Michelle M. LaLonde

• Biography

  Michelle LaLonde is the Interim Director of the Arthur Neef Law Library and an adjunct professor of law at Wayne State University Law School. She has worked as an academic and federal law librarian for nearly two decades. At Wayne Law, she teaches courses on legal research methods. Her academic areas of interest include copyright law in higher education and libraries, international copyright law, American intellectual property law, and the teaching of legal research.
  
  LaLonde holds a master’s degree in Information and Library Science from Wayne State University and earned her law degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. After earning her law degree, she served as a librarian for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

• Degrees and Certifications

  LL.M. (Intellectual Property Law), Thomas M. Cooley Law School
  J.D., Thomas M. Cooley Law School
  M.L.I.S., Wayne State University
  B.G.S., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
   

• Courses Taught
  MSL Class (Working with Lawyers) Fundamentals of U.S. Legal Research
• Publications of Note

  Researching Public Health Law, Michigan Bar Journal. *Coming December 2022
  
  Bringing Law to the Community: Facilitating Access to Justice in Metropolitan Detroit, Applebaum, B., Bissett, J., LaLonde, M., Samson, M., and Thomas, V. (2016). World Library and Information Congress: 82nd IFLA General Conference and Assembly, Columbus, Ohio.

• Recent courses taught

  Fall Term 2024

  • MSL8900 - Working with Lawyers

  Fall Term 2023

  • MSL8900 - Working with Lawyers

  Fall Term 2022

  • LEX8900 - Working with Lawyers