Mary Rumsey

Professor of Legal Research Instruction

Mary Rumsey

255J Mondale Hall
229–19th Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55455

612-625-2905

rumse006@umn.edu

University of Wisconsin, B.A.
University of Chicago, J.D.
Dominican University, M.L.I.S.

Library Professor Mary Rumsey is the Foreign, Comparative & International Law Librarian. Her main responsibilities include selecting foreign and international materials for the collection, teaching foreign and international legal research, and serving patrons with foreign and international law research needs.

Ms. Rumsey received her B.A. degree in philosophy and political science from the University of Wisconsin, Phi Beta Kappa, and her law degree from the University of Chicago. She practiced law for two years and then worked for West Group in its Westlaw Research and Development Department. In 1998, she received a master's degree in library and information science from Dominican University.

Ms. Rumsey worked for the William Mitchell College of Law as the Electronic Services Librarian before joining the staff at the University of Minnesota Law Library in June 2000. She is a member of the American Society of International Law, and the immediate past chair of the Foreign, Comparative & International Law Special Interest Section of the American Association of Law Libraries. She has written extensively on library and legal research issues, with two of her publications receiving national awards.