John E. Christensen
Library Director, Professor of Law
J.D., University of Utah, 1975
M.L.S., University of California at Berkeley, 1976
Advanced Legal Research
Computers and Cyberlaw
Law and Religion Seminar
Law Practice Technologies
Professor Christensen became director of the Washburn Law Library in 1979 and helped bring it into the information age. Today, Washburn Law enjoys a national reputation for leadership in the use of Internet and information technology to support legal research. The Washburn Law Library catalog was one of the first web-based catalogs of any law school in the world. The WashLaw Web is one of the premier legal Internet research services available to a worldwide audience of practicing and academic legal experts.
Prior to joining the Washburn Law faculty, Professor Christensen was a law librarian and instructor at the University of Texas School of Law and a law clerk for Justice J. Allan Crockett of the Utah Supreme Court. He is a member of the Utah State Bar and the American Association of Law Libraries.
