Ronald E. Wheeler

Boston University School of Law

Director of the Law Library

765 Commonwealth Avenue

Boston, MA 02215

United States

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Does WestlawNext Really Change Everything: The Implications of WestlawNext on Legal Research

Law Library Journal, Vol. 103, No. 3, p. 359, 2011, Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2011-09
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 02 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2012
Ronald E. Wheeler
Boston University School of Law
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WestlawNext, Legal Research, Instruction, Legal Education, Electronic Research

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Soft Skills - The Importance of Cultivating Emotional Intelligence

AALL Spectrum, January/February 2016, Boston Univ. School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 16-06
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 22 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 06 Sep 2022
Ronald E. Wheeler
Boston University School of Law
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law libraries, human resources, personnel management, soft skills, emotional intelligence, EI, employment, workplace management, law library management, bias, unconscious bias

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Is This the Law Library or an Episode of the Jetsons?

The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute, Vol. 20, p. 49, 2015, Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 15-29
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 18 Jul 2015
Ronald E. Wheeler
Boston University School of Law
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About Microaggressions

Law Library Journal, Vol. 108:2 [2016-15], Boston Univ. School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 16-19
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 23 May 2016
Ronald E. Wheeler
Boston University School of Law
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Microaggressions, workplace discrimination, bias, LGBT rights, law librarianship, racism, sexual orientation

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We All Do It: Unconscious Behavior, Bias, and Diversity

Law Library Journal, Vol. 107, p. 325, 2015, Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 15-36
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 01 Oct 2015
Ronald E. Wheeler
Boston University School of Law
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Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Law Librarianship

Law Library Journal, Vol. 107:3 [2015-22], Boston Univ. School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 16-04
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 16 Jan 2016
Ronald E. Wheeler
Boston University School of Law
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diversity, law libraries, law librarians, legal profession, race, police misconduct, police brutality, racism

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Choosing the Top Candidate: Best Practices in Academic Law Library Hiring

Law Library Journal, Vol. 100, p. 117, 2008
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 04 Jan 2009
Ronald E. Wheeler, Nancy P. Johnson and Terrance K. Manion
Boston University School of Law, Georgia State University College of Law and Georgia State University College of Law
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law librarianship, academic law libraries, law libraries, hiring, best practices

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Teaching WestlawNext: Next Steps for Teachers of Legal Research

21 Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing 127 (2013), Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2013-28
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 22 May 2013 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2014
Ronald E. Wheeler
Boston University School of Law
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online legal research, legal education, westlaw, westlawnext, research instruction

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Stereotype Threat and Law Librarianship

Law Library Journal, Vol. 106, p. 483, 2014, Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 14-42
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 11 Dec 2014
Ronald E. Wheeler
Boston University School of Law
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On Empathy

Law Library Journal Vol. 108:3 [2016-24], Boston University School of Law, Working Paper No. 16-36
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 10 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 13 Sep 2016
Ronald E. Wheeler
Boston University School of Law
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empathy, diversity, shootings, poverty, mental illness, religion

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Let's Talk About Race

Law Library Journal, Vol. 106, p. 267, 2014, Suffolk University Law School Research Paper No. 14-17
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 15 Jun 2014
Ronald E. Wheeler
Boston University School of Law
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An Introduction to "Critical Legal Research: The Next Wave"

An Introduction to “Critical Legal Research: The Next Wave” (A Panel in Honor of Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic), 101 B.U.L.Rev. Online 1 (2021)., Boston Univ. School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 21-13
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 23 Apr 2021
Ronald E. Wheeler
Boston University School of Law
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AALL Diversity Redelineated

106 Law Library Journal 135 (2014)., Univ. of San Francisco Law Research Paper No. 2014-08
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 09 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2014
Ronald E. Wheeler
Boston University School of Law
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diversity, law librarianship, AALL

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How Law Libraries Can Help Tell the Black Lives Matter Movement's Story

Appearing in 25 AALL Spectrum 41, (Sept/Oct 2020)
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 23 Sep 2020
Ronald E. Wheeler and Phebe Huderson-Poydras
Boston University School of Law and Southern University Law Cen
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Everything from Soup to Nuts: The Full Plate of Academic Law Library Directorship ('A Day in my Law Library Life,' Circa 2018)

Everything from Soup to Nuts: The Full Plate of Academic Law Library Directorship, in “A Day in My Law Library Life,” Circa 2018, 111 LAW LIBR. J. 71, 99. (Compiled by Scott Frey, Winter 2019).
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 05 Jan 2020
Ronald E. Wheeler
Boston University School of Law
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law library,professional law librarian,law librarianship, law library directorship

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Library Director as Opportunity Identifier

in Academic Law Library Director Perspectives: Case Studies and Insights, Case Study p. 195, Michelle M. Wu, ed., William S. Hein & Co. (2015).
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 28 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2021
Ronald E. Wheeler
Boston University School of Law
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Micro Essay: Researching Foreign Law in a Bunch of Common Law Jurisdictions just Got WAY Easier!

26 PERSPECTIVES: TEACHING LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING 32, (Spring 2018), Boston Univ. School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 18-24
Posted: 16 Oct 2018
Ronald E. Wheeler
Boston University School of Law

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database, reasearching, foreign law, research database, foreign law database