- Bob Berring
Robert ("Bob") Berring is a noted figure in
law , as a professor, librarian, scholar and researcher.Biography
Berring received his undergraduate degree from
Harvard (1971), his law degree fromUniversity of California, Berkeley ,Boalt Hall School of Law (1974), and his library degree from U.C. Berkeley's then-named library school. [ [http://www.law.berkeley.edu/faculty/profiles/facultyProfile.php?facID=12 UC Berkeley Faculty Profile] ]Since 1982, Bob Berring (a
Boalt Hall graduate) has been a professor of Law and Law Librarian at theUniversity of California (Boalt Hall) School of Law. He currently holds theWalter Perry Johnson Professor of Law Chair appointment. [ [http://www.law.berkeley.edu/faculty/profiles/facultyProfile.php?facID=12 UC Berkeley Faculty Profile] ]From 1986 to 1989, he held a joint appointment as dean of the School of Library and Information Studies. He also served as interim dean of the law school from January 2003 to June 2004.
Berring has written numerous works. Recent publications include "Finding the Law" (with
Beth Edinger , 11th ed., 1999) and "Legal Research Survival Manual", (with Edinger, 2002). He also created the award-winning video series "Legal Research for the 21st Century ".Family
Berring is married, has two children, and lives in
Berkeley, California .Recognition
Berring has won significant recognition for teaching and law librarianship. He was awarded the
University of California, Berkeley 's Distinguished Teaching Award in 1987. Berring received theFrederick Charles Hicks Award from theAmerican Association of Law Libraries (AALL) for contributions to law librarianship in 2003. The AALL also recognized his "Finding the Law" as the most significant contribution to law librarianship from 1957 to 2006. Fact|date=February 2008References
Further reading
* [http://www.aallnet.org/committee/rllc/rc-lawlibrarian/berring.asp "How I Became a Law Librarian"]
* [http://www.law.berkeley.edu/journals/btlj/articles/vol12/Berring/html/text.html "Chaos, Cyberspace and Tradition: Legal Information Transmogrified"] 12 Berkeley Technology Law Journal 189 (Spring 1997).External links
* [http://www.law.berkeley.edu/faculty/berringr/findingthelaw/index.html Berring website]
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