PROFESSOR JULIE TEDJESKE CRANE HAS AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED AND TWO BOOK CHAPTERS ACCEPTED
June 2025—An article by Legal Research Professor and Reference Librarian Julie Tedjeske Crane, “Grading Legal Research,” has been published by Law Library Journal, the peer-reviewed scholarly journal of the American Association of Law Libraries. Crane also has two chapters forthcoming in the book Creating Healthy Library Workplaces: Five Factors That Improve Employee Engagement and Satisfaction. These chapters are "Slow Librarianship and Slow Productivity: Complementary Approaches to Sustainable Work" and "Beyond 'Follow Your Passion': Cultivating Meaning and Purpose in Library Work."
The article "Grading Legal Research" explores the history and purpose of grading systems, including the unique characteristics of law school grading practices. It also explains several alternative grading systems and how they might be applied to grading legal research courses. The article concludes with a list of best practices for improving grading.
Julie Tedjeske Crane is a Reference Librarian and Professor of Legal Research at the H. Laddie Montague Jr. Law Library at Penn State Dickinson Law. In addition to her library-related responsibilities, Professor Crane teaches legal research in the first-year curriculum and upper-level courses.
Professor Crane has worked as an attorney for over 15 years, practicing general civil litigation. She has also been a librarian at La Roche College, the University of Pittsburgh, Duquesne University, and Chicago-Kent School of Law.