The Legal Defense Fund’s Thurgood Marshall Institute has launched Recollection: A Civil Rights Legal Archive. This digital archive is a collection of “legal case files, legislative advocacy materials, reports and publications, correspondence, photographs, videos, administrative and fundraising materials, documentation of LDF’s sustained efforts in community organizing and social science research, and oral history interviews.” This…
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This fall the library reference desk will be staffed by a librarian or student assistant Monday through Thursday. The reference desk is located on the 6th floor of the library. If the reference desk is unstaffed when you come by, we’re still available to help! Librarians are available virtually by email at law-library@uic.edu and through…
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We have subscribed to a digital collection of study guides published by LexisNexis. These titles include the popular Understanding and Questions & Answers study guide series, as well as many legal treatises published by Lexis. Please note that if you used the trial access to the library over the spring and summer, you will need…
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West Academic provides access to their eBooks starting the week before classes start through the first two weeks of classes of the fall semester. To gain access, students can visit eproducts.westacademic.com and create an account (please type the url if you’re unable to click or copy and paste). More detailed instructions are available here.
Update: As of February 20, 2023, we have reinstated our standard access policy. Current students, faculty, and staff of UIC colleges and units other than the Law School may continue to visit the Law Library. They must comply with UIC Law’s updated building entry procedures and swipe their i-Card at the 300 S. State St….
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Looking for a law review article, an old federal statute, or a historical treaty? You can find all of these and considerably more in HeinOnline. HeinOnline is a database that is best known for its collection of law reviews and journals—to access a specific journal, click on the catalog tab above the search bar and enter the…
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While the UIC John Marshall Law School campus is closed, most law library resources continue to be available remotely. To access article databases or other specialized databases, use the links on the library website to log in with your JMLS username and password. You can continue to access Lexis, Westlaw, Bloomberg Law, and CALI using…
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Snacks are back on the 6th floor during finals. Monday, May 6 at 8 am – Doughnuts and coffee Tuesday, May 7 at noon – Bagels and cookies Wednesday, May 8 at 3 pm – Cookies Thursday, May 9 at 3 pm – Cookies Monday, May 13 at 3 pm – Cookies Stop on by…
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As you’ve likely heard by now, the library’s 8th floor will be closed for the 2018-2019 academic year. Over the course of the next year, it will be converted to JMLS’s Collaboration Commons, which will feature multiple study rooms and other spaces for students to work together. If you previously used the 8th floor as…
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Snacks are back to help sustain you through finals. Swing by the 6th floor at the following times for coffee and other various sweets. Bananas will also be available at each serving. Wednesday, 12/4 at 8:00 a.m. – donuts Thursday, 12/6 at noon – cookies Monday, 12/10 at 3:00 p.m. – cookies Thursday, 12/13 at…
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