Christopher S. O’Byrne

Research Librarian

Office Number: 1113 Eck Hall of Law
Telephone: 574.631.5664
Fax: 574.631.6371
Email: cobyrne@nd.edu

Christopher S. O’Byrne joined the faculty of the Kresge Law Library as a research librarian in 2006. He earned his B.A. in Classics from Reed College, an M.A. in Teaching, Latin and Classical Humanities from the University of Massachusetts, a J.D. from the University of Washington, and he completed his M.L.I.S. with a Certificate in Law Librarianship from the University of Washington in 2006.

Prior to arriving at Notre Dame, Chris completed a residency at Washington University in St. Louis as a Law Library Fellow. Chris has also worked in the Reference, Technical Services, and Circulation departments of the Seattle University Law Library and the Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library at the University of Washington.

Chris is a member of three American Association of Law Libraries Special Interest Sections: Academic Law Libraries, Foreign Comparative and International Law, and Legal History and Rare Books. His professional interests include copyright, disability law, and Roman law. However, he is eager to work with Law School faculty and students in any area of legal, or non-legal, research.

In the News

• Featured Faculty on NDLS Home Page: Christopher O’Byrne – October 6, 2008

LAW60703, Legal Research

Book Review, 14.3 LH&RB Newsl. 26 (2008) (Marcus Aurelius, The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antonius (James Moore & Michael Silverthorne eds., Francis Hutcheson & James Moor trans., Liberty Fund 2008) (1742)).

Introducing Law Students to Nonlegal Databases, 17 Trends L. Libr. Mgmt. & Tech. 27 (2007).