Amy A. Emerson
Professor of Law
Assistant Dean for Library and Information Services
Biography
Amy A. Emerson is assistant dean for library and information services and professor of law at 草榴社区 Charles Widger School of Law. Emerson manages law library operations and strategic planning, oversees the legal research curriculum, and teaches courses in law and technology, including聽Law Practice Technology听补苍诲听Leveraging Technology to Promote Access to Justice, a course in which students build legal tech solutions for community partners. In 2023, Bloomberg Law named her聽Leveraging Technology to Promote Access to Justice聽course a聽.听
Emerson鈥檚 personal scholarship interests draw upon her decade of experience as an attorney and focus on open access to legal information as it informs access to justice.听She serves on the executive board of the Technology, Law, and Legal Education Section of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS), as vice president of the Board of Directors of the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI), as a site visit team member for the American Bar Association (ABA) Section on Legal Education, as an advisory board member of Law Archive, as immediate past chair of the Government Relations Committee of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), as past president of the Association of Law Libraries of Upstate New York and as a founding officer of the International Legal Research Interest Group of the American Society of International Law.
Emerson received her BA with honors from Wells College, and dual JD and MLS degrees with honors from Syracuse University.
Recent Publications
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Article, Legal Reference Services Quarterly, February 2025
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Artificial Intelligence in Legal Research, Book Chapter, Scholarly, New , December 2024
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Article, University of St. Thomas Law Journal, March 2024
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Leveraging Technology to Promote Access to Justice, Magazine or Trade Publication Article, AALL Spectrum, November 2023
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Book Chapter, Non-Scholarly, New , June 2023
Recent Presentations
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'CBABC Access to Justice Week', Bridging the Justice Gap: Hackathons as Catalysts for Change, The Canadian Bar Association, British Columbia Branch, February 2025
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'Law and Public Interest Technology Career Fair and Networking Reception', Served as co-organizer and speaker, Collaboration between 草榴社区, Penn, Temple, and Drexel, February 2025
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'Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting', Law Libraries and Legal Information: Considering the ABA Standards for Law Libraries, AALS, January 2025
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'Public Interest Law Day', AI Demystified: An Overview of AI and its Impact on Public Interest Law, Philadelphia Bar Association, December 2024
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'CLE', An Overview of AI Technology and its Legal Implications, J. Willard O鈥橞rien American Inn of Court, November 2024

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Courses & Seminars
- Law Practice Technology
- Legal Research, Analysis, Writing, and Communication
- Leveraging Technology to Promote Access to Justice
Education
- Wells College, BA
- Syracuse University College of Law, JD
- Syracuse University, MLS