Martin Cerjan Joins Law Faculty as Head of Rittenberg Law Library

January 24, 2011

Dean Michael A. Simons is pleased to announce that Martin Cerjan has joined the Law School faculty as Associate Dean for Library and Technology Services and Associate Professor of Legal Research.

Dean Cerjan brings a wealth of experience in law library leadership. For the past eight years, he has been Assistant Dean, Law Library Director, and Assistant Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University Law School. Before joining the Vanderbilt law faculty, Professor Cerjan was deputy director of the Garbrecht Law Library at the University of Maine School of Law. He also has held law librarian positions at the University of Washington and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

“We are thrilled that Martin has joined the Law School family,” Dean Simons said. “Our students and faculty will benefit from his range of knowledge and longtime work in the field. The Rittenberg Library is a pillar of the school and his leadership will solidify its place here.”

“Martin will help us take another step in our growth as a scholarly institution,” said Associate Dean for Faculty Scholarship Paul Kirgis. “He has a deep understanding of the legal academy and the role a law library can play in its development.”

Dean Cerjan is excited to come on board. “I am delighted to be joining the St. John's community,” he said. “These are challenging but exciting times to be a law librarian and I am eager to help build upon the strengths of the Rittenberg Law Library. St. John's is dedicated to quality education, rigorous scholarship, and good works. I could not ask for more.”

Dean Cerjan received his J.D. and M.S.L.S. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his B.A. from the University of Michigan.