Faculty
Professor Marsha Baum
Professor of Law
B.A. 1979, University of Rochester
M.S. in Library Service 1982,
Columbia University
J.D. 1985, SUNY at Buffalo
Member of the New York Bar
Marsha Baum teaches a broad range of first-year and upper-level courses in subjects as varied as Copyright Law, Information Technology and the Law, Disabilities Law, Sales and Legal Writing. She previously has taught Advanced Legal Research and Legal Research I and II.
Baum joined the faculty in 1997 as UNM Law Library Director, bringing with her nearly 20 years of experience gained from working in academic law libraries across the country. In 2003, she stepped down to return to full-time teaching. She came to the UNM law school from the University of South Carolina where she served as director of its law library and was an associate professor. Before that, she was with the University of Connecticut School of Law Library where she managed the daily operations and taught courses. As director of the law library from 1997-2003, she kept track of more than 400,000 volumes in the library collections, providing access to electronic resources and ensuring that a wide range of services are offered to library users.
Baum's library work began after she obtained a history degree from the University of Rochester. She spent two years as a librarian assistant at the Center for Governmental Research in Rochester before heading to Columbia University School of Library Service where she earned a master's in library service. In 1985, she earned a J.D. from SUNY at Buffalo Faculty of Law and Jurisprudence. That August, after taking the New York State bar exam, she became a reference and documents librarian at the University of Minnesota Law Library, which is where she stayed until joining the staff at the University of Connecticut School of Law.
Baum's publications include a guide to Minnesota state documents and law-related materials, articles on the Internet and the practice of law, pieces on legal ethics and the Internet and ruminations on copyright law. Baum has also presented papers at various conferences and has provided CLE training on legal research on the Internet and on legal ethics and the Internet for the New Mexico Bar.
She is active in the American Association of Law Libraries, the American Bar Association and the Association of American Law Schools.
Contact Information
Ph.: 505-277-5653
Fax: 505-277-0068
Office: 3213
Email: baum@law.unm.edu
