Alena Wolotira

Head of Public Services

Contact

Phone: (206) 685-4812
Email: alenaw@uw.edu

Education

B.A. 2007, University of Washington J.D. 2010, Gonzaga University M.L.I.S. 2011, University of Washington

Recent Courses

LAW A 599	Legal Research Methods
LAW B 597	Journal Seminar
LAW E 586	Low Bono Legal Research

Selected Publications

Alena L. Wolotira & Sherry L. Leysen, Multinational Sources Compared: A Subject and Jurisdiction Index (Hein, 2017).
Alena L. Wolotira, Googling the Law: Apprising Students of the Benefits and Flaws of Google as a Legal Research Tool, 21 Perspectives 33-37 (2012).
Alena L. Wolotira, Innovative Displays in Law Libraries, AALL Spectrum 17-19 (2013) (with Sherry Leysen).
Alena L. Wolotira, From a Trickle to a Flood: A Case Study of the Current Index to Legal Periodicals to Examine the Swell of American Law Journals Published in the Last Fifty Years, 31 Legal Reference Services Q. 150-83 (2012).

See the full list under the Publications tab below.

Publications
Presentations

Peer Reviewed Journals & Law Reviews

Alena L. Wolotira, Googling the Law: Apprising Students of the Benefits and Flaws of Google as a Legal Research Tool, 21 Perspectives 33-37 (2012).
Alena L. Wolotira, Innovative Displays in Law Libraries, AALL Spectrum 17-19 (2013) (with Sherry Leysen).
Alena L. Wolotira, From a Trickle to a Flood: A Case Study of the Current Index to Legal Periodicals to Examine the Swell of American Law Journals Published in the Last Fifty Years, 31 Legal Reference Services Q. 150-83 (2012).

Books or Treatises

Alena L. Wolotira & Sherry L. Leysen, Multinational Sources Compared: A Subject and Jurisdiction Index (Hein, 2017).

Speaker, "Orbis Cascade Alliance Summit: A Library Management Service Model for the Future: The Reference Librarian's View", Annual Meeting, American Association of Law Libraries (July 15, 2014)

Recent UW Law News

Celebrating New Faculty, Deans

The University of Washington School of Law celebrates strategic growth, welcoming 10 new faculty members and four new deans into the 2024–25 academic year.