Due to office moves in the Williams Library, interlibrary loan lending is suspended until Wednesday, June 21.
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Wolff hours pre-integration
Please note that the hours of the Wolff Library location will be different prior to the physical move of the collection and staff into the Williams library. Please check the calendar if you have questions about when services are offered at either the Wolff or Williams location.
Extended Library Hours and Access Restrictions During Exams
Georgetown Law Library’s reading and exam period will be in effect Monday April 24th and run through Wednesday May 16th.
During the reading and exam period, both the Williams and Wolff Libraries will remain open 24 hours.
For the benefit of Georgetown students studying for exams, only Georgetown University students, faculty, staff, alumni, members of the Friends of the Library program and public patron card holders will be admitted through the end of exams. Students from other law schools will not be admitted during this time.
Details about Circulation Desk and Reference Desk availability can be found on our Library Hours Calendar.
Extended Library Hours and Access Restrictions During Exams
Georgetown Law Library reading and exam period will be in effect Monday November 28th and run through Saturday December 17th.
During the reading and exam period, both the Williams and Wolff Library will remain open 24 hours.
For the benefit of Georgetown students studying for exams, only Georgetown University students, faculty, staff, alumni, members of the Friends of the Library program and public patron card holders will be admitted through the end of exams. Students from other law schools will not be admitted during this time.
Preparing for Exams
As you begin to prepare for exams, supplement your assigned readings and review of past exams with study aids found in the library. Study aids can clarify confusing concepts and even provide practice questions for your review. A variety of study aids are available and the best one to use depends on your course and individual study habits. Most of these books can be found in the Williams Reading Room Reserve, with older editions in the stacks available for checkout.
- Examples & Explanations (practice questions and answers)
- Nutshells (a broad overview of a subject)
- Hornbooks (in-depth treatment with extensive citations)
- Understanding Series (“concise, yet comprehensive”)
- Concepts and Insights (provides a basic theoretical foundation)
- Turning Point (a broad overview similar to Nutshells)
CALI lessons are another useful exam review option. Over 800 interactive lessons prepared by law professors and librarians cover over 30 practice areas of law. Georgetown students can register for immediate online access.
Good luck with your studies!
Scholar Studies available for exam prep
From November 28 through December 17, unassigned Scholar Studies will be available for reservation in addition to our usual 21 group study rooms. Scholar Studies are smaller spaces that accommodate a limited number of students, 2 at maximum. These studies will require only one Law NetID and can be reserved up to 5 hours a day. Starting November 21 there will be a link on the Group Study Room reservation page to reserve these study spaces.
Group study rooms
A reminder t
hat if you have a study group of 3 or more people, you can reserve a group study room for up to three hours. The booking system gives you details on the features and capacities of the various rooms in case you need extra amenities such as a white board or Apple TV interface. If you have not used the group study room reservation system before, you can find out how here.
Banned Books Week
The end of September brings us Banned Books week, dedicated to celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of free speech. To learn more about this topic, visit the American Library Association’s online resources on banned and challenged books.
The most frequently banned books are works of fiction. While the Georgetown University Law Center’s two library locations are mostly dedicated to nonfiction, we do have a small collection of popular reading materials, located on your right as you walk from the Reading Room to the Loewinger Lounge in the Williams Library. If you are in need of some pleasure reading, feel free to check it out.
New Research Guide: Brexit
The law library’s European Union Research Guide now has a page on Brexit, the UK’s vote to leave the EU. It will be updated as more information becomes available.
Carpeting update
The carpeting in the library continues apace. In fact, work on the fourth and fifth floors is now complete. Carpeting is ongoing in the Reading Room which is now closed to patrons:
Reading room 2
If you need to utilize the resources of Special Collections, please contact them directly via phone at 202-661-9133 or specl@law.georgetown.edu.