Penny Hazelton

  • Professor Emeritus of Law

Contact

Email: pennyh@u.washington.edu

Penny Hazelton

Education

B.A. 1969, Linfield College J.D. 1975, Lewis & Clark College M.L.L. 1976, University of Washington

Areas of Expertise

Law Library Administration

Selected Publications

  • Specialized Legal Research (Penny A. Hazelton ed., rev. ed., Gallagher Law Library 2014, Supp. 2017).
  • Penny A. Hazelton, Law Students and the New Law Library: An Old Paradigm, in Legal Education in the Digital Age 158-82 (Edward Rubin ed., Cambridge University Press 2012).

See the full list under the Publications tab below.

Peer Reviewed Journals & Law Reviews

  • Penny Hazelton, What Law Librarians Collect, 91 Law Libr. J. 601 (1999).
  • Penny A. Hazelton, Sometimes You Need a Good Shove, 91 Law Libr. J. 216-18 (1999).
  • Penny A. Hazelton, Advanced Legal Research Courses: An Update, 1 Persp.: Teaching Legal Res. & Writing 52-53 (1993).
  • Penny Hazelton, Marian Gould Gallagher: Who Was She Anyway?, 65 Wash. L. Rev. 739-41 (1990).
  • Penny A. Hazelton, Memorials, Marian Gould Gallagher and Melissa Sue Landers, 82 Law Libr. J. 399-401 (1990).
  • Penny A. Hazelton, Library School and Legal Bibliographies, Legal Reference Services Q., nos. 1-2, 1989 at 79-88.
  • Penny A. Hazelton, Circuit Justice Assignments: 1802-1984, Legal Reference Services Q., no. 4, 1984-85 at 85-94.

Books or Treatises

  • Specialized Legal Research (Penny A. Hazelton ed., rev. ed., Gallagher Law Library 2014, Supp. 2017).
  • Specialized Legal Research (Penny A. Hazelton ed., rev. ed., Gallagher Law Library 2014, Supp. 2016).
  • Specialized Legal Research (Penny A. Hazelton ed., rev. ed., Gallagher Law Library 2014, Supp. 2015).
  • Specialized Legal Research (Penny A. Hazelton ed., rev. ed., Gallagher Law Library 2014).
  • Specialized Legal Research (Penny A. Hazelton ed., Gallagher Law Library Supp. 2013).
  • Specialized Legal Research (Penny A. Hazelton ed., Aspen Supp. 2012).
  • Specialized Legal Research (Penny A. Hazelton ed., Aspen Supp. 2011).
  • Specialized Legal Research (Penny A. Hazelton ed., Aspen Supp. 2010).
  • Specialized Legal Research (Penny A. Hazelton ed., Aspen Supp. 2009).
  • Penny A. Hazelton et al., Washington Legal Researcher's Deskbook 3d (Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library 2002). 300 pages.
  • Penny Hazelton, 鈥淜ey Cite in Legal Research,鈥 Law Firm Training Materials for West Group, April 1999.
  • Penny A. Hazelton, Using KeyCite in Legal Research: Instructor鈥檚 Materials and Student Exercises (West Group 1998). 18 pages.
  • Penny A. Hazelton et al., Washington Legal Researcher's Deskbook, 2d (Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library 1996). 303 pages.
  • Martin Cerjan, Penny Hazelton, Peggy Roebuck Jarrett, Molly McCluer & Mary Whisner, Washington Legal Researcher's Deskbook (Washington Law School Foundation 1994). 306 pages.
  • Penny A. Hazelton, Computer-Assisted Legal Research: The Basics (West 1993). 73 pages.
  • Rules of the Supreme Court of the United States: 1790--1980 (Penny A. Hazelton comp., Hein 1987 & 1990). 14 pages & 45 microfiche.

