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Just a reminder:  the law library is currently located at the Central Hower Building, 123 South Forge Street, Room 322. (See campus map.) The reference librarians can help you with your research for LARW, GWR papers or other legal research projects.  Course books, audio study aids and lap tops are available for check out. Print study aids are available in the ASP office in Room 309 next to the library, and you may check these out at the library if ASP staff is not available.

The library’s staffed hours are Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.  Feel free to call us during those hours, (330) 972-7330, or Email the Library at anytime.

Proquest Supreme Court Insight provides convenient access to U.S. Supreme Court dockets,  petitions, briefs, appendices, oral argument transcripts and opinions.  This database contains cases argued before the Supreme Court only, not cert. denied cases.  Currently, 500 cases from 2004-2014/15 are loaded. Over the next year, content from the current term will be added, as well as content working backward from 2004.  By the end of 2017, the database will go back to 1975.  Proquest’s subject matter indexing allows you to easily find cases on a certain subject, such as particular constitutional amendments, taxation, voting rights, land use and more.

Older U.S. Supreme Court materials 1832-1978 are available via another database, the Making of Modern Law.   For more Supreme Court research resources, including current awareness, historical context and data sets, see the library’s guide U.S. Supreme Court Materials.

Now you don’t have to come to the library to check out audio study aid lectures.  You can access streaming audio via West Academic Study Aids Online.  Both the Law School Legends and Sum and Substance Audio Series are online.

Access them by going to West Academic Study Aids Online, click on Series on the right hand side and select Sum and Substance Audio or Law School Legends to browse titles. You can also search for e.g.: civil procedure audio.

 

We know that students have a lot on their minds during finals time.  So, the library staff would like to remind law students that they should never leave their valuables unattended in the Law Library, Room 309 study area, in the law building, Central Hower or anywhere on campus.  Your textbooks, book bags, purses, laptops and other belongings can be easily taken in just “30 seconds.”

If you see suspicious behavior, please notify law school employees right away. You can call the University police yourself by dialing 330-972-2911 (if using a cell phone) or 911 if using a campus phone.

More information about campus safety is found here.

Friday, December 2, 2016 is the last day to get your library fines waived.  All you need to do is contact the Law Library by 6:00 p.m. on Friday, December 2, 2016.  You can contact the library by phone ((330)972-7330), email (ualawlibrary@uakron.edu) or in person at 322 Central Hower Building to request fine amnesty.

• No refunds on previously paid library fines.

• Amnesty is available for students only.