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Alex Zhang is the Archibald C. and Frances Fulk Rufty Research Professor of Law, Associate Dean of Information Services, and Director of the J. Michael Goodson Law Library at Duke Law. She previously held positions at Stanford Law School, the University of Michigan Law School, and Washington and Lee University School of Law.

 

Her scholarship explores the digital infrastructure of legal knowledge, with a focus on legal information, legal informatics, legal research methodology, and the evolving role of law libraries. She examines how artificial intelligence and computational methods are reshaping legal research, legal education, legal publishing, law libraries, and access to legal information. She also conducts interdisciplinary empirical research on legal texts, legal argumentation, and judicial decision-making.

 

Alex is Editor-in-Chief of Legal Reference Services Quarterly, a member of the Advisory Board of Foreign Law Guide (Brill), and co-editor of the Global Animal Law Research.

 

She is active in regional, national, and international legal information associations. From 2023 to 2026, she served as Secretary and a member of the Executive Board of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL). She is also a past chair of the International Legal Research Interest Group of the American Society of International Law.

 

Alex earned her J.D. from the University of Kansas and her M.S.I. from the University of Michigan. She is a member of the New York State Bar.