Timothy Sanzi

Tim Sanzi is a Research Librarian and Assistant Professor of Law at the University of San Francisco School of Law. He teaches introductory and advanced legal research.

Before joining USF in 2024, Tim gained practical legal experience through externships with several federal and state institutions, including the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps, the Rhode Island Attorney General (Civil Division), and the Rhode Island Superior Court.

While attending Roger Williams University School of Law, he served as a Teaching Assistant for the course Race and Foundations of American Law, integrating critical historical, sociological, and legal perspectives to examine the evolution of legal systems and their societal impacts.

Prior to law school, Tim was a public-school substitute teacher in Rhode Island and contributed to the Beyond 2022 Project at Trinity College, Dublin (now the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland), an initiative that revived lost archival history through research and digital preservation.

• Legal research and information literacy
• Literature, analysis, and critical studies
• Legal history and archival research

• Legal information literacy and pedagogy
• Constitutional law
• Civil rights and social justice 
• Access to justice and ADEIB in Law
• Ocean, Coastal, and Environmental Law

• Member, School of Law Budget Committee

• Roger Williams University School of Law, JD
• University of Rhode Island, BA in European History and English