The library is the law school's laboratory. Law is built on precedent and the library collection has a historical dimension of interest to scholars of all disciplines.
Law pervades all aspects of society.
Professor Christensen became director of the Washburn Law Library in 1979 and helped bring it into the information age. Today, Washburn Law School enjoys a national reputation for leadership in the use of Internet and information technology to support legal research. The Washburn Law Library catalog was one of the first web-based catalogs of any law school in the world. The WashLaw Web is one of the premier legal Internet research services available to a worldwide audience of practicing and academic legal experts. Prior to joining the Washburn Law School faculty, Professor Christensen was a law librarian and instructor at the University of Texas School of Law and a law clerk for Justice J. Allan Crockett of the Utah Supreme Court.