October 22, 2020
The 2020 Election is likely to be different from recent elections. Complications arising as a result of the coronavirus pandemic have challenged the way many people vote. To help ease people through these difficult times, the Library has compiled a list of nonpartisan voting guides. Please contact the Reference…
July 2, 2020
The following books are available to borrow from the UC Law SF Library. (Note: Due to the COVID-19 closure, print books included in this list will be unavailable until the library reopens.) Please contact the Reference Desk if you need assistance accessing these materials. Michelle Alexander, The New…
April 15, 2020
The Law Library has many resources to help you ace your exams – online study aids, a database of past exams, interactive tutorials, and more. Find out how to access them by watching this short video. Feel free to email us at libref@uclawsf.edu if you have any questions. Good…
April 10, 2020
The Law Library has subscribed to a new resource for immigration law research: AILALink, from the American Immigration Lawyers Association. AILALink provides access to primary law materials (immigration statutes, regulations, court and administrative decisions, memos, cables, minutes), government manuals, forms, AILA periodicals, and books such as Kurzban’s Immigration Law Sourcebook,…
July 22, 2019
The Law Library now subscribes to the Wolters Kluwer Online Study Aid Library, providing UC Law SF students with online access to hundreds of WK study aids, including the Emanuel CrunchTime series, Emanual Law Outlines, Examples & Explanations, Glannon Guides, and more. Go to http://uchastings.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebooks.aspenlaw.com to access the collection,…
July 12, 2019
Historical newspaper content is among researchers’ most sought-after primary source material. The Law Library recently purchased two online collections of historical newspapers: the Washington Post (1877-2002) and the Wall Street Journal (1889-2001). Both can be accessed from the Library’s A-Z Databases page. Both collections are fully searchable and indexed…
January 9, 2019
The UC Law SF Library recently introduced more than 6,000 new items to its digital repository, signaling a major step toward making the law school’s publications and scholarly journals accessible to all. Eight of the law school’s nine law journals–Hastings Business Law Journal, Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal, Hastings…
December 12, 2018
On December 31, 2018, Bloomberg will retire its BNA Resource Center platform and transition all law school accounts to Bloomberg Law. All content found in the BNA Resource Centers has migrated to Bloomberg Law and is available through its Practice Centers. If you receive e-mail alerts from Bloomberg…
September 18, 2018
The US Constitution was ratified on September 17, 1787, and Cornell’s Legal Information Institute is celebrating Constitution Day by publishing the first publicly-available web version of the Congressional Research Service’s Constitution Annotated, a non-partisan publication that helps readers appreciate how Americans’ collective understanding of our governing principles has…
Over a six-month period, the Law Library’s Technical Services staff, led by Stephanie Schmitt, accomplished the herculean task of migrating our library records to a new library management and discovery solution. The new system, Ex Libris’ Alma/Primo, replaces the catalog used for the past decade. As an open-source platform, …
Professor Joel Paul has received rave reviews for his book “Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times.” Please join us, March 22nd at 3:45 – 4:30 pm on the 4th floor of the Library for our first ever “book talk,” featuring Joel Paul…