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Timothy Sanzi

Assistant Professor and Research Librarian

Full-Time Faculty
Zief Law Library 103

Biography

Tim Sanzi is a Research Librarian and Assistant Professor of Law at the University of San Francisco School of Law. He teaches legal research courses to first-year law students and supports the research endeavors of the USF Law community.

Before joining USF, 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 in law school, he served as a Teaching Assistant.

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.

Expertise

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

Research Areas

  • Legal pedagogy and information literacy
  • Constitutional law
  • Civil rights law

Appointments

  • Member, School of Law Budget Committee

Education

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