Suzanne Thorpe

Professor of Legal Research Instruction

Suzanne Thorpe

120 Mondale Hall
229–19th Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55455

612-625-0187

s-thor@umn.edu

University of Wisconsin at Madison, B.A., M.A.
University of Minnesota, J.D.

Professor Suzanne Thorpe is recognized for her expertise in the areas of legal research and library administration. She is the Associate Director for Faculty, Research and Instructional Services, and oversees all public and faculty services offered by the University of Minnesota Law Library. She provides legal research instruction and is also responsible for collecting Scandinavian legal materials for the Law Library. Professor Thorpe was appointed the inaugural Caroline Brede Scholar for 1999-2001.

Professor Thorpe earned B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She received her J.D. degree from the University of Minnesota. Professor Thorpe was a program assistant for the American-Scandinavian Foundation in New York from 1971 to 1972 and was a library assistant in the Criminal Justice Reference and Information Center at the University of Wisconsin Law School from 1973 to 1974. She worked at Hamline University Law Library for nine years before becoming the Public Services Librarian for Hennepin County Law Library in Minneapolis. Professor Thorpe joined the University of Minnesota Law School library faculty as a reference librarian in 1987. She has been President of the Minnesota Association of Law Libraries and is active in the American Association of Law Libraries.