Margaret "Meg" Butler
Associate Director for Public Services Law Library- 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
Books
Margaret "Meg" Butler & Thomas "TJ" Striepe, Georgia Legal Research (2d ed. 2022).
Book Chapters
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 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
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, 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).
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, 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
Other
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).