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 IIT 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 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.
Articles
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Contributions to Books
Supplement, Litigation Support Systems 2d: An Attorney's Guide (1994)
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