Ross-Blakley Law Library Blog

From May 8-May 26, the Law Library will be open Monday-Saturday, 8am-5pm.

Have a great break!

The final exam period comes to a close tomorrow, and many of you will soon be starting summer jobs.  The Law Library has compiled a Resources for Summer Associates guide to help you successfully navigate your summer employment.    The guide details how you can continue to use both your Bloomberg Law and LexisAdvance accounts this summer, even when working in a commercial setting or studying for the bar exam.   The guide also offers information on a number of topical research guides from the Law Library and a variety of legal resources that might be useful to you in your … Continue Reading

Group Study Room reservation times will be extended during the exam period, April 19-May 7, 2013.

• 3 to 4 person groups may reserve a room for a maximum of six hours per day
• 5 to 6 person groups may reserve a room for a maximum of eight hours per day
• Individuals and people studying in pairs will be required to use 2 person study rooms and may reserve a room for a maximum of 4 hours per day

You may reserve rooms up to one week in advance. Reserved rooms will be held for 15 minutes.  Please stop by the Law Library Circulation desk … Continue Reading

Due to a planned power outage, the Law Library will be closing at 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 28, 2013 (tomorrow).

The All Night Study Room will be unavailable tomorrow night.

We apologize for the inconvenience. We will reopen at 7:00 a.m. Friday morning.

Ever wish there was a study room on the first floor so you would be close to the Core materials and Reference Librarians? Well, now there is!

Thanks to some creative repurposing of space and furniture by our staff, the Law Library is proud to bring you our newest 4-person study room.

Room 112D is located just past the Reference Librarians’ offices. Like all our study rooms, it is goverend by theStudy Room Code of Conduct and Guidelines, and it can … Continue Reading

The Law Library will be open 8am – Midnight on Monday, January 21, 2013.  There will be no reference assistance available.

Have a safe holiday!

Beginning the week of January 14th,  the Law Library will have a Roving Reference service available in the Rotunda of the College of Law twice a week.  Librarians will be available from Noon to 1:30pm on Mondays and Tuesdays through March to answer your reference questions.  Please stop by our table to say hello!

While at the table you can also get information on the Ross-Blakley Law Library Award for Exemplary Student Research, which has a $500 first-place cash award, and learn how to sign up for a Bloomberg Law account.

The Law Library will be closed on Saturday, December 22nd due to construction. Please visit the Law Library hours page for a full schedule of the library’s intersession hours.

During the Winter Intersession, Thursday, December 20 – Tuesday, January 8, 2012, the Law Library will be open:

• Monday – Saturday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
• Closed on Sundays

We will be closed Saturday, December 22 – Tuesday, December 26, 2012.

Enjoy your break!

Group Study Room reservation times will be extended during the exam period, December 5-19, 2012.

• 3 to 4 person groups may reserve a room for a maximum of six hours per day
• 5 to 6 person groups may reserve a room for a maximum of eight hours per day
• Individuals and people studying in pairs will be required to use 2 person study rooms and may reserve a room for a maximum of 4 hours per day

You may reserve rooms up to one week in advance. Reserved rooms will be held for 15 minutes.  Please stop by the Law Library Circulation … Continue Reading