Susan Nevelow Mart

Adjunct Professor and Faculty Services Librarian Susan Nevelow Mart received her B.A. in anthropology from UC Santa Cruz, her J.D. from Boalt Hall School of Law, and her M.L.I.S. from San Jose State University.

Her law practice in Alameda County focused on construction litigation, complex real estate transactions and their disintegration, partnership and corporate dissolution, and fiduciary abuse of elders. She has been a certified specialist in airport construction law; a speaker on risk allocation and contract negotiation in business contracts; a speaker on mechanic's liens and stop notices; and a Continuing Legal Education teacher on patients' rights advocacy. Then she went to library school, and now teaches Advanced Legal Research. Her research and writing interests include the Freedom of Information Act, the Patriot Act, and other legal issues regarding access to information. She blogs at blog.librarylaw.com.