Associate Dean for Community Wellbeing, Marvin & Virginia Schmid Foundation Professor of Law Library and Reference Librarian
Biography
Professor Pearlman is an Associate Dean, a professor of law library, and reference librarian. She teaches legal research in the First Year Legal Analysis, Writing, and Research course. She is a faculty editor the Nebraska Journal on Advancing Justice and 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 guide Stefanie 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/. An additional update was published for the time period of 2019-2023 at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/lawlibrary/28/.
- 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
- Making 303 Matter: Implementation in a Changing Landscape. Stefanie Pearlman, Carmia Caesar, Belinda Dantley, Patricia Kinney, and Shruti Rana, January 8, 2025. Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California.
- 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
Awards
- Women of Courage, Character, and Commitment Award from the UNL Gender and Sexuality Center, March 2025
- Dr. Joel Fishman Professional Publication Award from AALL’s Government Law Libraries Special Interest Section, 2024
- 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, 2023
- Interim Associate Dean, 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