Ronald W. Staudt Professor of Law and Associate Vice President for Law, Business and Technology

Professor Staudt received a B.S. in mathematics and a B.A. in philosophy from St. Joseph's College, Rensselaer, Indiana. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School, where he was a member of the University of Chicago Law Review. Before joining the Chicago-Kent faculty in 1978, he practiced with the firm of Hubacheck, Kelly, Rauch & Kirby for two years, was staff attorney and assistant director of the Pima County, Arizona Legal Aid Society, and was a clinical fellow and lecturer at the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, University of Chicago Law School.

Professor Staudt is the associate vice president of law, business and technology and a professor of law at Chicago-Kent College of Law. He teaches Copyright Law, Intellectual Property Strategies, Internet Law, Public Interest Law & Policy and Access to Justice and Technology. He is director of the Center for Access to Justice & Technology (CAJT) -- a law school center using Internet resources to improve access to justice with special emphasis on building Web tools to support legal services advocates, pro bono volunteers and pro se litigants. Current CAJT projects include the law school’s Public Interest Certificate program; Access to Justice Author, a collaboration with the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction to build new computer interfaces for self-represented litigants; and the Self-Help Web Center at the Cook County Courthouse in the Daley Center, where law student volunteers help self-represented litigants to use technology tools developed at CAJT.

Professor Staudt has written numerous articles and books on technology and law. His most recent book is a report co-authored by Charles L. Owen, Distinguished Professor of Design at IIT's Institute of Design, and Edward B. Pedwell, titled Access to Justice: Meeting the Needs of Self-Represented Litigants.

Professor Staudt is a member of the ABA Law Practice Management Section’s E-Lawyering Task Force, the ABA Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services and the ABA TechShow 2006 Planning Board.