Darla Jackson’s research and scholarship is focused on comparative law, international commercial arbitration, military law, empirical research, cybersecurity, the impact of technology on legal research and the information seeking behavior of legal professionals and law students. She is also interested in international human rights, including Native American & indigenous peoples law. She has published articles, and book chapters on these topics, and authored a regular column on technology for Law Library Journal. She has taught both in-person and distance legal research classes. She is member of the Oklahoma Bar Association and is active in professional organizations including the American Association of Law Libraries and the American Bar Association.

Darla has served as the Director of the Mabee Legal Information Center and the University of South Dakota Law Library. She was the Associate Director of the Oklahoma City University Law Library. She has also worked as a member of the University of Oklahoma College of Law Library staff and was employed as part of the Management Assistance Program of the Oklahoma Bar Association. Prior to entering law librarianship, she was a Judge Advocate in the United States Air Force.

Darla Jackson earned her M.L.I.S., and J.D. degrees from the University of Oklahoma. She also holds an LL.M. in International Law from the University of Georgia School of Law and an LL.M. in Indigenous Peoples Law from OU College of Law.