Joan S. HowlandRoger F. Noreen Professor of Law; Associate Dean for Information and TechnologyUniversity of California at Davis, B.A. Professor Joan S. Howland is recognized for her work in law and technology, American Indian Law, legal research and law librarianship. She teaches American Indian Legal History and Law in Cyberspace. In 1996, she received the Roger F. Noreen Chair at the Law School. Professor Howland received a B.A. degree from the University of California at Davis; an M.A. degree in history from the University of Texas, Austin; and an M.L.S. degree in library science from California State University. She earned her J.D. degree from the University of Santa Clara Law School and her M.B.A. degree from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. In 2002, she completed the Academic Leadership Program at the Harvard University Institute for Higher Education. From 1975 to 1983, Professor Howland was Associate Public Services Librarian at the Stanford Law School Library. She then became Associate Librarian for Public Services at the Harvard University Law School Library. In 1986, she became Deputy Director of the Law Library at the University of California at Berkeley. Professor Howland also taught at the U.C. Berkeley School of Library and Information Sciences. She joined the Law School faculty as a tenured Professor of Law and Director of the Law Library in 1992. Professor Howland has chaired many American Association of Law Libraries committees, including the Diversity, Education, National Resources, Recruitment and Scholarship Committees. She has been a member of the Executive Board of the American Indian Library Association since 1989 and currently serves as treasurer. She has served as co-chair of the ABA Committee on Libraries and chair of the American Association of Law Schools Committee on Libraries and Technology, and is a current member of the AALS Advisory Group on Electronic Publishing. She served as a member of the ABA Accreditation Committee from 2001 to 2006. Professor Howland is currently a member of the Council of the ABA Section on Legal Education & Admission to the Bar. She also is a member of the American Law Institute. In 2003, Professor Howland received the prestigious Spirit of Law Librarianship Award in recognition of her extensive volunteer efforts with a variety of legal aid programs serving the legal and technological needs of American Indians living in traditional communities.
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