Clanitra Stewart Nejdl

Clanitra Stewart Nejdl

Lecturer in Law
Research Services Librarian
Head of Faculty Services & Professional Development, Law Library

Research Interests

Contact Me

210 Law Building
615-343-5902
clanitra.s.nejdl@Vanderbilt.Edu

Biography

Clanitra Stewart Nejdl joined Vanderbilt’s Alyne Queener Massey Law Library in the role of Research Services Librarian and Lecturer in Law in May 2019. Prior to joining the Law Library, she served for five years as a reference and instructional services librarian and an assistant professor at the Northern Illinois University College of Law Library, where she taught basic and advanced legal research classes. Nejdl is also a licensed attorney in Georgia, where she represented indigent clients in a variety of civil cases through the Georgia Legal Services Program, and in South Carolina, where she provided local and statewide policy advocacy on behalf of low-income communities through the South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center, focusing on affordable housing, homelessness, hunger and community economic development.
 
In addition to her degrees, Nejdl earned a Certificate in Advanced Legal Writing, Research and Drafting from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University. She is an active member of the American Association of Law Libraries, the Southeastern Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries, the Mid-America Association of Law Libraries, and the Chicago Association of Law Libraries, among other organizations. Nejdl was the 2017 winner of the American Association of Law Libraries Minority Leadership Development Award, as well as a 2016 Fellow of the American Association of Law Libraries Leadership Academy.

Education

J.D. Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University
M.L.I.S. University of South Carolina
B.A. University of South Carolina Honors College