Kurt X. Metzmeier

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Associate Director, Law Library

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Kurt Metzmeier has a B.A. and M.A. in History from the University of Louisville, an M.S.L.I.S. from the University of Kentucky, and a J.D. from University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, where he was a member of the Brandeis Honor Society and the editorial board of the University of Louisville Journal of Family Law (the predecessor of the University of Louisville Law Review). He has been a member of the Kentucky Bar since 1995.

Metzmeier was hired by the University of Louiisville Law Library in 2000 as a legal reference librarian and was promoted to associate librarian in 2002. Prior to entering law school, he held positions as research historian at the Portland (Ky.) Historical Museum, and as project archivist at the Jefferson County (Ky.) Office of Historic Preservation and Archives. He was hired as Reference/Computer Systems Librarian at University of Kentucky College of Law Library in 1995 and served from 1998 to 2000 as IT manager for the University of Kentucky College of Law.

Metzmeier has presented at a number of bar association, continuing legal education, and law library conferences, including the annual conferences of the Kentucky Bar Association, the American Association of Law Libraries and the Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI). He has published widely in library, legal and historical journals, and served as managing editor and principal author of the Kentucky Legal Research Manual, 3d (Lexington, UK/CLE, 2004) and United At Last: The Judicial Article and the Struggle to Reform Kentucky's Courts (Frankfort, Ky.: Court of Justice, 2006). He is an active member of several legal and library organizations including the American Association of Law Libraries, Kentucky Library Association, American Bar Association, Kentucky Bar Association, the Louisville Bar Association and the Kentucky Historical Society.

Courses Taught

Legal Research

Legal History

Advanced Legal Research

Publications

BOOKS:

United At Last: The Judicial Article and the Struggle to Reform Kentucky's Courts (general editor; co-author with Michael Whiteman and Jason Nemes) (Frankfort, Ky.: Court of Justice, 2006).

"Law in the Wilderness: An Annotated Bibliography of Legal Materials of Pre-Statehood Kentucky," (book chapter) Pre-Statehood Legal History: A Research Guide to the Fifty States, including the District of Columbia and New York City, Michael Chiorazzi & Margarite Most, eds. (Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press, 2006).

Kentucky Legal Research Manual, 3d. Lexington KY: UK/CLE, 2005. Managing editor and author of seven of the chapters and two appendices.

ARTICLES:

Book Review: Calvin H. Johnson, Righteous Anger at the Wicked States: The Meaning of the Founders’ Constitution (New York, Cambridge University Press, 2005), Legal History And Rare Books, Vol. 13, No. 3, 2007.

The Grey Ghosts of Legal Literature: Furtive Government Reports and Forgotten CLE Materials, Louisville Bar Briefs (October 2007).

James Hughes: Kentucky's First Nominative Reporter, Legal History and Rare Books, Vol. 13, No. 2, 2007.

You Can Look it Up: The Use of Dictionaries in Interpreting Statutes, Louisville Bar Briefs (July 2007).

Who Asked the Attorney General His Opinion?, Louisville Bar Briefs (April 2007).

Reading the Mind of Congress: Legislative History Research on the Internet, Louisville Bar Briefs (January 2007).

Location, Location, Location: Real Estate Research¸ Louisville Bar Briefs (October 2006).

Summer Roundup: Unpublished Opinions, Casemaker¸ Louisville Bar Briefs (July 2006).

History in the Law Library: Using Legal Materials to Explore the Past and Find Lawyers, Felons and Other Scoundrels in Your Family Tree, Louisville Bar Briefs (April 2006).

Better Than Government Work: Finding Federal Regulations on the Web, Louisville Bar Briefs (January 2006).

30 Years Ago…Kentuckians Vote to Reform the Judicial System, Louisville Bar Briefs (November 2005).

The Big Gobble: The Consolidation of the Legal Publishing Industry and What It Means For Legal Research, Louisville Bar Briefs (October 2005).

Bloggers, Blawgs and Finding Current Law, Louisville Bar Briefs (July 2005).

WARNING: STATUTES UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Finding Good Case Law in Old Kentucky Statutes, Louisville Bar Briefs (April 2005).

No Free Ride for the Mayor and Other Tales: Researching Kentucky Constitutional Law, Louisville Bar Briefs (January 2005).


Presentations

"The World of 1906." American Association of Law Libraries Annual Conference. Seattle, Wash. July 15, 2006.

"A River Runs Through It: A Raft Ride Through the Legal History of the ORALL States." Ohio Regional Association of Law Libraries Annual Conference. Covington, Ky. October 13, 2004.

"Researching and Writing Institutional History: Court History." American Association of Law Libraries Annual Conference. Seattle, Wash. July 14, 2003.

University and Community Service

University of Louisville Faculty Senator, 2002; 2005-2007.

University of Louisville Faculty Red Book Committee, 2001-2004.