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EDUCATION:

M.L.S., ****, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, City University of

New York (M.L.S. thesis: GENDER-BASED PERSECUTION AS A BASIS FOR ASYLUM).

LL.M., 1994, (masters degree in law) Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA (LL.M. thesis on

Human Rights and Intellectual Property; emphasis on NAFTA and GATT issues)

D.E.A. (masters degree in private law), 1991, Ecole de Droit et des Etudes Politiques, Caen,

France (School of Law and Political Science) (thesis on E.E.C. and French Commercial

and Intellectual Property law)

J.D., 1989, Magna Cum Laude (1-3/230) University of Bucharest School of Law, (thesis on

statute of limitations issues)

LIBRARY EMPLOYMENT:

Head of Public Services, Columbia Law Library 2005-2006; 2008-09

creating and implementing new public services policies (2005-2006):

o 24-hour study-hall services during the winter and spring exam period

o teaching legal research to first-year students

o new WebPAC for the library catalog which allows the catalog to become a portal

to our full-text databases as well (http://pegasus.law.columbia.edu/)

o creating and teaching the legal research component of CIAL to LLM students

o refresher sessions for 2L students, journal editorial boards, and summer

associates.

managing the Reference Department (five full time reference librarians, including

heading the hiring committee and co-training newly hired reference librarians);

managing the Circulation Department (six staff members; hiring and training new staff

members);

coordinating projects between Reference or Circulation and the faculty or other library

departments (within our library or the Columbia library system);

investigating new ideas and innovations in instruction;

member of the library planning group (responsible for all library operations, such as

strategic long-term and short-term planning, collection development, budget and

expenditures);

supervising (library students) reference interns;

revamping the librarians access to the rare book collection.

Law Reference Librarian, Columbia Law Library 2000-

general reference domestic and international law

heading the Inter-Library Loan department, 2002

library liaison with vendors, (Lexis & Westlaw), 2000/2006

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co-responsible for collection development for Canada (the second largest foreign

collection -- worth about $100,000)

responsible for developing the damaged books project (working with the Stacks

Department) 2003-

creating the URL archive pilot, 2001-

providing information services at a busy reference desk via e-mail, by phone, and in-

person (daytime, one evening per week and some weekends per semester).

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT:

Lecturer-in-Law, Columbia Law School, 2008-

teaching the legal research component of the Legal Research and Writing class to first

year law students,

devising and teaching legal research to the LL.M. students,

co-teaching the Advanced Legal Research and the International Legal Research"

classes to upper class law students.

Visiting Professor, Pratt SILS, 2007- teaching all law-related courses (every fall, spring and

summer semester),

Adjunct Assistant Professor, 2003- (every spring semester)

Barnard College, Environmental Law-3040 (with Peter Bower)

Faculty member of Columbia Summer Program --Amsterdam, July 2005

LEGAL EMPLOYMENT:

Assistant Corporation Counsel, 1998-2000

New York City Corporation Counsel s Office, Affirmative Litigation Department

(practicing in the areas of civil rights and tort law, in federal and state courts)

Associate Attorney, 1997-1998

Bickel & Brewer, N.Y.C. (practicing in the areas of business law, environmental

litigation, tort, and contract law).

Consultant, Forced Migration Project, Open Society Institute, Soros Foundation, New York City

October-November 1996 (working on a project initiated by the late Arthur Helton)

VOLUNTEER WORK:

Lecturer/Volunteer: Law and Development Program for Legal Advocacy Training Program,

(Israel/Palestine Center for Legal Research and Information IPCLRI, USA NGO),

Israel, 1995-1996

APPENDIX A PUBLICATIONS:

APPENDIX B PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

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APPENDIX A PUBLICATIONS:

(1) Books/Monographs:

INTRODUCTION TO U.S. LAW AND LEGAL RESEARCH (Transnational, 2005) (reviewed in 34 INT'L

J. LEGAL INFO. 169 and 98 LAW LIBR. J. 531)

(2) Book Chapters:

SOURCES OF STATE PRACTICE IN INTERNATIONAL LAW (Ralph Gabler, ed) (Transnational

Publishers) updating chapter on ROMANIA (to be published)

"Gender-Based Persecution as a Basis for Asylum: An Annotated Bibliography."

in WOMEN AND THE LAW (Chapter 9A) (Jane Campbell Moriarty, updating editor)

(Thomson West, 2003).

