Professor Staudt received a B.S. in mathematics and a B.A. in philosophy from St.
Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Indiana. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago
Law School, where he was a member of the University of Chicago Law Review. Before joining
the Chicago-Kent faculty in 1978, he practiced with the firm of Hubacheck, Kelly, Rauch
& Kirby for two years, was staff attorney and assistant director of the Pima County,
Arizona, Legal Aid Society, and was a clinical fellow and lecturer at the Mandel Legal
Aid Clinic, University of Chicago Law School. From 1994 through 1998, on leave from the
Chicago-Kent, he served as vice president for technology development and associated
positions at LexisNexis Inc. in Dayton, Ohio.
Professor Staudt is the associate vice president of law, business and technology and a
professor of law at Chicago-Kent College of Law. He teaches Copyright Law, Intellectual
Property Strategies, Internet Law, Public Interest Law & Policy, Justice and
Technology Practicum, and Access to Justice and Technology. He is director of the Center
for Access to Justice & Technology (CAJT)--a law school center using Internet
resources to improve access to justice with special emphasis on building Web tools to
support legal services advocates, pro bono volunteers and pro se litigants. Current CAJT
projects include the law school’s Public Interest Certificate program; A2J Author, a
collaboration with the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction to build new
computer interfaces for self-represented litigants; and the Self-Help Web Center at the
Cook County Courthouse in the Daley Center, where law student volunteers help
self-represented litigants to use technology tools developed at CAJT.
Professor Staudt has written numerous articles and books on technology and law. His most
recent book is a report co-authored by Charles L. Owen, Distinguished Professor of Design
at IIT's Institute of Design, and Edward B. Pedwell, titled Access to Justice:
Meeting the Needs of Self-Represented Litigants.
Professor Staudt is a fellow, board member and vice president of the College of Law
Practice Management, a member of the ABA Law Practice Management Section's
E-Lawyering Task Force, a member of the advisory council of the ABA Standing Committee on
the Delivery of Legal Services, and a member of the ABA TechShow 2006 Planning Board.
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Supplement, Litigation Support Systems 2d: An Attorney's Guide (1994)
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