Rita T. Reusch
Director, S.J. Quinney Law Library
Professor of Law
Rita T. Reusch, director of library and professor of law, received a B.A. from the University of Minnesota (1972) and a J.D. from the University of Idaho College of Law (1975), where she graduated first in her class and was comments editor of the Idaho Law Review. She earned an M.L.L. from the University of Washington School of Librarianship in 1978. Professor Reusch, who has written several articles in the area of legal research, joined the law school administration in 1986.
In addition to her administrative duties in the library, Professor Reusch teaches the legal research component of the first-year legal writing course, an advanced legal research course, intellectual property and copyright law.
Scholarship Highlights
Books and Monographs
Beyond the Boundaries: Report of the Special Committee on the Future of Law
Libraries in a Digital Age, Co-chair, American Association of Law Libraries, 2002
Essays
By the Book: Thoughts on the Future of Our Print Collections, 100 Law Libr. J. 555 (2008)
Articles
The Citation Reform Debate, 5 Gov't Info. Insider 7 (1996)
The Legal Citation Reform Movement, 26 Syllabus 15 (1995)
Educational Pricing for Lexis and Westlaw: A Radical (?) Proposal, 5 Trends in Law Libr. Mgmt. and Tech. 4 (1992)
Weeding the Treatise Collection at the University of Utah College of Law Library, 3 Trends in Law Libr. Mgmt. and Tech. 1 (1990)
Patterns of Legal Research In North Dakota: A Survey, 61 N.D. L. Rev. 383 (1986)
The Search For Analogous Legal Authority: How to Find It When You Don't Know What You're Looking For?, 4 Legal Ref. Services Q. 33 (1984)
Book Reviews
Copyright Handbook, 5 Legal Ref. Services Q. 236 (1985)
Professional Service
American Association of Law Libraries, Legal Information Preservation Alliance (LIPA), Board of Directors 2009-present
American Bar Association Section on Legal Education, Sabbatical Site Evaluation Team, numerous site evaluations, 1987-2009
American Association of Law Libraries, Committee on Legal Citation Formats, 1995-97, 2003-04 (Chair 1995-96, 2003-04)
American Association of Law Libraries, Special Committee on the Future of Law Libraries in the Digital Age, Co-chair 2001-2002
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education, Committee on Law Libraries 2001-2007 (Chair 2005-07)
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education, Standards Review Committee 2003-2005
Utah Academic Library Consortium, Council Chair 1991-92, 2004-05
Honors & Awards
Presidential Certificate of Merit, American Association of Law Libraries
1997, Citation Formats
2003, Future of Law Libraries
Professional Affiliations
American Association of Law Libraries
American Bar Association
Utah Academic Library Consortium
Utah Library Association