Jessica de Perio Wittman

Director of the Law Library, Associate Professor of Law and Cornelius J. Scanlon Scholar
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  • Legal Research
  • Law and Technology
  • Special Education Law

Jessica de Perio Wittman serves as the Director of the Law Library and Associate Professor of Law.  Professor de Perio Wittman directs all library operations and oversees the day-to-day operations of the information technology systems, equipment and services for the law school campus.  She teaches Advanced Legal Research, Technology and Law Practice, and Special Education Law.  Her research interests focus on assistive and adaptive technologies and its intersection with the law and libraries.

Prior to joining UConn as the Director of Information Technology in 2012, de Perio Wittman was the Assistant Director for Academic Technology at The John Marshall Law School, and was responsible for managing classroom technology, distance education, and media services.  She also pioneered the first distance education course at the University of Florida Levin College of Law and was instrumental in the creation of three online degrees at The John Marshall Law School.

Professor de Perio Wittman has held many leadership positions within the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) and continues to be a member of AALL, Law Librarians of New England (LLNE), Southern New England Law Libraries Association (SNELLA), and the Connecticut Bar Association.  She is a frequent presenter at AALL and other professional conferences, where she speaks on cybersecurity and teaching legal technology competencies to today’s law students, as well as other topics related to diversity and inclusion in law librarianship and legal education.  She received her J.D. from Seattle University School of Law and her M.L.S. from the University at Buffalo.

Jessica de Perio Wittman, The Case for Collaborative Tools: Long Distance Collaboration on a Shoestring Budget, AALL Spectrum 13, No. 3 (December 2008), at 8.  (co-authored with Lucie Olejnikova)

Jessica de Perio Wittman, Beyond Print: A Second Life for Continuing Education, Legal Information Alert 27, No. 3 (June 2008) at 1.

Recent Faculty Notes
Jessica de Perio Wittman Presents at Educators Conference
Jun 10, 2019 -

Professor Jessica de Perio Wittman presented at a conference hosted by the American Association of Law Libraries on May 31, 2019. The conference, held at Georgia State University College of Law, was called "Teaching the Teachers." 

Jessica de Perio Wittman to Present at Teaching Conference
Jan 22, 2019 -

Professor Jessica de Perio Wittman will give a presentation with Reference Librarian Tanya Johnson on May 31, 2019, at the Teaching the Teachers Conference in Atlanta. Their topic will be "Cards Against Case Law! And Other Ways to Enhance Student Learning and Engagement."

Jessica de Perio Wittman Elected to AALS Committee
Dec 10, 2018 -

Professor Jessica de Perio Wittman has been elected a member of the Executive Committee of the American Association of Law Schools' Section on Law Libraries and Legal Information. De Perio Wittman, whose term on the Executive Committee will run from 2019 to 2022, became director of the UConn Law library in 2018 after six years as the law school's director of information technology.

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