Law Library Facts

Facility

• Square feet:   31,224
• Seating:  408
• Shelving:  27,279 linear feet
• Hours open each week when classes are in session:  110 hours
• Group study rooms: 18 rooms, several with A/V playback.  

Technology

• Student computing:  25 lab computers (2 labs), 12 open computers  
• Wireless network:  802.11n, including Guest access
• Printing/Copying/Scanning: 3 print stations, 2 copiers, 1 copy card vending machine, and 1 scanner.   Lexis and Westlaw printing for current law affiliates only.  Wireless printing available for law students.

Collection 

• Volumes and volume equivalents: over 310,000   
• Licensed databases and owned electronic titles: over 25,000

The library collection focuses on Rhode Island and Maritime Law and the library serves as a State Justice Institute depository.  By arrangement with the University Library (a Selective Depository Library), the Law Library also maintains a number of federal government documents titles.   The library collection is comprehensive for current and historical federal law materials:  legislative, judicial, and administrative.  The library also collects current and historical state law materials for the New England states and selected major states: legislative and judicial materials, secondary source materials, and treatises.  The library also maintains a core international law collection.

Library Staff

• Full-time library employees: 11 (includes director)
• Librarians: 7 with Masters degrees in library & information science, 4 also hold a law degree.
• Paraprofessionals: 4 library paraprofessional staff