As Assistant Dean for Information Technology, Jim Becker is responsible for all aspects of the School of Law's IT environment, including network and Web site administration; instructional technologies; faculty and staff support; computer exam administration; planning and purchasing; and supervising the IT staff. A licensed attorney, Dean Becker is a member of the American, Kentucky and Louisville Bar Associations.

Mr. Becker has taught Computers & the Law as an adjunct professor in the Political Science Department's Paralegal Studies Program and has made numerous CLE presentations on topics such as trial technology, Internet legal research and ethical considerations raised by technology in the practice of law. Since 2003, he has assisted the Kentucky Office of Bar Admissions with computer administration of the July and February bar exams. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Louisville in 1988 and his Juris Doctorate in 1997 from the University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, where he was a member of the Journal of Family Law.

An aging rock and roll poseur, Jim is also on the planning committee for Lawlapalooza, the Louisville legal community's annual Battle of the Bands to benefit the Judge Ellen B. Ewing Foundation, which provides summer fellowships for Louisville Law students to work in the areas of family law, domestic violence and spouse abuse, and HIV/AIDS.