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Cynthia Lewis

Cynthia Lewis
Lawyer Librarian & Adjunct Professor

B.A., Wellesley College;
Masters in Library and Information Science, Simmons College;
J.D., Franklin Pierce Law Center (UNH Law)

Phone: 831-1444
Email: clewis@vermontlaw.edu

Biography

Cynthia Lewis, Lawyer Librarian and Adjunct Professor, has over twenty years experience working in law libraries and teaching legal research.  Every fall, Cynthia teaches multiple sections of Introduction to Legal Research for first-year students. In the spring, she offers Advanced Skills for Practice, a course designed to prepare students for conducting research beyond law school.

In addition, Cynthia leads the library's Public Service department. In this role, she administers the Library Faculty Research Assistant Program (FRAP).To do this, Cynthia hires student Research Assistants and works with them to expand their research skills to complete faculty research projects. She also manages the Faculty-Liaison program.

Prior to coming to Vermont Law School in 2007, Cynthia served as the Acting Director at the Hugh and Hazel Darling Law Library at the UCLA School of Law; the Reference and Computer Research Librarian at the Franklin Pierce Law Center; and as the Law Librarian at Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster in Boston.

Cynthia received her B.A. from Wellesley College, her Masters in Library and Information Science from Simmons College in Boston and J.D. from Franklin Pierce Law Center in New Hampshire (now UNH Law.)

Originally from Wisconsin, Cynthia is a Green Bay Packers fan and loves spending time with her two boys enjoying all that Vermont has to offer.