Clare Gaynor Willis
Research and Instructional Services Librarian
Coordinator of Educational Outreach
Biography
Clare Willis joined Northwestern in 2016 as the Research and Instructional Services Librarian for the Pritzker Legal Research Center. Clare took on the additional role of Coordinator of Educational Outreach in 2023. She teaches Advanced Legal Research and Advanced Legal Research: Historical Methods courses and provides guest lectures across the curriculum. Clare holds a B.A. in History with University Honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a J.D. with High Honors from Chicago-Kent College of Law, and a M.S.L.I.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to joining the staff of the Pritzker Legal Research Center, Clare was a reference librarian at the University of Illinois College of Law and Chicago-Kent College of Law.
Areas of Expertise
- Legal Research and Writing
Courses
Selected Publications
- Pyrrhic Victories: The Mirage of Winning at the Supreme Court, 109 Iowa Law Review 661 (2024) (with Tonja Jacobi).
Education
- BA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- JD, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
- MSLIS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign