Filippa Marullo Anzalone has served as Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Library and Technology Services at Boston College Law School since August 2002. Professor Anzalone will teach an Art Law seminar in Spring 2010 and she also teaches Advanced Legal Research. Besides Art Law, legal education, higher education management, and law library leadership are of particular interest to her.

Before joining Boston College Law School, Filippa Marullo Anzalone was at Northeastern University School of Law School for almost eleven years. When she left Northeastern University School of Law School Library, Filippa was Professor of Law and Director of Information and Research Services. Professor Anzalone had served as Acting Dean of the Northeastern University Libraries for the 2000/2001 academic year.

Prior to entering academic law librarianship, Filippa Marullo Anzalone was director of the law library at the Boston law firm of Bingham, Dana and Gould (now Bingham McCutcheon). She has also worked as a research librarian at Dike, Bronstein, Roberts, Cushman & Pfund, as a public library administrator at the Cambridge Public Library, and as the head children's librarian in the Medford Public Library. Before her academic career, Professor Anzalone spent time working summers in the Medford Public Library during her undergraduate years. Her other jobs have included working as a counter girl in an Italian bakery, as a nursing home aide, and as a babysitter. Her favorite job (pre-library) was, without a doubt, working in the bakery.

Professor Anzalone has published many articles, book chapters, book reviews and opinion pieces. She is active in the both the Law School and University communities. Professor Anzalone has served as a panelist and chaired several programs at recent AALL and AALS conferences and she has participated in numerous ABA, AALS, and NEASC site evaluations of law schools. She has served as a consultant to a number of law school libraries and she has lectured both in the United States and abroad on leadership and management issues.

Professor Anzalone received an A.B. from Smith College in 1975, a M.S.L.S. from Simmons College Graduate School of Library Science in 1977, and a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School in 1985.

EDUCATION

A.B., Smith College; M.S.L.S., Simmons College Graduate School of Library Science; J.D., Suffolk University Law School.

RECENT ACTIVITIES

Presentations:

Panelist, "Legal Research Questions on the Bar Exam" Program, AALL, July 2009

Co-Moderator, "Latest Trends in Library Automation: Building Creative and Inspiring Discovery Platforms" Program, AALL, July 2009

