Category: Law Library

Taking Evidence?  Need trial or appellate training videos? LexisNexis Courtroom Cast has short videos explaining the Rules of Evidence and showing real courtroom examples.  There are also trial and appellate advocacy videos.

New West Academic Link: In case you missed it over the summer, West Academic Study Aids has a new link.  This link allows you to access West Academic e-books off campus with your UAnet Id and password.  You are no longer required to have your own account to West Academic, but creating an account allows you to save your notes and highlights, save favorites and see recently viewed titles.  If you created an account in the past, your account will still work.

Additionally, West Academic now provides online access to 43 West Hornbooks.  Hornbooks provide straightforward analysis, are written by experts in the field and are often recommended by law professors. Flashcards for Contracts and Torts are also now available, as are the Law Stories series.  As always, West Academic contains Gilbert Law Summaries, Sum and Substance titles, and Black Letter Outlines, among other study aids.

First Years: If you are a first year, all the online study aids are new to you!  Besides West Academic, the following online study aids are available for your use:

Akron Law Digital – Question and Answer, Understanding Series study aids
CALI – Interactive lessons.  Click here for information about the CALI authorization code for UA Law students.
LexisNexis Courtroom Cast – MP3 audio files of cases in your casebook, full-text of the edited opinion, a brief fact summary, and the rule of law.

 

 

The law library is now officially located on the third floor of the Central Hower building, 123 S. Forge Street, Room 322.  You can check out your case book and CD and MP3 study aids in Room 322, get help with your research and use the library’s print mini collection.  There is additional study space in Room 309 of Central Hower.  See this 2 minute video for more details.

The print study aids are now located in Central Hower Room 308.  They are no longer at the Law Center.

MP3 and CD study aids are located in Central Hower Room 322.

The course books for Summer Interim are located at the library at the Law Center.   All other course books are at the library at Central Hower Room 322.  In the Fall, you will find copies of your course books in Central Hower Room 322.

Central Hower is located at 123 Forge Street.  See the campus map.

West Academic Study Aids has a new link:  http://ezproxy.uakron.edu:2048/login?url=https://subscription.westacademic.com.   If you are on campus, no login credentials are needed.  If you are off campus, you will be asked to log in with your UAnet Id and password.  While you are no longer required to have your own account to West Academic, creating an account allows you to save your notes and highlights, save favorites and see recently viewed titles.  If you used West Academic Study Aids in the past and created an account, your account will still work.

Additionally, West Academic now provides online access to 43 West Hornbooks.  Hornbooks are the hardbound books with the green covers that your professors often recommend you consult to clarify concepts discussed in class.  Hornbooks provide straightforward analysis and are written by experts in the field.  Flashcards for Contracts and Torts are also now available, as are the Law Stories series (brings to life the groundbreaking cases with a combination of narration and analysis to introduce the key participants and set the legal and historical context.)

 

 

Due to nonworking air-conditioning and extreme heat conditions, the Law Library location at Central Hower will be closed until further notice.  The law library staff will be available at the law library at the Law Center, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m..