P. Michael Whipple

Director of the Law Library and Professor of Law.

B.A., Arizona State University (summa cum laude), 1969; M.A., Johns Hopkins University (with honors), 1971; J.D.; University of Iowa, 1974; M.LL., University of Denver; 1980.

Before joining the Loyola law faculty in 2001, Professor Whipple served for 10 years as director of the law library at the University of Puerto Rico. Before that appointment, he was a member of the faculty and a law librarian at Pepperdine University and the University of Toledo. Immediately after law school, Professor Whipple practiced with the Phoenix law firm of O’Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Westover, Killingsworth & Beshears, where he concentrated in the areas of general commercial litigation, products liability, and professional negligence with an emphasis on special motion and appellate practice. He has taught civil procedure, torts, and seminars in community property, and civil disobedience and the law.

E-mail: pmwhippl@loyno.edu
Office Phone: 504-861-5543

Publications

• Substantive Motions, Judicial Discretion, and Public Policy After Matsushita, Liberty Lobby and Celotex: A Review of State Court Reaction in Streamlining Your Case: Effective and Economical Preparation and Presentation of the Small to Medium Case, Section of Tort and Insurance Practice, American Bar Association (1991)
• Selection of Treatises in Academic Law Libraries, 78 L. Libr. J. 219 (1986)
• Sales Representatives and Sales Calls: An Academic Law Librarian's Perspective,
  8 Publications Clearing House Bull. 35 (1985)
• Video Review, West's Introduction to Legal Research, 8 Legal Reference Services Q. 275 (Numbers 3/4 1988)
• Book Review, M. Fontham, Written and Oral Advocacy, 6 Legal Reference Services Q. 217 (Fall/Winter 1986)
• Book Review, W. Curtis, Statistical Concepts for Attorneys: A Reference Guide,
  6 Legal Reference Services Q. 172 (Spring/Summer 1986)
• Book Review, J. Kinsock, Legal Databases Online: LEXIS and WESTLAW, 1986
  Libr. Hi-Tech News 17 (Feb. 1986)
• Book Review, ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct, 4 Legal
  Reference Services Q. 83 (Fall 1984)
• Book Review, D. MacEllven, [Canadian] Legal Research Handbook, 3 Legal
  Reference Services Q. 99 (Winter 1983)

Papers And Presentations

• Electronic Text and Retrieval Project for the Caribbean Basin Legal Collection, Seminario Sobre la Digitalización de Imágenes, September 16, 1994, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
• Access to Legal Information in the Americas: Challenges and Suggestions for Progress, Asamblea de los Juristas de las Américas, June 1994, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
• Development of a Caribbean Basin Legal Collection: Traditional Resources and Future Initiatives, Globalization, Law and the Contemporary Caribbean (First Congress on Caribbean Legal Studies), April 1994, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
• Post-Trial Motions and Injunctions, Federal Practice Seminar, Toledo, Ohio, June 1, 1989
• Adding the Human Dimension to Law Library Technology, Spring Meeting of Ohio Regional Association of Law Libraries, Toledo, Ohio, May 18, 1989
• Salaries in Academic Law Libraries: An Assessment with Recommendations, Spring Meeting of Ohio Regional Association of Law Libraries, Dayton, Ohio, May 14, 1987
• Vendors and Their Salespeople: How to Use Them Effectively, Annual Meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries, Washington, D.C., July 8, 1986