Anne Klinefelter

Henry P. Brandis Distinguished Professor of Law Emerita

Email
klinefel@email.unc.edu
Work
(919) 962-1049
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Areas of Expertise

  • Law Library Management
  • Privacy Law

Biography

Anne Klinefelter served as Director of the Law Library at The University of North Carolina from 2007 to 2020. She also served as a member of the law school faculty from 2007 through 2024 when she retired as the Henry P. Brandis Distinguished Professor of Law Emerita. She taught courses in privacy law and published articles and book chapters on information law and policy topics, often addressing how these issues intersect with libraries and legal information management. As Fulbright-Nokia Distinguished Chair in Information and Communications Technologies in Fall of 2019, she taught United States Privacy Law at the University of Helsinki and researched aspects of European Union data protection law. Professor Klinefelter also served as Adjunct Professor in the UNC School of Information and Library Science and a member of that School’s Administrative Board. She held leadership roles in the American Association of Law Libraries and was honored by the Association with the Marion G. Gallagher Award in 2025, the Charles Hicks Award in 2019, and the Distinguished Lecturer Award in 2012. She was recognized by the American Association of Law Schools with the Award for Outstanding Service and Contributions to the Profession from the Section on Law Libraries and Legal Information in 2023. Professor Klinefelter received both her law degree and Master of Library Service degree from the University of Alabama.

Education

  • J.D., University of Alabama (1992)
  • M.S., Library Service, University of Alabama (1986)
  • B.A., University of Alabama (1981)

Selected Publications

Google LLC v CNIL: The Location-Based Limits of the EU Right to Erasure and Lessons for U.S. Privacy Law (with S. Wrigley), 22 N.C. J.L. & TECH. 681 (2021).
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The Value of an Academic Law Library in the 21st Century, in ACADEMIC LAW LIBRARIES WITHIN THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF LEGAL EDUCATION: A PRIMER FOR DEANS AND PROVOSTS 3 (J. Howell, M. Wu, R. Wheeler, S. Pagel eds., 2020).
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Reader Privacy in Digital Library Collaborations: Signs of Commitment, Opportunities for Improvement, 13 I/S: J.L. POL'Y FOR INFO. SOC'Y 199 (2016).
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Privacy and Competing Library Goals: How Can Library Directors Lead When Values Collide? in ACADEMIC LAW LIBRARY DIRECTOR PERSPECTIVES (M. Wu, ed.) (Hein 2015).
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Privacy and Court Records: An Empirical Study (D. Ardia and A. Klinefelter), 30 BERKELEY TECH. L. J. 1807 (2015).
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Differential Privacy as a Response to the Reidentification Threat: The Facebook Advertiser Case Study (A. Chin and A. Klinefelter), 90 N.C. L. REV. 1417 (2012).
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When to Research is to Reveal: The Growing Threat to Attorney and Client Confidentiality from Online Tracking, 16 VA. J.L. & TECH. 1 (2011) (reprinted in 60 DEF. L. J. 71 (2011)).
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Library Standards for Privacy: A Model for the Digital World?, 11 N.C. J. L. & TECH. 553 (2010)
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First Amendment Limits on Library Collection Management, 102 LAW LIBR. J. 343 (2010).
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Symposium, The Role of Librarians in Challenges to the USA PATRIOT Act, 5 N.C. J. L. & TECH. 219 (2004).
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