Other Activities

Member, ALL-SIS Executive Board, past chair, July 2009 - July 2010

COURSES

Fall 2011: No courses taught

Spring 2012: Art Law Seminar

PUBLICATIONS 
 

• "Education for the Law: Reflective Education for the Law."  In Handbook of Reflective Inquiry: Mapping a Way of Knowing for Professional Reflective Inquiry, edited by Nona Lyons, 85-99.  New York: Springer, 2010.
• "Servant Leadership: A New Model for Law Library Leaders." Law Library Journal 99 (Fall 2007): 793-812.
• "Got Projects? Try Managing Them." AALL Spectrum 7, no.5 (Feb. 2003): 10-11.
• "It All Begins With You: Improving Law School Learning Through Professional Self-Awareness and Critical Reflection." Hamline Law Review 24 (2001): 324-371.
• "AALS 2000, or What Happens at an American Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting?" RIPS Law Librarian 23, no.2 (Winter 2001): 3-4.
• KeyCite Research Guide, edited by Robert C. Berring. West Group, 2000.
• "Project Management: A Technique for Coping With Change." Law Library Journal 92, no.1 (Winter 2000): 53-70.
• "Il Project Management nelle Biblioteche." In La biblioteca pubblica: manuale ad uso del bibliotecario, edited by Giovanni V. Moscati, 259-272. Milan: Unicopli, 2000.
• "Personal Tribute for Edgar J. Bellefontaine." LLNE News: Newsletter of the Law Librarians of New England 19, no.4 (Fall 1998): 5.
• "How to Do Massachusetts Research: Finding the Massachusetts Constitution and Statutory Law." In How to Do Massachusetts Legal Research: Maximizing Efficiency in the Print and Online Environment, by Virginia Wise, Filippa Marullo Anzalone, Elizabeth D. Kenney, Amy Fang Lannon, Mary Ann Neary, Kenneth J. Withers, 1-12. MCLE, 1998.
• With Anna Merlo. "Project Management Seminar at the University of Trent - Carrying the Message of Project Management Techniques to Northern Italy." Information Outlook 2, no.6 (June 1998): 8.
• "Advanced Legal Research: A Master Class." Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing 5, no.1 (Fall 1996): 5-11.
• "Law Librarianship." In Paths of the Law: Alumni/AE Experiences, 37-38. Boston: Suffolk University Law School Office of Career Services, 1996.
• "The 'Edgar' Award for Excellence in Law Librarianship." LLNE News: Newsletter of the Law Librarians of New England 17, no. 3 (Spring 1996): 1.
• "Law Librarians of New England Celebrate Their 50th Birthday." LLNE News: Newsletter of the Law Librarians of New England 17, no. 3 (Spring 1996): 8-9.
• Review of The Complete Guide to Contract Lawyering: What Every Lawyer and Law Firm Needs to Know About Temporary Legal Services, by Deborah Arron and Deborah Guyol. Legal Information Alert 15, no.7 (July-August 1996): p.13-14.
• "Special Committee to Explore the Special Characteristics of Law Librarians in Different Work Environments." Law Library Journal 87, no.4 (Fall 1995): 789-790.
• Review of A Nation Under Lawyers: How the Crisis in the Legal Profession is Transforming American Society, by Mary Ann Glendon. Law Books in Review 22, no. 2 (1995): 74-75.
• Review of Books & Periodicals Online: An International Directory of Sources Available Online and on CD-ROM; Indexed, Abstracted and Full Text. 1994 Annual, by Nuchine Nobari. Law Books in Review 22, no. 1 (1995): 33-34.
• Review of Women Lawyers: Rewriting the Rules, by Mona Harrington. Legal Information Alert 14, no. 5 (May 1995): 12.
• "Council of Chapter Presidents." Law Library Journal 86, no.4 (Fall 1994): 862-863.
• "Report of the Chapter Council President." Law Library Journal 86, no.4 (Fall 1994): 958-959.
• Review of The Lost Lawyer: Failing Ideals of the Legal Profession, by Anthony T. Kronman. Law Books in Review 21, no. 2 (1994): p. 79-80.
• Review of The Lawyer's Handbook, by Austin G. Anderson, Gary A. Munneke, and Katharine B. Soper. Law Books in Review 21, no. 1 (1994): 30-31.
• Review of Coudert Brothers: A Legacy in Law, The History of America's First International Law Firm, 1853-1993, by Virginia Kays Veenswijk. Legal Information Alert 13 (November/December 1994): 12.
• Review of America's First Woman Lawyer: The Biography of Myra Bradwell, by Jane M. Friedman. Legal Information Alert 13 (January 1994): 14-15.
• "Law Librarians of New England." Law Library Journal 85, no.4 (Fall 1993): 877-878.
• Review of Dictionary of International and Comparative Law, by James R. Fox. Law Books in Review 20, no. 4 (1993): 182-183.
• Review of Books and Periodicals Online: Includes CD-Roms, edited by Nuchine Nobari. Law Books in Review 20, no. 4 (1993): 182.
• Review of Locate 1992-1993: A Directory of Law Office Computer Software Vendors. 12th ed., edited by Loretta Auer, Mark S. Halperin, and Eric M. Helmer. Law Books in Review 20, no.3 (1993): 127-128.
• Review of How To Start and Build a Law Practice. 3rd ed., by Jay G. Foonberg. Law Books in Review 20, no. 2 (1993): 86-87.
• Review of Supreme Court A to Z: A Ready Reference Encyclopedia, edited by Elder Witt. Legal Information Alert 12 (November/December 1993): 12.
• "President's Page." LLNE News: Newsletter of the Law Librarians of New England 13: no. 3 (September 1992): 46.
• Review of Trial Objections Handbook by Roger C. Park. Legal Information Alert 11 (July/August 1992): 12-13.
• Review of Securitization: Structured Financing, Financial Assets Pools, and Asset-Backed Securities, by Tamar Frankel. Legal Information Alert 11 (May 1992): 11-12.
• Review of Primer for New Corporate Lawyers: What Business Lawyers Do, by Clifford R. Ennico. Legal Information Alert 10 (October 1991): 11.
• Review of Regulation of Investment Advisors, by Thomas P. Lemke and Gerald T. Lins. Legal Information Alert 10 (October 1991): 13.
• Review of Regulation of Corporate Disclosure, by J. Robert Brown, Jr. Legal Information Alert 9 (June 1990): 16-17.
• Review of Securities Litigation: Forms and Analysis, by Scott Richter. Legal Information Alert 9, no. 6 (June 1990): 17.
• Review of Insider Trading and the Law, by Bernard D. Reams, Jr. Legal Information Alert 9 (January 1990): 10.
• Review of Securities Litigation: Damage, by Michael J. Kaufman. Legal Information Alert 9 (January 1990): 10.
• "Looking Forward to 'Building Bridges.'" PLL Perspectives (Sept.-Oct. 1990): 16-17.
• "Librarian at Large: Law Librarians of New England - Group Holds Spring Meeting March 16-18 1989." Legal Information Alert 8, no. 5 (May 1989): 10.
• "Patent and Trademark Databases." In Business Online: The Professional's Guide to Electronic Information Sources, edited by Jean M. Scanlan, Ulla de Stricker, and Anne Conway Fernald, 299-321. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1989.
• With Joan Shear and Leslie Bitman. "Providing Information Services for Lawyers." Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly 17 (June 5, 1989-supplement section): 1-2.
• "Boston-Area Law Librarians Are A Talented Lot." Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly 17 (April 17, 1989): 4. (Letters to the Editor)
• Review of Folk on the Delaware General Corporation Law: A Commentary and Analysis, by Ernest L. Folk III et al. Legal Information Alert 7, no. 4 (April 1988): 6-7.
• Review of Shareholder Derivative Actions, by Deborah A. DeMott. Legal Information Alert 6 (July/August 1987): 9.
• Review of BNA's Directory of State Courts, Judges, and Clerks: A State-by-State Listing, by Kamia J. King, Marilyn Modlin, and the staff of the BNA Library. Legal Information Alert 6 (January 1987): 9.