I had had about 6 students under me in 1988-1989 as a Co-Director for the Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners Minnesota Correctional Facility --Stillwater office and one of these was a young lady from the U of WI--Eau Claire. Near the end of the school year she asked me if I would like to move in with her in the Fall of 1989. I said yes and moved into a large house in Dinkytown for the Summer. This was renting a room and sharing living quarters with a few people.
I had gone to the law librarian convention in the Summer in Minneapolis in 1990 but not much really happened.
Past Meetings - AALL Annual Meeting & Conference
At the end of the Summer, I moved in with the woman from Eau Claire and all went well. Took her for a dinner train ride in Stillwater for her birthday , etc in mid- October.
Zephyr Dinner Train - Stillwater MN - On the Lake
During this time I was on reference desk duty while I would sometimes check the work of two undergraduate students who were doing document delivery. And also answering various questions on the reference desk. Some of these came from a woman who was defending herself in a criminal case in which she had been accused of chaining herself to a U of Minnesota mathematics professor's desk. She would also often stare at me for hours which was a little unnerving. Unfortunately she saw me and the lady from Eau Claire at the reference desk being a little more than friendly.
I had gone back to Northern California for Christmas break but the lady who wanted to be in chains fixated on my girlfriend but the law librarians seemed to defend her right to use the law library.
This went on and on until I believe after the woman from Eau Claire had graduated. Up until the point that the accused had followed me home from work. They finally said that that was enough. I had told the woman when she had done that that it was crossing a line that should not have been crossed.
They had probably banned her from the law library at that point. But she seemed to be fixated on me for most of the law school 1989-1990 year .
Nothing but strange. Never did find out how that stalking case against her from the mathematics professor went.
The woman from Eau Claire seems to have done great things with her career. She got married a few years after her graduation.
I had talked with her a lot about my fixation about the glaring hole in services in law libraries for survivors /victims of crimes but she could fend for herself quite well in that regard. The lady in chains though had the best treatment.