Anna Russell

Anna Russell serves as Deputy Director of the Law Library and Adjunct Professor of Law at Cornell Law School, Cornell University, with additional leadership as a current board member of the American Association of Law Libraries.

Her professional trajectory spans judicial, academic, and federal government sectors:

• Library Branch Manager for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (Anchorage, Alaska)
• Librarian at University of San Diego’s Pardee Legal Research Center
• Intelligence Analyst for the Federal Bureau of Investigation
• United States Surface Warfare Naval Officer

Her research focuses on legal information systems through multidisciplinary lenses:

• Legal Research methodologies in judicial and academic contexts
• Law Librarianship practices for specialized collections
• National Security Law resource management
• Information Science applications in legal domains
• Intelligence analysis frameworks for legal research
• Judicial branch library operations

Ms. Russell integrates military, intelligence, and judicial experience to advance law librarianship standards through her AALL board service and Cornell Law School leadership.