Circulation Policy

Borrowing

With a valid School of Law ID card, law school faculty and students may check out library materials under the following circulation policies:

• Two Hour Reserve - These materials, which include items on course reserve, hornbooks and nutshells, are checked out from the Circulation Desk.
• Forty-Eight Hour Reserve - When the Library owns three or more copies of a hornbook or nutshell, copies three and above are allowed to circulate for a forty-eight hour period.
• Three Week Circulation - Most single volume monographs from the classified collection are allowed to circulate for three weeks.
• Audiovisual Room and Study Room Keys - Room keys circulate for three hours and may be renewed subject to the Room Reservation Policy.

Upon presenting an Alumni Borrower's card, Alumni may check out library materials under the following circulation policies:

• Two Hour Reserve - All Reserve materials as described above.
• Seven Day Circulation - Most single volume monographs from the classified collection.
• Audiovisual Room and Study Room Keys - Room keys circulate for three hours and may be renewed. Availability of room keys is subject to restrictions based on current student needs.

Applications for an Alumni Borrower's card are available at the Circulation Desk. 

Renewals

Most items not requested by another patron may be renewed once. Patrons may renew material via the telephone when full-time staff are available. To renew via the telephone, call the Circulaton Desk at 254-4546. Overdue materials may not be renewed.

Fines

Fines accrue on overdue Reserve materials, including keys, at the rate of $.50 per hour for each hour or portion of an hour that the Library is open. Fines accrue on general circulation materials at the rate of $.50 per day for each day.

Patrons may use the "View Your Patron Record" option in the WebCatalog to review a list of the materials currently checked out. The list also displays the due dates and times for all items currently checked out.

Materials not returned after two notices are declared lost. The patron will be charged the price of the item, a $5.00 processing fee, and the accrued amount of the fine.

* Food for Fines 2012 *

From April 9th to April  20th, the law library is offering students the opportunity to help themselves and help others when paying off their accrued late fines by contributing to the East Bay Food Pantry or the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. For full details on the program benefits and requirements, please see the attached.