Book Chapters

  • Penny A. Hazelton, Banking Law, in Specialized Legal Research 10-1 to 10-76 (Penny A. Hazelton ed., rev. ed., Gallagher Law Library 2014).
  • Penny A. Hazelton, Law Students and the New Law Library: An Old Paradigm, in Legal Education in the Digital Age 158-82 (Edward Rubin ed., Cambridge University Press 2012).
  • Penny A. Hazelton, Law Literature and Its Users, in Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences 3235-51 (3d ed., Taylor & Francis 2010).
  • Penny A. Hazelton, Law Library Director of the Twenty-First Century, in How to Manage a Law School Library: Leading Librarians on Updating Resources, Managing Budgets, and Meeting Expectations 117-35 (Aspatore Books 2008).
  • Barbara A. Bintliff, Laura N. Gasaway, Penny A. Hazelton, Frank G. Houdek, Janis L. Johnston, Martha Dragich Pearson, Charles Ten Brink & Michelle Wu, So You Want to Be an Academic Law Library Director?, in Beyond the Books: People, Politics, and Librarianship 197-236 (Leslie A. Lee & Michelle M. Wu eds., Hein 2007).
  • Penny A. Hazelton, Configuration of the Law Library of the Future, in The Future of Law Libraries: Selected Articles from a Symposium on the Impact of Technology on Law Libraries and Law Classrooms of the Future, March 10-11, 2005, Amelia Island, Florida 44-57 (West 2006).
  • Penny A. Hazelton, Banking Law, in Specialized Legal Research 10-1 to -81 (Penny A. Hazelton ed., Aspen Supp. 2005).
  • Penny A. Hazelton, The Leader as Teacher, in Leadership Roles for Librarians 169-78 (Herbert E. Cihak & Joan S. Howland eds., William S. Hein 2002).
  • Penny A. Hazelton, Planning and Justifying Space for Collections, in Space Planning and Technology for Academic Law Libraries (Duke University School of Law 1999).
  • Penny A. Hazelton, Computer-Assisted Legal Research, in Marjorie Dick Rombauer, Legal Problem Solving: Analysis, Research & Writing 275-332 (5th ed., West 1991).
  • Penny A. Hazelton, Integrating Manual and Computer Legal Research, in The Spirit of Law Librarianship: A Reader 225-46 (Roy Mersky & Richard Leiter eds., Rothman & Co. 1991).

Book Reviews

  • Penny A. Hazelton, Book Review, 49 J. Am. Soc'y Info. Sci. 1332-33 (Dec. 1998) (reviewing Yvonne J. Chandler, Guide to Finding Legal and Regulatory Information on the Internet (1998)).
  • Penny A. Hazelton, Book Review, 3 Persp.: Teaching Legal Res. & Writing 44-45 (1995) (reviewing Christopher G. Wren & Jill Robinson Wren, Using Computers in Legal Research: A Guide to LEXIS and WESTLAW (1994)).
  • Penny A. Hazelton, Book Review, 8 Legal Reference Services Q. 268-70 (1988) (reviewing Ron Lansing, Skylarks and Lecterns: A Law School Charter (1983)).
  • Penny A. Hazelton, A Book Review--Or What You Never Wanted to Know About Bibliographies, 17 Envtl. L. 355-64 (1987) (reviewing Law, Natural Resources, and Land Use: The Environmental Collection of the Paul L. Boley Law Library (Joe Stephens ed. 1986)).

