Anne Klinefelter is Director of the Law Library and Associate Professor of Law, positions she has held since 2007. She teaches a seminar on Privacy Law and writes and speaks on information policy and law topics including privacy and confidentiality law, the First Amendment, copyright law, and licensing, particularly as these areas apply to libraries. Professor Klinefelter serves on the Advisory Board of the UNC Center for Media Law and Policy.
Professor Klinefelter has been active in library associations and library education. Currently, she is a member of the American Library Association Digital Content and Libraries Working Group. She is a past chair of the American Association of Law Schools Section on Law Libraries and past president of the Southeastern Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries. She also chaired the Copyright Committee of the American Association of Law Libraries. Professor Klinefelter held leadership roles in two library consortia, serving as chair of the Consortium of Southeastern Academic Law Libraries and of the Triangle Research Libraries Network Council of Directors. Professor Klinefelter has taught Law Librarianship and Legal Research as well as Copyright Law for Librarians in the UNC School of Information and Library Science.
Anne Klinefelter came to UNC in 1999 as Assistant Director for Public Services in the Law Library and Clinical Assistant Professor of Law. In 2000, she became Associate Director of the Law Library, and in 2005 she was promoted to Clinical Professor of Law. Prior to coming to UNC, she served as Acting Director of the Law Library at the University of Miami and also held positions in the law libraries at Boston University and the University of Alabama. She holds a B.A. with majors in English and Spanish, a Masters in Library Service, and a J.D. from the University of Alabama.