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Matthew McGovern

Director of Experiential Learning & Legal Research Instructor

Biography

Matt currently manages the Law School’s Externship Program. He also teaches Legal Research in the first-year Research and Writing course as well as the Advanced Legal Research elective. Matt joined the Law School in 2007 as a librarian and legal research instructor.  He was appointed Director of Experiential Learning in 2015. Before pursuing a career at Villanova, Matt was a staff pharmacist at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He also practiced law with the Maryland Attorney General’s Office where he represented the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Matt holds a J.D. from the University of Maryland and an M.S. in Library and Information Science from Drexel University.

Practice Experience

  • Maryland Attorney General's Office
  • Library Intern at University of Pennsylvania's Law and Engineering Libraries
  • Joined VLS in 2007
Director of Experiential Learning, Matt McGovern

Office: Rm 158, John F. Scarpa Hall
Phone: 610-519-3893
Fax: 610-519-7033
Email

Publications

Courses and Seminars

  • Advanced Legal Research

 

Education

University of Maryland, JD

Drexel University, MS (LIS)

 University of Maryland, BS (Pharmacy)