Sue Zago

Susan Drisko Zago

PROFESSOR
Law Library Director
Phone: (603) 513-5129
Office: UNH School of Law, 2 White Street, Concord, NH 03301

Susan Drisko Zago is a Professor and the Director of the Law Library. She teaches legal research in the areas of copyright/trademark, social justice, and international law. She is also creating courses in law practice management and health law legal research. She is also the administrator of the CALI, Lexis, Westlaw, and Bloomberg programs at the school and is the acting Archivist for the Gire Archives. She is the co-advisor for UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law's Moot Court program.

Prior to UNHFP Law, Professor Zago worked at Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, MA. At Northeastern, she taught and mentored students in research in the first-year program of Legal Skills in Social Context and team-taught Advanced Legal Research including classes in administrative law, cases, statutes, secondary sources, international legal research, cost-effective research, and legislative history.

Professor Zago is very active in various professional law library organizations including the Association of New Hampshire Law Librarians, the Law Librarians of New England, and the American Association of Law Libraries. She is a board member and past President of NELLCO, an international law library consortium. She is also a member of the New Hampshire Access to Justice Commission.

Sue Zago

 

Courses Taught

  • LCR 923: International Legal Research
  • LRS 902: G S Rich, Patent Law Comp
  • LRS 905: Independent Study
  • LRS 909: S Lefkowitz Trademarks Comp
  • LRS 910: Constitutional Law Mt Ct Comp
  • LRS 911: Wechsler CrimLaw Moot Ct Comp
  • LRS 930: Health Law Moot Court
  • LRS 931: John Gibbons Crim Pro Moot Ct
  • LRS 933: Evans Const Law Moot Ct Comp
  • LRS 934: Touro Law/Religion Mt Ct Comp
  • LSK 900: Legal Research & Info Literacy
  • LSK 940: Moot Court Board Advisory

Education

  • J.D., Western New England Univ
  • M.L.I.S., Simmons College
  • B.A., English, Westfield State College

Research Interests

  • Access to Justice
  • Information Literacy
  • Information Science/Systems
  • Legal Education
  • Social justice

Selected Publications

  • Zago, S. D. (2018). Playing to Their Passion: A Legal Research Course that Resonates with Law Students. Legal Reference Services Quarterly, 37(2), 1-22. doi:10.1080/0270319x.2018.1522898

  • Zago, S. D. (2017). Reimagining the Wheel: Using Circular Calendars for Planning in Law School Libraries. Legal Reference Services Quarterly, 36(2), 1-9. doi:10.1080/0270319x.2017.1359063

  • Zago, S. D. (2016). Authenticity Key to Success in Life and in Legal Information. Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, (June 16, 2016). Retrieved from http://masslawyersweekly.com/

  • Zago, S. D. (2016). Riding Circuit: Bringing the Law to Those Who Need It. Fla. A & M U. L. Rev., 12(1), 1-53. doi:10.2139/ssrn.2775359