Rebecca Fordon is the Assistant Director of Innovation, Research & Instruction and an Assistant Professor of Practice at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. She earned her BA from Ohio Wesleyan University, her JD from Boston University School of Law, and her MLIS from UCLA. Before entering law librarianship, she practiced corporate bankruptcy law for a decade at a Boston law firm, eventually becoming a partner there.
At Moritz, Professor Fordon teaches legal writing, legal research, and legal technology, regularly integrating AI tools into her courses. She frequently speaks on the intersection of AI and the law and is co-founder of the blog AI Law Librarians. She also serves on the board of the Free Law Project, a nonprofit dedicated to improving public access to legal information and supporting research on the legal system. In 2024, she was named a member of the vLex Fastcase 50 and in 2025 was nominated for an American Legal Technology Award in the category of Education.
