Will Monroe

Biography

Oversees all aspects of the library's educational technology services and provides instructional design support for faculty. Dr. Monroe holds a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Research with a concentration in Educational Technology from Louisiana State University. He also teaches courses in Law Practice Technology, Legal Analytics, and Generative AI for Lawyers.

Professional Experience

• Assistant Director for Instructional Technology, Paul M. Hebert Law Center (2017-present)
• Interim Co-Director for the Library and Information Technology, Paul M. Hebert Law Center (2016-2018)
• Head of Instructional Technology, Paul M. Hebert Law Center (2008-2017)

Professional Affiliations

• Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)
• Legal Innovation & Technology Special Interest Section, American Association of Law Libraries (Past Chair)

University Service

• Chair, Learning and Teaching Collaborative, Louisiana State University (2024-2025)
• Member, Educational Technology Committee, Louisiana State University (2022-2025)
• Faculty Senator, Faculty Senate, Louisiana State University (2018-2021)

Selected Publications

Monroe, W., Tanner, S. and Conrad, E. (2023). Survey of Law Student Awareness and Use of Captions, TechTrends 67, 676-692.

Monroe, W. (2021). How to Design and Build an Inexpensive Video Recording Space. Codex: Journal of the Louisiana Chapter of the ACRL. 6(22). 60-69.

Monroe, W. T. (2012). Law Student Knowledge of Legal Interviewing: A Case Study of Self-Evaluation Using Video Annotation. PhD thesis, Louisiana State University, College of Education, Baton Rouge, LA

Selected Presentations

Monroe, W. and Pittman, A. (2025). Legal Tech 101: Teaching When You're Learning Too. Georgia State University, College of Law

Monroe, W. and Norton, T. (2025). Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Legal Education and Instruction. City University of New York, School of Law

Monroe, W. and Norton, T. (2024). Making AI Work for You (the Law Professor). Arizona State University, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law

Monroe, W. and Pittman, A. (2024). Shaping Future Lawyers: Integrating Gen AI in the Research & Writing Process to Teach Law Practice Technology. Pennsylvania State University, College of Law

Monroe, W., Norton, T. and Tanner, S. (2023). How to Embrace Generative AI: For Skeptics, Power Users, and All Those In Between. St. Mary's University School of Law

Monroe, W., Graves, J., Hunt, G., Nowak, A. and Scherr, A. (2017). What We Did and How it Went. Presented at annual CALI Conference for Law School Computing, Arizona State University College of Law, Phoenix, AZ

Monroe, W. and McCue, R. (2016). 12 Years of Student Technology Ownership Surveys: Trends & Today's Opportunities for Richer Learning Experiences. Presented at annual CALI Conference for Law School Computing, Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta, GA