Legal Scholarship and Digital Publishing: Has Anything Changed in the Way We Do Legal

Research? in LAW LIBRARY COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT IN THE DIGITAL AGE (ed.

Michael Chiorazzi and Gordon Russel) (Haworth Information Press, 2002).

(3) Articles:

Preserving and Ensuring Long-Term Access to Digitally Born Legal Information 18

INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY LAW 39 (2009) (co-author).

The Red Booklet on Feminist Equality. Instead of a Manifesto, 30 THE WOMEN S RIGHTS LAW

REPORTER 106 (2008).

A Brief Critique of the Emaciated State and Its Reliance on Non-Governmental Organizations

to Provide Social Services 9 N.Y.C. L. REV. 405 (2006).

The Wrongful Rejection of Big Theory (Marxism) by Feminism and Queer Theory: A Brief

Debate 34 CAPITAL UNIV. L. REV. 125 (2005).

The Political Value of Knowledge and the Elite Schools Curricula. To Ignore or Not to Ignore

Marxism? 82 UNIV. OF DETROIT MERCY L. REV 219 (2005).

Romania, Bulgaria, the United States and the European Union: The Rules of Empowerment at

the Outskirts of Europe 30 BROOKLYN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 185 (2004).

Gender-based Persecution as a Basis for Asylum: An Annotated Bibliography, 1993-2002

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95 LAW LIBR. J. 191 (2003)

Tempest in a Teacup or the Mystique of Sexual Legal Discourse. 38 GONZ. L. REV. 601

(2002/03).

Imposing Sexual Restraint Abroad. 4 L. REV. MICH. ST. U. DET. C.L. 885 (2002).

Legitimacy, Globally: The Incoherence of Free Trade Practice, Global Economics and Their

Governing Principles of Political Economy. (co-authored with Michael H. Davis) 69

UMKC L. REV. 733 (2001).

International Legal Developments in Review: 2000. Immigration and Nationality. (co-authored

with Robert Charles Hill) 35 THE INTERNATIONAL LAWYER 743 (2001).

CLS Stands for Critical Legal Studies. If Anyone Remembers 8 J. L. & POL Y 415 (2000).

Concert of Action by Substantial Assistance: What Ever Happened to Unconscious Aiding and

Abetting? 16 TOURO L. REV. 25 (1999).

(4) Comments:

The Draft of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union: A Major Step in

Legitimizing the European Union as a Political Entity and Economic and Social Rights as

Fundamental Human Rights. 7 COLUM. J. EUR. L. 141 (2001)

(5) Book Reviews:

PRIVACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS 2006. AN INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF PRIVACY LAWS AND

DEVELOPMENTS. (BY ELECTRONIC PRIVACY INFORMATION CENTER), LAW LIBR. J.

(to be published)

HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE: ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL

DIMENSIONS (BY JEANNE M. WOODS AND HOPE LEWIS) 34 INT'L J. LEGAL INFO. 188

(2006).

THE EUROPEAN UNION: A POLITY OF STATES AND PEOPLE. (by Walter Van Gerven)

33 INT'L J. LEGAL INFO. 488 (2005).

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT LAW: PRINCIPLES, PRACTICES, & PROSPECTS. By Marie-Claire

Cordonier Segger and Ashfaq Khalfan. 33 INT'L J. LEGAL INFO. 291 (2005).

THE LAW OF STATE AID IN THE EUROPEAN UNION (edited by Andrea Biondi et al)

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33 INT'L J. LEGAL INFO. 128 (2005).

