Sara Anne Hook, M.B.A., J.D.
- Professor, Informatics
Education
- J.D. Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, IN (1994) Executive Notes Editor, Indiana International & Comparative Law Review; Co-Chair, Dean's Tutorial Society; 2nd place, Client Counseling Competition; Phi Delta Phi) - admitted to the Indiana bar, 1994. Admitted to the Supreme Court of the United States, 2012.
- M.B.A. Finance, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University (1988)
- M.L.S. University of Michigan (1980)
- B.A. History, University of Michigan (1978)
Biography
Sara Anne Hook is Professor of Informatics at the IU School of Informatics at IUPUI, where she has developed a suite of courses for an online undergraduate certificate in legal informatics. She has also taught courses as Adjunct Professor of Law at the Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Indiana University, and Adjunct Professor of American Studies, School of Liberal Arts, IUPUI. Professor Hook was admitted to the Indiana bar in 1994 and to the Supreme Court of the United States in 2012. Formerly, she was a librarian at the Indiana University School of Dentistry (1983-1999) and Associate Dean of the Faculties for IUPUI (1999-2004). Professor Hook is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the Indiana State Bar Association, the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) and the American Association for State and Local History. She is on the Editorial Boards for the AIPLA Quarterly Journal and Res Gestae, a member of the Advisory Committee for the International Legal Technology Standards Organization (ILTSO) and a member of the Board of Governors of the Organization of Legal Professionals (OLP).
Professor Hook is the project director for a microfinance project in Calnali, Mexico, funded by the Rotary Club of Indianapolis and the IUPUI BiCCHEC Signature Center. She studies Baroque flute with Barbara Kallaur, Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, and viola with Rose Urbiel, Butler University.
Research Interests
Professor Hook’s research interests include intellectual property law, the emerging field of legal informatics, electronic discovery, legal technology, professional ethics and issues related to the privacy and security of legal and health information.
