Candle Wester | SIU

Professor Candle Wester joined the faculty as the Director of the Law Library and Associate Professor of Law in 2024. She received her J.D. from the University of Nebraska and her M.S.L.I.S from the University of Illinois. 

Prior to joining the SIU Simmons School of Law faculty, Professor Wester was the Interim Director of the University of South Carolina Law Library as well as the Associate Director for Faculty Services and Administration.

Additionally, Professor Wester was the Access Services Librarian at SIU School of Law Library from 2006-2012. In addition to her position in the library, she taught in the first-year legal research and writing program and co-taught an advanced legal research course.

Her scholarly interests include mentoring, law library management, and bioethics and the law