Advocacy as History? That Takes the Prize! (Book Review: GULAG: A HISTORY. ANNE

APPLEBAUM. DOUBLEDAY) 45 SANTA CLARA L. REV. 213 (2004).

WHO OWNS NATIVE CULTURE? Book Review N.Y.LAW JOURNAL : 2 (Tuesday, May

25, 2004) (also available online at http://www.williams.edu/go/native/nylj-review.htm).

SEXUAL RIGHTS IN AMERICA: THE NINTH AMENDMENT AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.

N.Y. LAW JOURNAL.: 2., (Tuesday, December 23, 2003).

(6) Other Publications:

DOING LEGAL RESEARCH IN ROMANIA, http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Romania.htm

(updated April, 2008) (previous versions available at

www.llrx.com/features/romania.htm.)

TORTURE BY PROXY: INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC LAW APPLICABLE TO EXTRAORDINARY

Renditions Report authored by the Committee on International Human Right of the

Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 60 The Record 13 (2005), also available

at http://www.nyuhr.org/docs/TortureByProxy.pdf (co-participant)

Sexual Orientation as a Basis of Discrimination by the INS

ABA INTERNATIONAL LAW AND PRACTICE SECTION: IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY

COMMITTEE NEWSLETTER, Vol. III, Issue, 1, February (2000).

COMMENTS FOR THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ROMANIA ON THE DRAFT LAW ON THE

LAW REGARDING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT AND USE,

The American Bar Association Central and East European Law Initiative, March, 2000

ROMA AND FORCED MIGRATION: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, Open Society Institute, Soros

Foundation, The Forced Migration Projects, March 1997

THE BLUEBOOK. A UNIFORM SYSTEM OF CITATION. (18th edition, 2005) in charge of updating

Table T.2 for the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Italy (Mary Price Miles, Table T.2

coordinating editor)

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APPENDIX B PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1997-

(Sex and Law Committee, 1997-2000; Human Rights Committee, 2002-2005; European

Affairs Committee, 2005-2008)

Member, The New York State Bar, 1997-

Member, The American Bar Association, The International Law and Practice Section

1998-

Member, Law Library Association of the Greater New York (LAGNY),

2000-

Member, The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)

2000-

FEATURED SPEAKER, MODERATOR, AND PROGRAM ORGANIZER:

Speaker, ISA's 50th Annual Convention Exploring the Past, Anticipating the Future, New

York City, February 15-18, 2009 (GLOBALIZATION: A POSTMODERN EVENT OR

THOUGHT?).

Speaker, The Law Librarian s Role in the Scholarly Enterprise Colloquium, University of South

Carolina School of Law, Friday, November 21, 2008 (WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE LAW

REFERENCE LIBRARIAN IN LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP?)

Speaker, Media, War and Conflict-Resolution, September 17, 18 & 19, 2008

International Conference- Bowling Green State University, OH (THE MEDIA AND WAR

PROPAGANDA: HAS THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA REMAINED UNCHANGED?)

Discussant, Law and Society Association, "Feminism and the Human Rights Discourse on

Vulnerability: Where Does Economic Vulnerability Fit In?" Montreal, Quebec, Canada

May 29 - June 1, 2008

Featured Speaker, Canadian Association for Information Science/L Association canadienne des

sciences de l information (CAIS/ACSI): Information beyond borders: LIS interacting

with other disciplines (ca-authored paper PRESERVING AND ENSURING LONG-TERM

ACCESS TO DIGITALLY BORN LEGAL INFORMATION) University of British Columbia,

Vancouver, BC, Canada June 5 7, 2008

Speaker, Chicago-Kent College of Law Conference: Back to the Future of Legal Research,

Chicago, May 18, 2007 (GOOGLE, DIGITIZATION, LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP, AND THE ROLE OF

LAW LIBRARIES, IF ANY)

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Speaker, Feminism and Legal Project Theory, Emory School of Law: Searching for New

Paradigms? Understanding Class and Caste within a World of Global Inequalities

Atlanta, May 4-5, 2007 (Paper: ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY: SOCIAL CLASS,

SOCIOECONOMIC HUMAN RIGHTS, AND WHY IT ALL MATTERS.)

