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Xiaomeng Zhang holds academic and administrative roles at Duke University School of Law, including Archibald C. and Frances Fulk Rufty Research Professor of Law, Associate Dean of Information Services, and Director of the J. Michael Goodson Law Library. She co-founded Chinalab@DukeLaw and previously served at Washington and Lee University and Stanford Law School. Her work focuses on legal information systems, comparative law, and animal law research.
- Education: M.L.S. (2009, University of Michigan), J.D. (2006, University of Kansas)
Research interests include legal information management, interdisciplinary methods, comparative lawmaking, and Chinese legal systems. She co-edited *Global Animal Law Research* (2022), which won the Reynolds & Flores Award, and is authoring *Chinese Legal Research in a Nutshell* (2025).
Publications appear in journals like *Legal Information Management* and *Law Library Journal*. Active in organizations such as the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) and the Chinese American Forum on Legal Information.
- Awards: 2022 Reynolds & Flores Publication Award
Leads library operations and collaborates on interdisciplinary research initiatives. Serves as Editor-in-Chief of *Legal Reference Services Quarterly* and advises on international legal information projects.
Future work includes advancing global legal research methodologies and expanding resources on Chinese legal systems through Chinalab@DukeLaw.