Professional Publications

  • Penny A. Hazelton, The Magic of a Closed Day, Law Libr. New Millennium (West Libr. Relations), Nov-Dec. 2005, at 1, 3.
  • Penny A. Hazelton, Books? Why?, Soc. L. @ Large (Soc. L. Libr. Bos.), Oct. 2001, at 1, 3.
  • Penny A. Hazelton, Library Highlights: Electronic Law Library, Syllabus (Am. B. Ass'n Section Legal Ed. & Admissions B.), Summer 1999, at 12.
  • Penny Hazelton, Spotlight on Legal Research: Academia Now: Nonpreferred Customers, AmLaw Tech, Summer 1998, at 83.
  • Penny A. Hazelton, Law Librarians as "Resourceful Strategists,鈥 Info. Innovators (West Pub.), July 1996, at 5.
  • Penny A. Hazelton, Law Libraries as Special Libraries: An Educational Model, 42 Libr. Trends 319-41 (1993).
  • Law Librarianship--A Forum, Law Libr. Lights (Law Libr. Soc'y Wash. D.C.), May-June 1992, at 1, 3-12.
  • Penny Hazelton, Symposium Stimulates Thinking on Library Education and Specialization, 23 AALL Newsl. (Am. Ass'n L. Libr.) 662-63 (1992).
  • Penny Hazelton, 鈥淔rom the President,鈥 monthly columns in AALL Newsletter, October 1990鈥揓uly 1991.
  • Penny A. Hazelton, Education for Law Librarians, 48 Bookmark 278-81 (1990).
  • Penny A. Hazelton, Law Librarians and Teaching in Library Schools, Trends L. Libr. Mgmt. & Tech., Oct. 1988, at 4-6.
  • Penny A. Hazelton, The How and Why of the American Association of Law Libraries, Law Libr. Lights (Law Libr. Soc'y Wash. D.C.), Nov. 1984, at 5-6.

News Media

  • Penny A. Hazelton, The Law School Library: It鈥檚 More Than Just Books, Nat'l L. J., July 17, 2000, at C3, 5.
  • Penny A. Hazelton, Analyze, Evaluate, Deal: Here Are a Few Tips on Spending Your Legal Research Dollars Wisely, Wash. J., July 11, 1994, at Special Focus 9.
  • Speaker, "Legal Research and Writing," Readmission Workshop, Washington State Bar Association (March 19, 2015)
  • Speaker, "Lawyer Access to Final Agency Access in Oregon and Washington," Oregon State Bar CLE Seminars, Northwest Administrative Law Institute (September 20, 2014)
  • Speaker, "The CTC and International Research and Information Systems," with Ruth Bird & Kyle Brown, Third Conference, Cape Town Convention Academic Project (September 10, 2014)
  • Speaker, "Legal Research and Writing," Readmission CLE, Washington State Bar Association (August 14, 2014)
  • Speaker, "Orbis Cascade Alliance Summit: A Library Management Service Model for the Future: The Director鈥檚 View," Annual Meeting, American Association of Law Libraries (July 15, 2014)
  • Speaker, "Legal Research and Writing," Readmission CLE, Washington State Bar Association (March 1, 2014)
  • Speaker, "The Law Library: Creative and Strategic Innovation in the Midst of Change," Annual Meeting, Association of American Law Schools (January 3, 2014)
  • Speaker, "Legal Research and Writing," Readmission CLE, Washington State Bar Association (August 1, 2013)
  • Speaker, "Legal Research and Writing," Readmission CLE, Washington State Bar Association (February 1, 2013)
  • Speaker, "Legal Research and Writing," Readmission CLE, Washington State Bar Association (August 16, 2012)
  • Speaker, "Legal Research and Writing," Readmission CLE, Washington State Bar Association (February 1, 2012)
  • Moderator and speaker, "When Worlds Collide: Keeping the Planets Aligned During Times of Opportunity and Change for Law Schools and Law Libraries," Annual Meeting, Association of American Law Schools (January 7, 2012)
  • Speaker, "Legal Research and Writing," Readmission CLE, Washington State Bar Association (August 1, 2011)
  • Panelist, "Meeting Employers鈥 Expectations: Are Library Schools Doing Everything They Can?," Annual Meeting, American Association of Law Libraries (July 25, 2011)
  • Speaker, "Training New Law Librarians," Workshop for Library Directors and Librarians, 2d Conference of the Chinese and American Forum on Legal Information and Law Libraries (July 22, 2011)