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Margaret "Meg" Butler

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Margaret "Meg" Butler

Associate Director for Public Services    Law Library

Overview

Education

J.D., University of Oregon School of Law
M.S., Brooklyn College
M.L.S., Queens College
B.A., University of Oregon, Clark Honors College

Specializations

Legal Research

Biography

Margaret "Meg" Butler, associate director for public services, teaches Legal Bibliography after joining the college in 2010. Additionally, she offers legal reference services and training for law school community members on legal research and resources.

Prior to joining Georgia State University, Butler worked as an international law reference librarian and professor of legal research at New York Law School, where she taught research courses addressing international and intellectual property research issues.  Before receiving her M.L.S., Butler earned her license and practiced law in Minnesota, concentrating in guardianship and conservatorship.

Butler also has worked as an attorney editor and an author at a major legal publishing company. She has an M.S. in education and worked as a teacher. Butler is a member of the American Association of Law Libraries, serving as the Section on Social Responsibilities vice-chair/chair elect; the Southeastern Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries; Atlanta Law Libraries Association; and the American Society of International Law.

 

Publications

Publications

Books

Margaret "Meg" Butler & Thomas "TJ" Striepe, Georgia Legal Research (2d ed. 2022).

Book Chapters

Margaret Butler, Scholarship, in Introduction to Law Librarianship 345 (Zanada Joyner & Cas Laskowski eds., 2021).

Margaret (Meg) Butler, Selected Bibliography for Inclusive Critical Legal Pedagogy, in Integrating Doctrine and Diversity: Inclusion and Equity in the Law School Classroom 61 (Nicole P. Dyszlewski, et al., eds. 2021).

Margaret (Meg) Butler, Selected Bibliography on Torts, in Integrating Doctrine and Diversity: Inclusion and Equity in the Law School Classroom 355 (Nicole P. Dyszlewski, et al., eds. 2021).

Margaret Butler, Gender Identity and Domestic Legal Status, in Sexual Orientation, Gender Identities, and the Law: A Research Bibliography 381 (Dana Neacsu & David Holt eds., William S. Hein & Co., Inc., 2018).

Margaret Butler, Asylum, Immigration, and Gender Identity: Scholarship and Strategies for Advocacy, in Sexual Orientation, Gender Identities, and the Law: A Research Bibliography 143 (Dana Neacsu & David Holt eds., William S. Hein & Co., Inc., 2018).

Margaret Butler, Names are Important, in Sexual Orientation, Gender Identities, and the Law: A Research Bibliography xxxix (Dana Neacsu & David Holt eds., William S. Hein & Co., Inc., 2018).

Margaret Butler, Gender Identity and the Law: Scholarship Regarding the Gender Binary and Gender Outlaws Generally, in Sexual Orientation, Gender Identities, and the Law: A Research Bibliography 327 (Dana Neacsu & David Holt eds., William S. Hein & Co., Inc., 2018).

Margaret Butler, Gender-Affirming Health Care, Autonomy, and Bias in Insurance and the Law, in Sexual Orientation, Gender Identities, and the Law: A Research Bibliography 343 (Dana Neacsu & David Holt eds., William S. Hein & Co., Inc., 2018).

Margaret Butler, Family Law and Gender Identity: Legal Issues Arising When Marrying and Parenting While Trans, in Sexual Orientation, Gender Identities, and the Law: A Research Bibliography 357 (Dana Neacsu & David Holt eds., William S. Hein & Co., Inc.,2018).

Margaret Butler, Gender Identity Discrimination in the Workplace and Education: Title VII and Title IX, in Sexual Orientation, Gender Identities, and the Law: A Research Bibliography 367 (Dana Neacsu & David Holt eds., William S. Hein & Co., Inc., 2018).

Margaret E. Butler, Georgia, in Negligence: Purpose, Elements and Evidence (Vicki Lawrence MacDougall ed., 2018).

Margaret E. Butler, New York, in Negligence: Purpose, Elements, and Evidence (Vicki Lawrence MacDougall ed., 2018).

Margaret E. Butler, Oregon, in Negligence: Purpose, Elements, and Evidence (Vicki Lawrence MacDougall ed., 2018).

Articles

Allison T. Rose et al., US State Policies for Medicaid Coverage of Donor Human Milk, 4 J. Perinatology 829 (2022).

Margaret Butler, Finding Community With One Another, 24(4) AALL Spectrum 48 (2022).

Margaret (Meg) Butler, Book Review, 48 Int'l J. Leg. Info 85 (2020) (reviewing David B. Oppenheimer, et al., Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law (3d. ed 2020).

Margaret Butler, Book Review, 109 Law Libr. J. 150 (reviewing Timothy Garton Ash, Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World (2016)).

Margaret Butler, Book Review, 107 Law Libr. J. 451 (2015) (reviewing Nelson P. Miller, et al., Lawyer Finances: Principles and Practices for Personal and Professional Financial Success (2014)).

Margaret Butler, Book Review, RIPS Legal Research Textbook Reviews, July 2011, at 13 (reviewing McKinney and Childs, Legal Research Online: A Practical Guide and Self-Instructional Workbook (5th ed. & Supplement)(2008)), https://www.aallnet.org/ripssis/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2018/01/RIPS-legalresearchtextbibliography-2011.pdf.

