Janet Kearney

Adjunct Professor of Law

212-636-6913
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Experience

Janet joined Fordham Law Library in 2018 as a reference librarian. She obtained her law degree and a Civil Law Certificate from Tulane Law School and a Masters in Library and Information Science from Louisiana State University. Janet worked with the State Department and the US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Library while in law school, before beginning her career in academia at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. Janet's scholarly research focuses on governance and policy issues generally, including areas such as access to justice and exploring how laws are made.

Classes Taught

• Advanced Legal Research: Electronic Resources (1 credit) 
• Basic Legal Research

Selected Publications

Immigration and Asylum: Striving for Recognition, in Sexual Orientation, Gender Identities, and the Law: A Research Bibliography (Dana Neacşu & David B. Holt eds., 2018).
Military Employment: Navigating the Repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, in Sexual Orientation, Gender Identities, and the Law: A Research Bibliography (Dana Neacşu & David B. Holt eds., 2018).
Distinct Topics in Public Sector Employment, in Sexual Orientation, Gender Identities, and the Law: A Research Bibliography (Dana Neacşu & David B. Holt eds., 2018).
Review of “Christopher T. Marsden, Network Neutrality: From Policy to Law to Regulation,” 110 Law Library Journal 277 (2018).

50-State Survey Research: Lessons Learned Through Criminal Justice Research, AALL Spectrum (forthcoming).

Education

M.L.I.S., Library and Information Science, Louisiana State University, 2016
JD, Civil Law Certificate, Tulane Law School, 2015

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