Linda M. Ryan

Director of the Rittenberg Law Library and Research Professor of Law.  B.S., Rutgers University (summa cum laude); M.L.S., St. John’s University; J.D., New York Law School.

Linda M. Ryan has directed the Rittenberg Law Library for almost ten years.  She is also responsible for the law school’s information technology initiatives and has been instrumental in the development of its official website. Under her leadership, the School of Law was named to Pre-Law Insider Magazine’s Technology Honor Roll for its use of technology in the classroom.

She taught Legal Research and Writing at New York Law School and was a founding member of the School of Law’s Legal Research and Writing Program.  Professor Ryan has also taught an upper level course in Advanced Legal Research and Legal Research I and II to students in the St. John’s University M.L.S. program.  She is the author of the second edition of Legal Research and Law Library Management (Law Journal Press), a leading title in the field, and various articles on teaching legal research in law school.

Professor Ryan currently serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the Association of American Law School’s Section on Libraries and Technology;  Secretary/Treasurer of the American Association of Law Libraries Academic Law Libraries Special Interest Section, as well as Chair of its Placement Committee;  and a member of the Editorial Board of CALI – The Center for Computer Assisted Legal Education.  Professor Ryan has also served as a member several ABA law school reaccreditation site teams. 

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