Margaret (Meg) Butler & Trina Holloway, Unleashing the Leader in You: Our AALL Leadership Academy Experience, AALL Spectrum, Feb. 2013, at 18.

Margaret Butler, Book Review, 105 Law Libr. J. 558 (2013)(reviewing Sonia Sotomayor, My Beloved World (2013)).

Meg Butler, Taking and Returning from a Leave of Absence: Tools and Tricks to Ease the Way, AALL Spectrum, June 2012, at 13.

Margaret Butler, Message from the Chair, SR-SIS Newsl., Summer 2012.

Margaret Butler, Law Library Faculty Services Websites: Effectively Communicating Services Provided for Faculty, 31 Legal Ref. Serv. Q. 239 (2012).

Meg Butler, Resource-Based Learning and Course Design: A Brief Theoretical Overview and Practical Suggestions, 104 L. Libr. J. 219 (2012).

Margaret Butler, Message from the Chair, SR-SIS Newsl., Fall 2011.

Meg Butler, Book Review, Legal Info. Alert, no. 3, 2010, at 10 (reviewing David J. Lender, Privilege Issues in the Age of Electronic Discovery (2010)).

Meg Butler, Book Review, Legal Info. Alert, v. 29 no. 6, 2010, at 8 (reviewing Joel Fishman & Dittakavi Rao, Navigating Legal Research & Technology: Quick Reference Guide to the 1,500 Most Common Questions about Traditional and Online Legal Research (2010)).

Meg Butler, My Conference Experience: Boulder & AALL, 2010, L. Lines, Sum. 2010, at 21.

Meg Butler, New Format, New Editors, L. Lines, Sum. 2010, at 3.

Meg Butler, Book Review, Legal Info. Alert, May 2009, at 12 (reviewing Rebecca P. Butler, Smart Copyright Compliance for Schools (2009)).

Meg Butler, Academic Achievers, AALL Spectrum, May 2009, at 28.

Meg Butler, Partners in Law, AALL Spectrum, Feb. 2009, at 28.

Meg Butler, Core Functions & Best Practices: A Comparison of Job Descriptions for Interlibrary Loan Supervisors, 19 J. Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery, & Electronic Res. 21 (2009).

Meg Butler, In Search of Disappearing Information: Strategies for Preserving Access to Federal Documents on the Web, AALL Spectrum, Sept.-Oct. 2008, at 34.

Camille Broussard & Meg Butler, AALL Special Interest Section Recommended Reading Lists: Social Responsibilities SIS, 100 L. Libr. J. 713, 744 (2008).

Meg Butler, Trivia Questions & Answers, L. Lines, Win. 2007, at 24.

Meg Butler, Book Review, Legal Info. Alert, Nov./Dec. 2007, at 13 (reviewing Stephen McCaffrey, The Law of International Watercourses (2007)).

Meg Butler, Trivia Questions & Answers, L. Lines, Spr. 2007, at 25.

Meg Butler, Book Review, Legal Info. Alert, Mar. 2007, at 7 (reviewing Bryan M. Carson, The Law of Libraries & Archives (2006)).

Meg Butler, Book Review, Legal Info. Alert, Feb. 2007, at 10 (reviewing Xuan-Thao N. Nguyen, Intellectual Property, Software, & Information Licensing: Law and Practice (2007)).

Meg Butler, Book Review, Legal Hist. & Rare Books, Spring/Summer 2007, at 15 (reviewing Lynne Curry, The DeShaney Case: Child Abuse, Family Rights, & the Dilemma of State Intervention (2007)).

Meg Butler, Book Review, Legal Info. Alert, Jan. 2007, at 11 (reviewing Andrew Sparrow, Music Distribution & the Internet: A Legal Guide for the Music Business (2006)).

Popular Press

Margaret Butler, Book Review, AALL Spectrum Blog (Oct. 4, 2011), available at http://aallspectrum.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/book-review-creativity-law-and-entrepreneurship/, reviewing Creativity, Law and Entrepreneurship (Shubha Ghosh & Robin Paul Malloy, eds. (2011)).

Margaret (Meg) Butler, Book Review, AALL Spectrum Blog (June 7, 2010), available at http://aallspectrum.wordpress.com/2010/06/07/book-review-guide-to-global-real-estate-investment-trusts/ (reviewing Guide to Global Real Estate Investment Trusts (Stefano Simontacchi & Uwe Stoschek, eds. 2010)).

Other

Margaret Butler, Book Review, RIPS-SIS Legal Research Text Review (2019), https://www.aallnet.org/ripssis/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2020/03/LegalResearchDemystifed_BookReview_MButler.pdf, (reviewing Eric P. Voigt, Legal Research Demystified: A Step-by-Step Approach (2019)).

Research Instruction Patron Services Law Librarian Blog, (Margaret Butler contributor, August 2012-July 2013)

SR-SIS Newsletter, (Margaret Butler ed., 2012-)

Law Lines, (Meg Butler ed., 2008-2010).

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