Peter Van Brunt

Peter joined the Law Library staff as a Research and Instruction Librarian in 2023 and currently serves as the Library’s Head of Access Services. He also holds the position of Lecturer-in-Law, teaching Legal Research Methodologies I and II. In his role as Head of Access Services, he oversees circulation and interlibrary loan services. Peter earned his J.D. from Rutgers Law School in Newark, New Jersey, in 2016 and his Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) from Western University in London, Ontario, Canada, in 2023.

Prior to joining WashU Law, Peter practiced law as a Deputy Attorney General within the Division of Law (DOL) of the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General. At the DOL, Peter represented the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities and its staff as a deputy assigned to the Public Utilities section (2018-2020); as a member of the Government and Healthcare Fraud Section (2020-2022), he investigated and litigated whistleblower qui tam complaints in complex civil prosecutions pursuant to the New Jersey False Claims Act. Peter also clerked for the Honorable Carole E. Higbee, J.A.D. (decd.), and the Honorable Joseph F. Lisa, J.A.D. (ret.), in the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division.