Law by the Advocates General of the Court of Justice of the European Communities, 35 Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce 219 (2008).
The Death of the Digest and the Pitfalls of Electronic Legal Research: What is the Modern Legal Researcher to Do? 97 Law Library Journal 661 (2005). View Curriculum & Sample Assignment used in this experiment. View Japanese abstract of this article.

Journal Articles

Reflections on Oklahoma City University School of Law’s Certificate in American Law Program (to be published by the International Association of Law Schools).
Controlling the Common Law: A Comparative Analysis of No-Citation Rules and Publication Practices in England and the United States, 17 Indiana International & Comparative Law Review 307 (2007).
Strategies and Sources for International Legal Research, 60 Quarterly Report: Conference on Consumer Finance Law 412 (2006).
The Trials and Tribulations of Internet Research, vol. 76 no. 32 Oklahoma Bar Journal 2634 (November 19, 2005).
OCU Law Library Research Guides: Making Order Out of Chaos, vol. 36 no. 8 The Briefcase 11 (August 2004).
International Trade in Agricultural Products: A Research Guide, 29 Oklahoma City University Law Review 683 (2004) and accessible at LLRX.COM.
Principles of European Union Law, 31 International Journal of Legal Information 535 (December 2003).
Kennewick Man (unpublished article written for membership in the American Indian Law Review).

Other Publications

The Art of Self-Promotion: Positioning Yourself for Leadership, with Valerie Railey, vol. 12, no. 7 AALL Spectrum (May 2008).
Law Librarian Blog, Contributing Editor, 2005 - 2007.
View Research Guides and Pathfinders on this Web site.
Editor in chief of The Gavel, newsletter of the Oklahoma City University Law Library (2002 - present).
Infography - International Trade Regulation of Agricultural Products
Select publications available from SSRN

CALI Lessons

"Federal Legislative History Research: Compiled Legislative Histories" released on the 2005-2006 CALI CD and from the CALI Web site.
"International and Foreign Legal Research - Customary International Law (forthcoming on the 2006-2007 CD) and from the CALI Web site.

Podcasts

Presentations

Librarian as Scholar, (Featured Presenter discussing the Controlling the Common Law article mentioned above) to be presented at the Association of American Law Schools 2009 Meeting.
A Century in the Making: Researching Legal Ethics Today, to be presented with Steve Young and Kumar Jayasuriya at the American Association of Law Libraries 2008 Meeting. PowerPoint Slides
Local Experiences: Delegates Report on Effective Teaching Techniques, presented at the International Association of Law School’s Educational Program 2008.
Effective Teaching Techniques Practical Demonstrations, presented at the International Association of Law School’s Educational Program 2008.
Writing for Publication, presented with Rich Leiter and Paul Callister at the Mid-America Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, November 2007, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Legal Ethics Research Online and Off: A Workshop, presented with Steve Young at the American Bar Association National Conference on Professional Responsibility 2007 Meeting. PowerPoint Slides, Coursebook Materials
Public Services in the 21st Century: Beyond Traditional Reference Service (Program Coordinator and Moderator) to be presented at the American Association of Law Libraries 2007 Annual Meeting.
How (and What) to Podcast (Teaching Faculty) full day workshop to be presented at the American Association of Law Libraries 2007 Annual Meeting.
The Trials and Tribulations of Internet Research, Oklahoma Corporation Commission, 2007 (CLE).
CSI – Legal Researchers: Investigating the Competencies: Competent, Savvy, Information that Literate Lawyers and Law Students Should Possess, with Darla Jackson at the 2006 Mid–America Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, October 2006, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Advanced Internet Searching for Lawyers, OCU Law Alumni Weekend, November 5, 2005 (CLE).
Strategies and Sources for International Legal Research, Conference on Consumer Finance Law – presented at the Global Issues in Law and Finance Conference, summer 2005, London, United Kingdom (CLE).
Featured Panelist in the Roundtable Discussion on Careers in Foreign, Comparative and International Law Librarianship, presented at the American Association of Law Libraries 2005 Annual Meeting by the Foreign, Comparative, and International Law – Special Interest Section (FCIL-SIS).
Is the New Bluebook New (Program Coordinator) presented at the American Association of Law Libraries 2005 Annual Meeting by the Academic Law Libraries – Special Interest Section (ALL-SIS).
Creating Foreign, Comparative, and International Law Collections, presented at the Mid–America Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, October 2003, Norman, Oklahoma.
Presentation Bibliography(pdf), MAALL FCIL Collections Summary(pdf), PowerPoint Slides