Bernard J. Hibbitts is a
Canadian lawyer,
professor, and
publisher currently teaching in the
United States at the
University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Originally trained as a
legal historian whose
McLuhanistic early work focused on the historical relationship between law, media and the
senses, he wrote a series of controversial articles in the mid-1990s on the future of
law reviews and scholarly publishing in the then-just-emerging age of the Internet. He is best known today as the founder and publisher of
JURIST, the
Webby award-winning online legal news service, established in 1996. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of JURIST Legal News and Research Services, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.