Philip Johnson has joined the Library and Technology Services staff as instructional and student services librarian. He is working with the Lawyering Skills faculty and will be one of the librarians assisting students and patrons at the reference desk.
Johnson is a transplant from Austin, Texas. He worked simultaneously on his JD from the University of Texas School of Law, where he was the technology editor for the Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal, and a master’s degree in library science from the University of Texas School of Information. He graduated in May 2013. Johnson worked as a law clerk during law school, and he has worked at the Tarlton Law Library at the University of Texas School Of Law.
Before completing his master’s and JD degrees, Johnson decided he would spend some time in service to others as part of Teach for America, a national teacher corps of college graduates and professionals who work to raise student achievement in public schools. Johnson worked in a middle school in Houston, Texas, teaching language arts. Though he enjoyed being with his students, Johnson said he realized teaching wasn’t his calling.
Johnson has a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Texas at Austin. He was one of five distinguished graduates in the English department, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.