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Therese A. Clarke AradoTherese A. Clarke Arado
Instructional Services, Reference Librarian, Associate Professor

B.B.A., Loyola University of Chicago
M.L.S., Dominican University
J.D., John Marshall Law School

 

Email: tclarke@niu.edu
Phone: (815) 753-9497
Room: 290B

Biography

Therese Clarke joined the law library faculty in 2000. She provides legal reference assistance to faculty, students, and other library users. Additionally, she teaches legal research and supports law faculty and students in their use of instructional technology. She has worked as a reference librarian in both law school and law firm settings. She is a member of the American Association of Law Libraries, the Mid-America Association of Law Libraries and serves on various committees within the Chicago Association of Law Libraries.  She has presented and prepared materials for the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting.  She is admitted to the Illinois Bar.

Articles

  • Safe Haven Laws: Where are the Daddies?, 36 CAPITAL UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW __ (forthcoming 2008) (with Jeffrey A. Parness).
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  • Legal Research Rhyme in Fourteenth National Legal Research Teach-In Training Resource Kit 3 (Jennifer S. Murray ed., 2006).
  • Loislaw and Versuslaw:  Database Alternatives to Consider, Chicago Association of Law Libraries Bulletin, Spring 2006, at 20.
  • Mastering Voire Dire and Jury Selection:  Gain an Edge in Questioning and Selecting Your Jury (Book Review), Legal Information Alert, Sept. 2005, at 14.
  • Law Librarians Participate in Statewide Illinois CLICKS! Program, Chicago Association of Law Libraries Bulletin, Winter 2004, at 18.
  • Violence Against Women:  Victims, Abusers, Prevention and Protection - Legal, Medical and Research Developments, Volume II (Book Review), Legal Information Alert, Nov./Dec. 2004, at 11.
  • Mediation Representation:  Advocating in a Problem-Solving Process (Book Review), Legal Information Alert, Jul./Aug. 2004, at 12-13.
  • Why Won’t Someone Help Me?: The Unspeakable Epidemic of Domestic Violence: an Annotated Bibliography, 23 NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 529 (2003).
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  • Violence Against Women: Laws, Prevention, Protection, Enforcement, Treatment, Health (Book Review), Legal Information Alert, Jan. 2003, at 11.
  • E-Commerce and Communications: Transactions in Digital Information (Book Review), Legal Information Alert, Feb. 2003, at 13.
  • Legal Research in the 21st Century: How the Web Has Changed How We Find the Law, Northern Lawyer (Winter 2003).
  • E-Business Internet and On-line Transactions, (Book Review), Legal Information Alert, Oct. 2002 at 10.
  • International Franchising in Emerging Markets: Central and Eastern Europe and Latin America, (Book Review) Legal Information Alert, May 2002, at 14.
  • They All Grow Up So Quickly: Sending Our Students Into The Real World, RIPS Law Librarian (Spring 2002).
  • Mealey's Nimmer Report on Copyright (Book Review), Legal Information Alert, Jul./Aug. 2001, at 11.
  • Comparative Environmental Law and Regulation (Book Review), Legal Information Alert, May 1998, at 8.
  • Financial Statement Analysis and Business Valuation for the Practical Lawyer (Book Review), Legal Information Alert, Sept. 1999, at 13.
  • Scarcity of Water: Emerging Legal and Policy Responses (Book Review), Legal Information Alert, Jul./Aug. 1998, at 11-12.
  • Insider Trading (Book Review), Legal Information Alert, Feb. 1997, at 8.
  • The Law and Practice of Offshore Banking and Finance (Book Review), Legal Information Alert Nov./Dec. 1996, at 8.