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Robert Hegadorn

Reference Librarian
Legal Research Instructor

Office: Law Library Rm 163
Tel: 610-519-7021
Fax: 610-519-7033
Email: Hegadorn@law.villanova.edu

Contact Robert with Questions About:

  • General legal reference
  • The electronic archive of opinions of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals

Areas of Special Interest:

  • Admiralty Law
  • International Law
  • Transportation Law
  • Sports Law


Robert Hegadorn earned his B.A. in 1993 from Columbia College in Columbia, Missouri, his J.D. from the MU (University of Missouri-Columbia) School of Law in 1999, and his M.A., Information Science and Learning Technology, from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Information Science and Learning Technology in 2005. Before joining the library staff at Villanova School of Law, Mr. Hegadorn practiced law in Missouri and later was a Reference Librarian at the MU School of Law Library. Along with service as one of the Villanova Law Library’s Reference Librarians, he currently teaches sections of the first-year course Introduction to Legal Research, and lectures on certain subjects in Advanced Legal Research.