Visiting Assistant Professor Michelle Hook Dewey

Michelle Hook Dewey joined Mercer University School of Law in August 2024, teaching legal research and legal writing. She served as reference and electronic services librarian at Mercer Law from 2021-2022.

Prior to Mercer, Hook Dewey was the legal research services manager for BakerHostetler, an American Law 100 firm in Atlanta, where she managed the firm’s national research team, served as the content matter expert on a host of firm-led data management, data integration, and technology projects, and provided training for attorneys across the firm. Previously, Hook Dewey had been a law reference librarian and assistant professor at the University of Illinois where she taught introductory and advanced legal research courses, coached moot court, and facilitated library research services.

Hook Dewey began her career as a reference assistant and teaching fellow at Southern Illinois University (SIU) While there she was responsible for the design and teaching of an online legal research and writing course for SIU’s Masters of Legal Studies program, assisting with the instruction and development of hybrid law classes and providing in-depth reference and research assistance to faculty and students.

Hook Dewey earned her Master of Library and Information Science degree from the University of Illinois. She has a J.D. and an LL.M. in health law and policy from SIU. She is an active member of the law librarianship community and has served in leadership roles at the local, regional, and national levels. Hook Dewey is currently an elected member of the executive board for the American Association of Law Libraries.