Lisa A. Goodman

Associate Director for Public Services

Brief Staff Biography

M.L.I.S., Wayne State University
J.D., Wayne State University Law School
B.S., Eastern Michigan University
B.A., University of Michigan

Oversees the public services department; teaches legal research courses; provides reference services for faculty, staff, students and other library patrons.

Professional Experience

• Associate Director for Public Services, Paul M. Hebert Law Center Library,
  Louisiana State University, 2012 – present.
• Head of Public Services/Senior Public Services Librarian/Public Services Librarian, Dee J. Kelly Law Library, Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, 2006-2012
• Associate, Dickinson Wright PLLC, Detroit, Michigan, 2003-2005

Professional Affiliations

• American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)
• Southeastern Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries (SEAALL)
• Black Caucus of the American Association of Law Libraries (BCAALL)
• New Orleans Association of Law Libraries (NOALL)
• State Bar of Michigan

Selected Publications

Annual Survey of Texas Law: Conflict of Laws, 65 SMU L. Rev. 392 (2012) (co-authored with James P. George and Stephanie K. Marshall).

Keeping Up with New Legal Titles, 101 Law Lib J. 108 (2009). (reviewing Michael E. Tigar & Angela J. Davis, Trial Stories).

Legal Ethics Not a Laughing Matter, 13 AALL Spectrum 1 (Sept.-Oct. 2008).

Book Review, Insider’s Guide to DOL Audits, 27 Leg. Inform. alert. 3 (2008).

Selected Presentations

Presenter, Online Legal Reference for Non-Law Librarians, (co-presented) Texas Library Association Annual Conference, April 2012, Houston, Texas.

Presenter, At the Ballot Box and Beyond: Researching Election Law, (co-presented) Southwestern Association of Law Libraries/Mid-American Association of Law Libraries Joint Annual Meeting, November 2011, Lawrence, Kansas.

Moderator, Making Sense of the Federal Census: Finding and Using Information Collected in the Decennial Census, American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, July 2010, Denver, Colorado.

Courses Taught

• Advanced Legal Research, Spring 2013

Contact Info

Office: L102
Phone: 225/578-4952
Email: lisa.goodman@law.lsu.edu