Law Library Student Services Guide: Home

Loyola University Chicago School of Law welcomes all Loyola students during regular access hours. The library is proud to offer a wide range of services and resources to support our students' legal research.

If you have a reference question, please contact one of our Reference Librarians by phone at (312) 915-7205, by e-mail at LoyolaLawReference@luc.edu. To set up an in-person meeting, please contact LoyolaLawReference@luc.edu.

Services for our current Law School students:

• Law Library hours -
  • Check our Calendar and Hours page for up-to-date Law Library hours.
• Reference services:
  • The Law Library is pleased to announce that we will resume staffing the Reference Desk on the 3rd floor beginning Monday, November 11. The Law School’s recent hire of two new librarians has made this possible. The reference desk will be staffed from 9:00 am to noon and 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. On Weekend JD on-campus days, a reference librarian will be available until 4:00 pm. The librarians are here to help you find resources, develop research strategies, and learn how to use legal research databases. Please take advantage of our expertise and stop by!
  • Even when the Reference Desk is not staffed, you should feel free to contact the reference librarians by emailing us at LoyolaLawReference@luc.edu. We'll respond by email as soon as we can. We are also happy to set up appointments.
• Office Supplies - Staplers and three hole punches are available for use at the third floor circulation desk. 
• Copier/Scanner - There is a photocopier/scanner located on the third floor. Scanning is free to your email or USB device.

Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Services:

Returning: 

You can return the book at the 3rd floor Law Library Circulation Desk. Interlibrary loan is a privilege that relies heavily on maintaining a good relationship with the lending libraries.  Late return of books can damage our relationship with the lending libraries. Please return ILL books on time.  Please email Shane Peterson at speterson4@luc.edu with any questions.

Borrowing: 

Double check the Loyola library catalog to see if Loyola owns the item you need. 

• If your item is available at another Loyola University Chicago library, you can use the "Get item," and staff members will retrieve items for you. Log into your library account, and select Law Library as your pickup library. Please allow a few days for delivery.
• If Loyola University Chicago does not own the item, you can then request it via Interlibrary Loan (ILL).  Log into your account here to request the book/article.

Check your ILLiad account here.

Questions about ILL can be directed Shane Peterson speterson4@luc.edu.

Law Library study rooms are for Loyola Law students only. Loyola Law students can now reserve Law Library study rooms online. Instead of having to come to the circulation desk to check out a room, students can view what rooms are available and reserve up to three hours of study time. Review and reserve now

The following policies and procedures should be followed:

• Study rooms are intended for two or more Loyola law students who need a place to study, work, and talk in a quiet area.
• Individual law students using a room, or groups without proper reservation, may be asked to leave if a group with a proper reservation needs the room.
• Rooms may be used for three hours only. Groups using rooms for more than three hours may be asked to leave if needed by other groups.
• Users should not cover the glass of the study room windows.
• All other library regulations apply in study rooms.

Returning items

• You can return books to the Law Library Circulation Desk. 
• If you are returning interlibrary loan (ILL) items or course reserves, please return them to the same location and desk from which you borrowed them.
• Otherwise, you can return books to the University Library's drop box in the Corboy Law Center Lobby when the building is open.  Please note, there may be a delay if you return books this way.  Books may not be immediately removed from your account.  
• We ask that you do not return books by mail.

Checking your Library Record

• If you wish to see what Loyola University Chicago items are currently checked out to your account, please log into your Loyola Library account here.
• To see what Interlibrary Loan books you current have checked out, please log into your ILLiad account here.

Renewing Items

• You can renew your Loyola owned books online through My Library Account.
• Or in-person at any Loyola library circulation desk.
• Your Interlibrary Loan (ILL) books need to be renewed through ILLiad.  

The Law Library's Student Services Guide won the 2012-2013 Chicago Association of Law Libraries Award for Outstanding In-House Publication.

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