Rob Truman
Associate Dean and Director
rtruman@lclark.edu | (503) 768-6780 | Wood Hall 213
Rob Truman is Associate Dean and Director of the Paul L. Boley Law Library, overseeing all aspects of the library, including research and reference, instructional services, content and collection management, circulation, resource sharing, and planning for future library and technological needs. Rob has taught a variety of legal research classes since 1999, and is currently teaching Legal Research: Environmental Law. He has served the library and the law school as Librarian for Legal Research Instruction; Assistant Director, Electronic Information Services; Reference Librarian; and Assistant Dean for Continuing Legal Education and Director, Oregon Law Institute. He has a J.D. from Lewis & Clark Law School and an M.L.S. from Emporia State University. Before coming to LC Law he was in private practice and was a Reference Librarian at the Willamette University College of Law.
Sarah-Lynda Johnson
Associate Director
sarahjohnson@lclark.edu | (503) 768-6710 | Boley Law Library | she / her / hers
Sarah serves as a member of the law library administrative leadership team, planning and developing programs and intiatives that support the research and scholarly needs of law students and faculty. She manages the Collections and Access Services department, where she oversees law library collections, digital content, circulation, and resource sharing. She has a B.F.A. in photography from Marylhurst University and an M.L.S. with concentration in archives studies from Emporia State University. Prior to joining the Boley Law Library, Sarah served on the faculty as Associate Professor, Systems and Reference Librarian at Concordia University, and has worked as a reference librarian, cataloger, and archivist at the Portland Art Museum, Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, Mt. Hood Community College, and Clackamas Community College.
Research and Instruction
Meredith Weston Kostek
Assistant Director of Research & Instruction and Lecturer in Law
mkostek@lclark.edu | (503) 768-6996 | Boley Law Library Reading Room
Meredith is the Assistant Director of Research and Instruction and also provides research, reference, and engagement services for the law school community. She teaches Legal Research 1, Advanced Legal Research, and Legal Research: Administrative Law. She received her B.A. in American History with a concentration in jazz history from DePauw University, her J.D. from the University of Toledo College of Law, and her M.L.I.S. from Indiana University in Indianapolis. Prior to coming to Boley Law Library, she served as the Island County Law Librarian (Coupeville, WA), Attorney Editor for Thomson Reuters, and Rules and Legislation Attorney for the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.
Jim Kite
Research Librarian and Lecturer in Law
jrkite@lclark.edu | (503) 768-6829 | Boley Law Library Reading Room
Jim provides research and reference services for everyone in the Lewis & Clark Law School community, and teaches Legal Research 1, Advanced Legal Research, and Legal Research: Advising Businesses. He also provides outreach and legal research instruction for the L&C law clinics. Previously, he served as the Branch Librarian for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Anchorage, Alaska. Jim also worked as a research librarian at Weil, Gotshal & Manges in Silicon Valley. He has a B.A. in English Language & Literature from Franklin & Marshall College, a J.D. from George Washington University Law School, and an M.S.L.I.S. from the Catholic University of America.
Kian Pakdel
Research Librarian and Lecturer in Law
kianpakdel@lclark.edu | (503) 768-6763 | Boley Law Library Reading Room
Kian serves as the Foreign and International Law specialist. He provides reference services to library patrons and teaches Legal Research: International and Foreign and Legal Research 1. Kian also serves as library liaison to the L&C law reviews. Kian has a B.A. in Environmental Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a J.D. from Lewis & Clark Law School, and an M.L.I.S. from the University of Washington. Prior to joining Boley Law Library, he provided reference and instructional services at the University of Colorado.
Collections and Access Services
Lara Elliott
Circulation and Resource Sharing Specialist
lelliott@lclark.edu | (503) 768-6584 | Boley Law Library
Lara is responsible for access services, supervision of circulation assistant staff, interlibrary loan and Summit fulfillment, and maintaining the course reserve collection. She previously worked as a circulation supervisor for the University of Portland's Clark Library, and before that as a librarian for the New Orleans Public Library in Louisiana. She has a bachelor's degree in English from California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo), and an MLIS from San Jose State, California.
Sarah Hunsberger
Acquisitions and Circulation Specialist
sarahhunsberger@lclark.edu | (503) 768-6692 | Boley Law Library
Sarah is responsible for ordering new library materials, administering the law library's digital repository, and providing support for circulation. She previously worked as a library assistant and a writing tutor at Clackamas Community College. She has a bachelor's degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and has written for newspapers in Iowa, Indiana, New Mexico, and Oregon. She has also worked as a writing coach for The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Liana Rein
Serials and Acquisitions Specialist
rein@lclark.edu | (503) 768-6693 | Boley Law Library
Liana is responsible for the acquisition, distribution and maintenance of the entire serials collection. She has a B.M. in Music Therapy from the University of the Pacific in California. Prior to joining the Boley staff, she worked in circulation at the Tualatin Public Library and in the Technical Services Department of the Library at the University of the Pacific.
