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Bruce S. Johnson

Associate Dean for Information Services; Thomas J. and Mary E. Heck and Leo H. Faust Memorial Designated Professor of Law

Bruce S. Johnson

Bruce S. Johnson

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Education

  • B.A., Amherst College, History, 1970 (cum laude)
  • J.D., New York University, 1973
  • M.L.S., Rutgers University, Graduate School of Library

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Scholarship

Areas of Expertise

  • Legal Research and Law Libraries

Autumn 2013 Courses

Professor Johnson joined the Moritz College of Law in 1992 as Director of the Moritz Law Library and Professor of Law. In 1997, he become Associate Dean for Information Services.

Prior to coming to Ohio State, Professor Johnson was Director of the Law Library and Associate Professor of Law at the University of South Carolina. Earlier, he had served as Chief Reference Librarian at the University of Michigan Law Library.

He has written and spoken on issues of law library management and funding, the confidentiality of library circulation records and the use of wireless networks in law schools.

Professor Johnson has served as chair of the Law Libraries Committee of the A.B.A. Section on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar. He teaches Legal Analysis and Writing, Property, and Wills, Trusts and Estates.