Robert H. Hu
Director of the Law Library | Professor of Law
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 and Director of the Sarita Kenedy East Law Library at St. Mary’s University School of Law. He is also co-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.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)