Vicenç Feliú Joins Villanova Law as Law Library Director and Associate Professor
Vicenç Feliú has been named law library Director and Associate Professor of Law at Villanova University School of Law by Dean John Gotanda.
“Vicenç brings with him strong leadership and management skills, a vision for the 21st century law library, a keen understanding of technology, enthusiasm for supporting faculty scholarship, and a commitment to helping students gain the research skills necessary in the practice of law,” said Dean Gotanda. “Vicenç is highly respected among law library directors and we are so pleased to have him at Villanova Law.” Professor Feliú will join the Law School in mid-January 2012.
Since 2009, Professor Feliú has been the law library director of the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law. He previously worked at the Louisiana State University Law Library, where he was Assistant Director for Public Services and the Associate Librarian for Foreign, Comparative and International Law. Before beginning his career as a law librarian, Professor Feliú served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps, was a Special Agent with the FBI and taught Spanish.
Professor Feliú has published several articles in international and comparative law, as well as legal research, and is a regular presenter at professional conferences. He received a Masters degree in Library and Information Science, with a Law Librarianship Certificate, from the University of Washington. He received his J.D. degree, and an LL.M. degree in Intellectual Property, from The University of New Hampshire School of Law. He received a B.A. in Linguistics from California State University Fullerton.
