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Robert H. Hu

Professor of Law

 

Bob Hu

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Education

  • Ph.D. in Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996
  • M.S. in Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1992
  • LL.M., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1988
  • LL.B., Beijing University, China, 1984

Specialties and Courses

  • Legal research and writing
  • Advanced legal research
  • International intellectual property law
  • Chinese intellectual property law
  • Law library management
  • Legal research and bibliography
  • Information technology

Biography

Hu is a Professor of Law at St. Mary’s University School of Law. He is also Director of the Institute on Chinese Law & Business at the law school. Hu joined St. Mary’s University School of Law on June 1, 2005, and served as Director of the Sarita Kenedy East Law Library from 2005 to 2021. He left the library director’s position and began teaching full-time on the law school faculty in 2021.

Before that he had worked at four American law schools: The College of William & Mary (1993-1997), Wake Forest University (1997-1999), Gonzaga University (1999-2000) and Texas Tech University (2000-2005).

Organizations

  • American Law Institute (ALI);
  • Association of American Law Schools (AALS);
  • American Bar Association (ABA);
  • American Association of Law Libraries (AALL);
  • Chinese and American Forum on Law Libraries and Legal Information (CAFLL);
  • Southwestern Association of Law Libraries (SWALL)

Publications

Books

  • Research Guide to Chinese Patent Law and Practice. 2nd ed. Getzille, NY: William S. Hein & Co., Inc., 2022.
  • Research Guide to Chinese Copyright Law. 2nd ed. Buffalo, NY: William S. Hein & Co., Inc., 2016.
  • Research Guide to Chinese Trademark Law and Practice. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2009.
  • Research Guide to Chinese Patent Law and Practice. Buffalo, NY: William S. Hein & Co., Inc., 2002.
  • Guide to China Copyright Law Studies. Buffalo, NY: William S. Hein & Co., Inc., 2000.

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