Neal Axton

Neal Axton serves as the Reference & Research Librarian at the Wheat Law Library, University of Kansas School of Law. He joined in April 2024 after earning a J.D. from KU (1998) and an MLIS from UCLA (2006). Previously, he worked at Anschutz Library as Government Information Librarian and held roles in Minnesota law libraries, including presidency of the Minnesota Association of Law Libraries.

Education:

• B.A. in Philosophy, Kansas State University, 1995
• J.D., University of Kansas, 1998
• MLIS, University of California, Los Angeles, 2006

Research Focus: Axton specializes in Administrative Law, Public Health Law, Disaster Law, and Firearms Law. His 2011 article Law in the Time of Cholera explores disaster law education methodologies.

Professional Contributions: His career spans law library administration and government information curation, with leadership in library associations.