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An Award Winner!

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Dr. Kwanghyuk Yoo

Dr. Kwanghyuk Yoo, SJD and MLIS candidate at the University of Iowa, has won the AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers, Student Division Award for 2019. The title of his paper is: “Behavioral and Structural Remedies for Cognitive Bias on Legal Information: The Evolving Role of Law Libraries and Enhanced Integrated Library Systems Design.” The award will be conferred at the annual meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) in Washington, DC in July, along with a monetary prize. The selection...

Research Assistance All Summer

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The Law Library staff hope you’re having a productive summer. We also want you to know that the Reference Librarians are available all summer long to assist you with your research projects and questions. We’re available Monday through Friday from 7:30 am to 5:00 pm, and Saturdays from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm and 2:00 to 5:30 pm, either via our Reference email address or via telephone. As a reminder, for those of you who are off-campus, you continue to have access to many of the databases and e-books linked from the Law Library web page or from...

Exam Preparation

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The Law Library has a number of study aids available to help students prepare for exams.  West Academic Study Aids online includes outlines, summaries, hornbooks, Legalines, and ExamPro preparation materials. The LexisNexis Digital Library of Online Study Aids includes the Mastering series, the Questions & Answers series, and the Understanding series. The Wolters Kluwer Online Study Aids Library includes "Examples & Explanations," the “Emanuel Outline” series, and the “Glannon Guide” series, all of which are in e-book format. CALI lessons are also a good way to focus on areas where you need focused reinforcement. Each platform allows access via multiple devices and provides tools...

Advanced Legal Research Courses for 2019-20

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To help you become efficient and effective researchers, and to help you meet your experiential credit requirements, there are several Advanced Legal Research courses being taught by librarians during academic year 2019-20:  Fall Semester Semester-long: Advanced Legal Research, a 2-credit survey course taught by Ms. Ellen Jones Semester-long: Foreign, Comparative, and International Law Advanced Legal Research, a 2-credit survey course taught by Mr. Don Ford...

LexisNexis Courtroom Cast

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This database is a collection of courtroom and case recordings, as well as training videos, for use by students and faculty in a variety of educational settings. Courtroom Cast consists of three collections: AudioCaseFiles, a video collection, and a training collection. AudioCaseFiles contains edited versions of the most commonly assigned cases for first and second year law students. Students may read or listen to the cases, and may make notes through the “Case Notes” feature of the database. One may browse by subject or by casebook title, and when found, the item may be...

Advanced Legal Research Courses for Spring Semester 2019

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To help you become efficient and effective researchers, and to help you meet your experiential credit requirements, there are several courses being taught by librarians in Spring Semester 2019: Intersession: Advanced Legal Research Methods in Specialized Subjects: Solo Practitioner, a 1-credit topical course taught by Mr. Don Ford (January 7-11) Intersession: Advanced Legal Research Methods in Specialized Subjects: State Legal Research Iowa, a 1-credit topical course taught by Ms. Ellen Jones (January 8-11)...

Welcome to the Law Library!

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We are excited to begin the new academic year - the Law Library is here to help with your legal research needs. The Law Library’s entrance is on the second floor of the Boyd Law Building. If you are not familiar with the layout of the Law Library, please see our maps page. For the Law Library’s opening hours and reference hours, please visit the Law Library’s homepage. To borrow materials or access reserve items, please visit our Circulation Desk, which is directly to the left as you enter the Law Library. Our collection – in print, electronic format, and microform – is one of the nation...

Law Library Welcomes Dean Washburn

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The Law Library is delighted to welcome Kevin K. Washburn, N. William Hines Dean and Professor of Law.    Dean Washburn comes to Iowa Law from the University of New Mexico, where he served as dean of the law school from July 2009 to October 2012.  In August 2012, he was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as the Assistant Secretary to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.  He was confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate in October 2012 and served until January 2016, when he returned to the UNM faculty as Regents Professor of Law.  He also served as a professor at the University of Minnesota Law School, the Rosenstiel Distinguished Professor...

Study Aids for Final Exams

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With final exams approaching, students will benefit from many study aids available through the Law Library.   The Law Library is pleased to announce the addition of two popular exam prep tools from West Academic Study Aids: the Exam Pro Series and the...

Our “New" Oldest Book

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BartolusBook

The Law Library is pleased to announce the purchase of Infortiatum: Super Prima Parte Infortiati, a 1478 edition of Bartolus’s important commentary on part of Justinian's Digest. Printed in Venice by Nicolas Jenson, it is the Law Library’s first incunable. The word “incunable” comes from the word meaning “cradle” in Latin. Applied to printing, it refers to books from 1450 to 1501, an era initiated by Johannes Gutenberg’s Bible, the first book printed with perfected moveable type. Previously, our oldest book was a 1505 edition of ...

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