Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Marvin & Virginia Schmid Foundation Professor of Law Library and Reference Librarian
Biography
Professor Pearlman is the Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, a professor of law library, and reference librarian. She teaches legal research in the First Year Legal Analysis, Writing, and Research course and serves as the faculty advisor to the Nebraska OUTLaw, Student Animal Legal Defense Fund, Muslim Law Students Association and Disability Law Caucus student groups. She also runs the Schmid Research Fellowship Program.
Professor Pearlman is active in the American Association of Law Libraries and the Mid-America Association of Law Libraries. She is also a Commissioner on the Nebraska Access to Justice Commission.
Articles
- Neurodiversity and the Legal Profession, Kala Mueller and Stefanie Pearlman. Vol. 26, No. 5 The Nebraska Lawyer. September/October 2023 at 33
- Persuasive Authority and the Nebraska Supreme Court: Are certain jurisdictions or secondary resources more persuasive than others?, The Nebraska Lawyer. March/April 2018, p. 33-37.
- Nebraska Secondary Resources, CALI Lesson (July 2015) with Matt Novak and Sandy Placzek
- Seven Tips for an Efficient Faculty Bibliography, 19:2 AALL Spectrum (Forthcoming November 2014) with Marcia Dority Baker
- An Invitation to Death Row, Volume 20, Number 2 SR-SIS Newsletter. Summer 2012
- Tweet Treats: How One Law Library uses Twitter to Educate and Connect with Patrons, 14:3 AALL Spectrum 19 (December 2009) with Marcia Dority Baker
Books
- Animal Welfare Laws: A Legal Research guideStefanie Pearlman and Melissa Serfass. Buffalo: William S. Hein & Co. (2023).
- A Bibliography of University of Nebraska College of Law Faculty Scholarship 1892-2013 with Marcia Dority Baker. Schmid Law Library Publications Series in Association with the University of Nebraska Press (2014). An update was published for the time period of 2013-2018 at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/lawlibrary/26/.
- Animals Confined for Human Benefit: A Legal Research Guide Series with Melissa Serfass. William S. Hein & Co., Buffalo, NY (2012)
Book Chapters
- Animal Welfare in National Survey of State Laws 6th edition by Richard Leiter. (2008, rev'd for 7th ed. 2015)
Presentations
- Back for the Future Through DEI Activities in Libraries—Answering the Question: Why Law Librarians? Stefanie Pearlman, Le’Shawn Turner and Gail Wechsler, October 13, 2023. Mid-America Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, Des Moines, Iowa.
- Assembling a Pit Crew: How to Create a Research Assistant Program at Your Library Stefanie Pearlman and Cynthia Shearrer, October 15, 2020. Mid-America Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, via Zoom.
- Showing Our Spirit: Promoting Our Unique Expertise and Special Collections. Mid-America Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, St. Louis, October 18, 2019 with Keelan Weber
- Challenging Conventional Wisdom: Conducting Empirical Research to Help Yourself and Others. Mid-America Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee, October 13, 2018 with Karen Wallace
- Animal Rights: Wildlife Law, Science Cafe, University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska, July 22, 2016 with Sara Berggren and Kristina Pease Hall
- Thinking While Searching: Incorporating Legal Analysis into Legal Research Class American Association for Paralegal Education, 34th Annual Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 24, 2015 with Sandy Placzek and Teresa Conway
- Who's Got What?--Bridging the Information Gap Between Special Collections, Resources, Services Within MAALL Libraries Mid-America Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting, Iowa City, Iowa, October 14, 2012 with Brian Striman
- Librarians, Vendors or Both? Who Should be Teaching Westlaw and LexisNexis to First-Year Law Students? American Association of Law Libraries 100th Annual Meeting and Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, July 15, 2007
Other
Date:
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Awards
- Connie E. Bolden Publication Award American Association of Law Libraries, 2019
- RIPS-SIS Publication Award American Association of Law Libraries, 2019
Media
- Online Research Guides Legal research guides created by Professor Pearlman
Education
- M.A., University of Arizona, School of Information Resources and Library Sciences
- J.D., Washington University School of Law
- B.A., Hofstra University
Areas of Expertise
Appointments
- Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, 2023
- Interim Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, 2022
- Professor of Law Library and Reference Librarian, 2012
- Associate Professor of Law Library and Reference Librarian, 2009
- Assistant Professor of Law Library and Reference Librarian, 2003