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Matthew Downs
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Director of Law Library and Professor of Law
(305) 348-8018
matthew.downs@fiu.edu

B.A., Houghton College
J.D., Pepperdine University School of Law
M.S.L.S., California State University at Fullerton
LL.M., Katholieke Universiteit Leuven , Belgium

Matthew P. Downs has over 25 years of experience as a law librarian, professor and academic administrator. He comes to FIU from the William Mitchell College of Law, where he was Professor of Law and Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, overseeing the law library and all other academic and student services programs. While at William Mitchell, he previously also served as Director of the Law Library and as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Before joining the faculty at William Mitchell, he was a reference librarian and then director of the law library and assistant professor of law at the Valparaiso University School of Law. Professor Downs is co-author of one of the most widely adopted first-year law student texts, The Process of Legal Research 6 th ed. (Aspen Publishing 2004). He has lectured widely on international, human rights and trade law topics, including programs in Croatia , Hungary , Thailand , China and the United Kingdom . He received his B.A. cum laude from Houghton College ; his J.D. from Pepperdine University School of Law; his M.S.L.S. (Library Science) with highest honors from California State University at Fullerton ; and an LL.M. magna cum laude from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium . In addition to directing the FIU College of Law Library, Professor Downs will be teaching Property Law.

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