Milles Named Associate Dean, Director Of UB Law Library

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- James Milles, associate director for information and technology, and adjunct assistant professor of law at Case Western Reserve University, has been named associate dean for libraries and director of the Charles B. Sears Law Library at the UB Law School.

Milles is nationally known for his work in integrating state-of-the-art information technologies with traditional law-school teaching, research and library functions.

A graduate of the St. Louis University School of Law, Milles has traveled widely, teaching and lecturing on aspects and applications of the new technologies and their relationship to law education and practice.

Before joining Case Western in 1997, he was head of computer services and an associate professor of legal research at his alma mater, where he planned and implemented automation and telecommunication projects in the law library, coordinating them with the law school and the university.

The author of "An Internet Handbook for Law Librarians," Milles has compiled numerous bibliographies on such topics as land-use aspects of group homes, urban housing and neighborhood-investment strategies, and has contributed to numerous print and electronic professional publications.

In addition to his undergraduate and law degrees from St. Louis University, he earned two master's degrees from the University of Texas at Austin.

An active member of the American Association of Law Libraries, Milles also is a member of the Ohio Regional Association of Law Libraries, the American Bar Association and the Missouri Bar.

He resides in Buffalo.