Law Library Director and
Professor of Law

B.A., Jacksonville University
J.D., St. Thomas University School of Law
M.L.S., University of South Florida
LL.M., St. Thomas University School of Law, cum laude
J.S.D., Intercultural Human Rights, St. Thomas University School of Law, cum laude

Professor Roy Balleste is the Law Library Director of the Alex A. Hanna Law Library. He received his J.D. and LL.M. (cum laude) from the St. Thomas University School of Law, a B.A. in Political Science from Jacksonville University, the M.L.S. from the University of South Florida. He also completed his doctorate degree (J.S.D.) (cum laude) in Intercultural Human Rights (analyzing the connection between human rights and internet governance) at St. Thomas University School of Law. Before joining the faculty of the School of Law, he served as Director of the Law Library at the University of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law, in Washington, D.C.

Professor Balleste has concentrated his scholarship on the areas of internet governance, human rights and the relationship between information, technology, and people. He teaches internet governance at the School of Law.  In November 2007, he participated in the Second UN Internet Governance Forum in Rio de Janeiro. He also participated in the Fifth UN Internet Governance Forum in Vilnius, Lithuania, September 14-17, 2010. The Internet Governance Forum supports the United Nations Secretary-General in the search for new solutions regarding issues of Internet control and technical management of the Domain Name System. Professor Balleste is a member of the Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet). He is also a member of ICANN’s Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC).

Professor Balleste also teaches law librarianship and internet governance for the University of South Florida School of Library and Information Science. He served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Southeast Florida Library Information Network from 2009 to 2012. In 2007, Scarecrow Press published his book, Law Librarianship in the Twenty-First Century, which he co-edited. Professor Balleste served one tour in the US. Navy and one tour in the U.S. Army. He is a life member of the Disabled American Veterans.