Winning Research Skills - Westlaw

Acknowledgements
West is grateful for contributions to this manual by the following distinguished legal research professionals.
Nancy Johnson has been director of the Law Library at Georgia State University College of Law in Atlanta since
1986. Previously, she served as a reference librarian at Georgia State University College of Law Library, the
University of Illinois Law Library, and the University of Chicago Law Library. She teaches courses in legal
research, and is the co-author of Georgia Legal Research and Legal Research Exercises and the author of Sources
of Compiled Legislative Histories. Johnson received her bachelor’s degree from Marycrest College, master’s
degree in library science from the University of Illinois, and law degree from Georgia State University College of
Law.
Bob Berring is Walter Perry Johnson Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law,
Boalt Hall. Until 2005 he also served as library director. From 2003 through 2005 he was interim dean at Boalt
Hall. Previously, he held positions at the University of Washington Law Library, the Harvard Law Library, the
University of Texas Law Library, and the University of Illinois Law Library. Berring has also served as president
of the American Association of Law Libraries. Besides pioneering a course on advanced legal research, he teaches
contracts and Chinese law. Berring has a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and a master’s degree in
library science and a law degree from the University of California at Berkeley.
Tom Woxland is currently retired. Most recently, he was legal information officer for the Labour Law
Information Branch of the International Labour Office. Previously, he served as director of the law library at
Northern Illinois University College of Law, where he taught legal research courses. Prior to that he was assistant
director for public services at the University of Minnesota Law Library. He has published several articles on
research topics and on the history of legal publishing. He is also the co-author of instructional software used
nationally for computer-assisted legal research training. Woxland has a bachelor’s degree from St. Olaf College
and a master’s degree in library science and a law degree from the University of Minnesota.