Kim Clarke

Kim Clarke, LL.B. (Manitoba), MLIS (Alberta) is the associate vice-provost (libraries and cultural resources) for research support, director of the Bennett Jones Law Library, and an adjunct professor of law at the University of Calgary. She obtained her LL.B. from the University of Manitoba in 1989 and her Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) degree from the University of Alberta in 1997. Kim articled and practised with Thompson Dorfman Sweatman in Winnipeg before serving as a legal analyst with the Manitoba Law Reform Commission. Upon graduating with her MLIS degree, Kim worked at Ohio State University and then at University of Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law where she was the assistant dean for library and research services. She has taught introductory and advanced legal research courses at universities in both Canada and the United States over the past 16 years. Her scholarship interests include legal education, teaching legal research, and library administration. She has presented nationally and internationally on these topics, including at the annual meetings of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries, the American Association of Law Libraries, the Association of American Law Schools, and at the 2013 Joint Study Institute.