Monique Gonzalez

Biography

Monique Gonzalez is the Assistant Dean and Director of the Law Library and Information Technology Services at the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. She is responsible for all Law Library and information technology management and operations, including collection development and maintenance, personnel management, and budgeting. Her teaching and research interests include legal informatics, copyright, and legal research pedagogy. She has been recognized for her practical approach to teaching and creative integration of technology. She joined LSU Law in 2024.

Gonzalez previously served as Senior Research Librarian at Norton Rose Fulbright, a global law firm. She has also worked as an attorney and program administrator for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Judicial & Court Personnel Training; as a managing attorney for Texas Legal Services Center; and as an attorney for The Cusic Law Firm in Houston.

Her law librarian career began at the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University, where she served as a Learning Resources Librarian. She also served as Head of Access Services at the Tarlton Law Library at the University of Texas School of Law before returning to the Thurgood Marshall School of Law Library to serve as Associate Director. She has also served as an adjunct faculty member at the Thurgood Marshall School of Law and lecturer at the University of Texas School of Law.

She is an active member of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), where she has been appointed to several key committees. She also served as Vice President of the Houston Area Law Librarians (HALL). Gonzalez holds a Master of Library and Information Science degree from the University of North Texas and a Juris Doctor from Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University.  She is an active member of the Texas Bar.