Gregory K. Laughlin

Associate Dean for Information Resources
Director of the Law Library
Associate Professor of Law

Teaching interests: Cyberlaw.

Education: B. A. magna cum laude, 1982, Missouri State University; J. D. cum laude, 1986, University of Missouri-Columbia; M.S. in L.I.S., 1995, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Experience: Attorney in St. Louis, Mo., 1986-1994.  Instructor and Information Technology Librarian, Ohio Northern University, 1995-1997.  Law Library Director and Assistant Professor of Law, Ohio Northern University, 1998-2000.  Associate Dean for Information Resources and Director of the Law Library, and Associate Professor of Law, The University of Memphis, 2000 to Present.

Admitted: Missouri.

Achievements/Publications:  Professor Laughlin's scholarly interest is in the area of information access and control and he has published articles on copyright and first amendment issues.  His article on the use of Internet filters in public libraries, Sex, Lies, and Library Cards: The First Amendment Implications of the Use of Software Filters to Control Access to Internet Pornography in Public Libraries, 51 Drake L. Rev. 213, 279 (2003), was quoted by Justice Stevens in his dissent in United States v. American Library Association, 539 U.S. 194 (2003) (Stevens, J., dissenting).

Curriculum Vitae

Email: glaughln@memphis.edu