Paul D. Healey

Paul Healey serves as senior instructional services librarian at the Albert E. Jenner, Jr. Library of the University of Illinois College of Law and teaches Legal Research and Advanced Legal Research courses in the law school. He holds a J.D. in law and M.A. in library and information science from the University of Iowa, and a Ph.D. in library and information science from the University of Illinois.

Healey is considered a national expert on librarian professional liability and on legal issues pertaining to pro se library users. He is author of the books Professional Liability Issues for Librarians and Information Professionals (Neal-Schuman Press, 2008), and Legal Reference for Librarians: How and Where to Find the Answers (ALA Editions, 2013). His articles have been published in Law Library Journal, the National Law Journal, and AALL Spectrum, among others, and he is a two-time winner of the American Association of Law Libraries Call for Papers competition.

Healey is active in the American Association of Law Libraries and spent six years as Editorial Director of AALL Spectrum, the official magazine of the organization. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Association for Rural and Small Libraries, where he chairs the governance committee. Professor Healey has been a featured speaker across the U.S. and Canada on legal and library related topics. He also teaches courses on legal materials, information ethics, and library administration at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science of the University of Illinois.

Prior to becoming a law librarian, Professor Healey practiced law for seven years as a partner in the firm Healey & Peters, Attorneys, and was a seminar presenter on legal and business topics for Inherent, Ltd.

Healey is also an avid amateur photographer. He has published a book of photographs, "Fine, Sense Looking: Photographs from Japan" and posts regularly on his two photography blogs.