Anzalone, Filippa Marullo, Professor and Associate Dean for Library and Technology Services

A.B., Smith College; M.S.L.S., Simmons College; J.D., Suffolk University.

 


 

Bauer, Avi, Digital Initiatives & Scholarly Communication Librarian

B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.L.I.S., Simmons University

 


 

Breda, Karen, Legal Information Librarian & Lecturer in Law

B.A., Willamette University;  J.D., University of Oregon; M.L.S., Simmons College.

 


 

Bruce, Amy, Chairperson for Teaching & Research, Legal Information Librarian & Lecturer in Law

B.A. Bates College; J.D. Vermont Law School; M.L.I.S. Simmons College 

  • Editor, Handbook of Legal Research in Massachusetts, 5th ed. Boston: Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 2023.
  • "Rules of Court." In Handbook of Legal Research in Massachusetts, 5th ed. Boston: Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 2023.

 


 

Davis, Laurel, Legal Information Librarian & Lecturer in Law, Curator of Special Collections

B.A., Vanderbilt University; M.L.S., Simmons College; J.D., Boston College Law School.

  • With Mary Sarah Bilder. "The Library of Robert Morris, Civil Rights Lawyer & Activist." Law Library Journal 111: no.4 (Fall 2019): 461-508.
  • “Administrative Law—Regulations, Orders, Decisions, Opinions.”  In Handbook of Legal Research in Massachusetts, 4th ed. 6:1-6:19.  Boston: Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 2017.
  • “Rules of Court.”  In Handbook of Legal Research in Massachusetts, 4th ed. 5:1-5:12.  Boston: Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 2017.
  • With Mary Ann Neary and Susan E. Vaughn, “Teaching Advanced Legal Research in a Flipped Classroom.” Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research & Writing 22: no.1 (Fall 2013): 13-19.
  • With Chester Kozikowski. "Rare Books & Technology: Collaborating Within the Library." AALL Spectrum, 17: no.1 (September/October 2012): 15-16.
  • “Administrative Law—Regulations, Orders, Decisions, Opinions.”  In Handbook of Legal Research in Massachusetts Handbook, 6:1-6:22.  Boston: Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 2009, 2012 & 2015 Supplements.
  • “Rules of Court.”  In Handbook of Legal Research in Massachusetts Handbook, 5:1-5:16.  Boston: Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 2009, 2012 Supplement.
  • Review of The Special Collections Handbook by Allison Cullingford.  RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage 13: no.2 (Fall 2012): 204-205.
  • Review of From the Hand to the Machine—Nineteenth-Century American Paper and Mediums: Technologies, Materials, and Conservation by Cathleen A. Baker.  RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage 13: no.1 (Spring 2012): 64-66.

 


 

Farne, Stephanie, Legal Information Librarian & Lecturer in Law

B.A., UMass Amherst; M.L.S. Simmons College; J.D. Northeastern University.

 


 

Shear, Joan A., Legal Information Librarian & Lecturer in Law

B.A., University of Minnesota; J.D., Harvard; M.S.L.S., Catholic University of America.

  • "Legal Collections in Massachusetts." In Handbook of Legal Research in Massachusetts, 5th ed. 10:1-10:7.  Boston: Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 2023.
  • "Legal Collections in Massachusetts." In Handbook of Legal Research in Massachusetts, 4th ed. 10:1-10:7.  Boston: Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 2017.
  • "The Librarian as Educator: Teaching Essential Legal Research Skills." In The Changing Role of Academic Law Librarianship, 89-102. [Boston, MA]: Aspatore Books, 2008.
  • "Elevating Form above Substance." AALL Spectrum 9: no.8 (June 2005): 10-11, 14-15.
  • "Massachusetts." In State-by-State Report on Permanent Public Access to Electronic Information. Principal authors & editors, Richard J. Matthews et al., 129-133. [Washington, D.C.] Government Relations Committee and Washington Affairs Office, American Association of Law Libraries, 2003.
  • "That's Not Funny: Tiffany's, Moon River and Memory in Legal Research Education." RIPS Law Librarian 24: no.2 (Winter 2002): 2-3.
  • "Could I See That Price Tag Again?" AALL Spectrum 7, no.1 (September 2002): 30.
  • With Kelly Browne. "Which Legal Research Text Is Right For You?" Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing 10: no.1 (Fall 2001): 23-29.
  • "Stuck in the Bargain Basement." AALL Spectrum 6: no.2 (October 2001): 34, 36.
  • "Are You PR Impaired? How Would You Know?" AALL Spectrum 5: no.5 (February 2001): 14, 17. 
  • Review of Basic Legal Research: Tools and Strategies, by Amy E. Sloan. American Association of Law Schools, Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research [Newsletter] (Spring 2000): [2]-3.
  • "On Target PR." AALL Spectrum 4, no.3 (November 1999): 14.
  • "Your Public Relations Inner Child." AALL Spectrum 3: no.6 (March 1999): 12.
  • "Five Keys to Public Relations Success." AALL Spectrum 3: no.3 (November 1998): 2.
  • "The Front Page: Memoirs of an Annual Meeting Newspaper Editor." American Association of Law Libraries Newsletter 25:1 (September 1993): 33-34.
  • Editor, Beantown Beacon, publication of the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries in Boston, MA, July 11-14, 1993.
  • "The Reference Librarian in the Academic Law Library." Legal Information Management Reports 3 (Summer 1991): 2-4.
  • "Using Trash to Teach Legal Research." Reader Services Law Librarian 12: no. 4 (June 1990): 8-14. [Also appears in Integrated Legal Research 3 (Winter 1990-91): 27-30.]
  • "Survey of Legal Research Skills and Needs." Reader Services Law Librarian 12: no. 3 (March 1990): 5-13.
  • With Leslie Bitman and Filippa Anzalone. "The Law Librarian: Providing Information Services for Lawyers." Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, June 5, 1989, 1-2.