Speaker, International Studies Association 2007 Conference, Chicago, CA, Feb 28th -March 3rd,

2007 -- Panel, The Role of the State in Protecting Women s Rights: Looking Back and

Planning Forward. (Paper: A FEMINIST CRITIQUE OF HUMAN RIGHTS)

Speaker, NYC Law Review Symposium CUNY School of Law, Symposium on Non-Profit

Organizations, Friday, March 3, 2006, (Paper: A BRIEF CRITIQUE OF THE EMACIATED

STATE AND ITS RELIANCE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE SOCIAL

SERVICES)

Speaker, International Studies Association 2006 Conference, San Diego, CA, March 22-25, 2006

-- Panel, The North-South Divide and International Law. (Paper: DEBATING THE RULE OF

LAW AND ITS GLOBAL IMPACT)

Speaker, Feminism and Legal Project Theory, Emory School of Law, Feminist and

Queer Legal Theory-- Convergences and Departures: An Uncomfortable Conversation,

April 29-30, 2005 (Paper: THE WRONGFUL REJECTION OF BIG THEORY (MARXISM) BY

FEMINISM AND QUEER THEORY: A BRIEF DEBATE)

Speaker, International Studies Association 2004 Conference, Hegemony and Its Discontents.

Montr al, CA, March 17-20, 2004 (Paper: THE IMPACT OF US FOREIGN RELATIONS ON

THE FORMER SOVIET SATELLITE COUNTRIES: IS THERE A CHOICE BETWEEN NATO AND

THE EUROPEAN UNION?)

Co-Moderator Safeguarding Our Patrons' Privacy: What Every Librarian Needs

to Know about the USA PATRIOT Act & Related Anti-Terrorism Measures

Teleconference, December 11, 2002 (Columbia University Site)

Speaker, International Studies Association 2002 Conference, Dissolving Boundaries:

The Nexus between Comparative Politics and International Relations. New Orleans, LA

(March 23-26, 2002) (Paper: INFLICTING SEXUAL RESTRAINT ABROAD)

Speaker, Conference Not a Box but a Window: Law Libraries and Legal Education in a

Virtual World, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto (February 22-24th, 2001) (Paper:

LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP AND DIGITIZATION: HAS ANYTHING CHANGED IN THE WAY WE DO

LEGAL RESEARCH?)

Speaker, 2001 AALL Conference, D7 program: Saving the Worlds' Digital Law,

Minneapolis, MN, (July 23, 2001) (Paper: COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL

LIBRARY & THE URL DIGITAL ARCHIVE)

Speaker, Co-Author and Moderator, Critical Legal Studies Conference, Panel & Paper

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INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL FLOWS CULTURAL BORDERS, Washington, D.C. (March

AND

1995)

Member, Panel, Constitutional Law Study and Research Group,

University of Aix-Marseille III, France (Paper on Romanian Political Parties) (September

1993)

Program Organizer, Moderator & Speaker, 2002 AALL Conference, H-5 A New Battle of the

Bulge? The Impact of Digitization on Legal Scholarship and How Law Libraries Are

Trying to Avoid a Potential Disaster. (July 23, 2002) (Paper: THE LEGAL URL CITATION

ARCHIVE: A RESPONSE TO THE THREAT POSED BY DIGITAL PUBLISHING TO LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP.

Program Organizer (with K. Jacob Rupert), Association of the Bar of the City of New York,

Sex and Law Committee: WE ARE FAMILY: Addressing Problems Facing Same-

Sex Bi-National Couples Under United States Immigration Law ), 1999.

LANGUAGES: French & Romanian (fluent); Italian (good reading and speaking) Hebrew

(katzat)

GRANT AWARDS: Lexis Grant Award covering the student registration fee for the 93rd

AALL Annual Meeting in Philadelphia (2000).

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