Dorie Bertram

Dorie Bertram serves as Lecturer in Law and oversees the Public Services Division of the Law Library at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, providing critical research assistance and reference services to faculty and students while teaching legal research methodologies to first-year law students.

Her educational credentials include:

• J.D. from Washington University, St. Louis
• M.S. in Library and Information Science from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• A.B. from Washington University, St. Louis

Bertram's research focuses on evolving legal information ecosystems, with particular expertise in law school ranking methodologies, government document accessibility in digital environments, and the transformation of legal research practices. Her work bridges library science and legal education through empirical analysis of information access systems and their impact on justice delivery.

Her publications demonstrate consistent longitudinal analysis of legal information infrastructure, examining how electronic resource management affects educational assessment (2010) and justice accessibility (2001). These works establish her as a specialist in measuring the practical implications of digital transitions within legal scholarship frameworks.

No scientific awards were documented in the source materials.

Bertram actively contributes to professional development through teaching responsibilities and leadership in library operations, while maintaining inactive Missouri Bar membership since 2000. Her professional engagement extends to collaborative initiatives within national law library associations focused on research instruction and government document management.

She directs the Law Library's Public Services Division operations from Anheuser-Busch Hall and participates in specialized working groups addressing computing services and research patron support systems across multiple law library associations.