Speaker Biography Ann Walsh Long

Law Library, Nevada Supreme Court

Ann Walsh Long is new to Nevada but has more than 30 years of experience working as a law librarian. Ann literally wrote the book on Advanced Legal Research (for West Academic), primarily to help her students learn the indispensable legal research resources for each stage of civil litigation. Prior to joining the court in July, Ann was a founding librarian and an Associate Professor of Law at Lincoln Memorial University’s Duncan School of Law where she taught Legal Research I, II, and III, Advanced Legal Research and Advanced Legal Research for Competitive Intelligence. Ann has been recognized twice by the American Association of Law Libraries – first for writing the article of the year for the association’s Spectrum magazine and later for her work as Chair on the Publishing Initiatives Caucus, when she received a Presidential Certificate of Merit. Additionally, Ann worked in the law libraries of four “Big Law” firms and at the Environmental Protectional Agency’s Library in Washington, D.C. She has a J.D. from LMU, a master’s degree in library science from Catholic University of America, and an undergraduate degree in political science from Colorado College.