Timothy Sanzi

Tim Sanzi is a Research Librarian and Assistant Professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law, where he teaches legal research to JD and LLM 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, and the Rhode Island Superior Court. Prior to law school, he was a public school substitute teacher in Rhode Island and worked as an intern on 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. He also served as a Teaching Assistant at Roger Williams University School of Law.

He is a member of the American Association of Law Libraries and the American Library Association.

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

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

• Member, School of Law Scholarship Committee (2025-26)
• Member, School of Law Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee (2025-26)
• Member, School of Law Budget Committee (2024-25, 2025-26)

• San José State University, Candidate for Master of Library and Information Science
• Roger Williams University School of Law, JD
• University of Rhode Island, BA in European History and English

• American Association of Law Libraries Award (2025)