Loren Turner

Professor Loren Turner specializes in and teaches foreign, comparative, and international legal research. She is an Affiliate Faculty member of the Law School's Human Rights Center and the Law Library's liaison to faculty and students engaged in foreign, comparative, and international law research, scholarship, and advocacy.

Professor Turner received her B.A. from Loyola University Chicago, her J.D. from American University in Washington, D.C., and her M.S. in library and information science from the University of Illinois. Prior to joining the University of Minnesota Law School, Professor Turner practiced family law in Chicago and taught basic and advanced legal research courses at the University of Florida Levin College of Law.

Professor Turner is a member of the American Society of International Law (ASIL), the International Association of Law Libraries (IALL), the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), and the Minnesota Association of Law Libraries (MALL). She has served in various leadership roles within the AALL, most notably as Chair of the Foreign, Comparative, and International Law Special Interest Section (FCIL-SIS). She received the following awards from the FCIL-SIS: the Daniel L. Wade Outstanding Service Award (2024), the Reynolds & Flores Publication Award (2024), and the Spirit of the FCIL-SIS Award (2018). She is currently serving as President of the Minnesota Association of Law Libraries.