Visit the online catalog.

Visit the law databases.

Visit research guides.

Visit Westlaw.

Visit Lexis.

If the library does not have an item in its collection, a student may ask the library to request the item from another institution. Borrowed items can take anywhere from four days to three months to arrive. The law library will contact the patron when the item arrives. The patron may pick it up at the circulation desk. Use the ILL form to make a request.

• Any item that has a "Date Due" sticker on the inside cover may be checked out.
• Items with a "For Reference" sticker on the inside cover may only be used in the law library.
• Law reviews, legal journals and other periodicals may only be used in the law library.
• Print reserve items may be checked out for use in the law library only.
• Multimedia reserve items such as audiotapes, videos and DVDs may be checked out and taken out of the law library for 24 hours.

Loan periods for Fort Worth resident students vary depending on the item being circulated. When renewals are allowed, the borrower may renew the loaned item by logging in to the library’s online catalog. Once logged in, go to “My Account.” If the item is already overdue, the item must be physically brought to the library to be checked out again. No telephone renewals will be accepted. Reserve items may not be renewed.

When an item is overdue from the law library:

• The patron’s circulation privileges will be suspended.
• The library will notify the patron regarding the missing title.
• If an item is overdue for two weeks, it will be considered lost and the patron will be responsible for replacement costs.

Circulation privileges will be reinstated when:

• The item is returned.
• If the replacement item has been ordered, the patron is still responsible for paying the cost of the replacement. Circulation privileges will be reinstated when the replacement cost has been paid.

Replacement cost for lost items:

• Print item: the cost of the item, plus a $25.00 processing fee
• Out of print item: $100.00, plus a $25.00 processing fee
• Videotape or DVD produced by a professor for class use: $25.00, plus a $25.00 processing fee

Tables and study carrels are located throughout the library and available on a first-come, first-served basis. All of the seating provides electrical outlets for laptops and other electronic devices.

Study room use is restricted to current law students only. Students are allowed to reserve 2-hour blocks per reservation.  You may reserve two blocks per day, but not consecutively to allow availability to other students. Due to COVID-19, study room capacity is ​limited one student at a time.  Masks are strongly encouraged, for the unvaccinated, while in the room.  Please click here to make your reservation!  This is a new system, so please feel free to contact the reference desk if you have any questions or problems making your reservation.

Only required course materials for current Fort Worth on-campus courses, in addition to any other items requested by Fort Worth resident professors, are available in our Reserves Collection at the circulation desk. These items can be checked out for up to two hours for use in the library.  The law library will manage course reserves in compliance with copyright law.

Visit CALI.

The law school’s secured wireless network can be accessed throughout the library. Choose the tamulink-wpa network and log in with your netID credentials.  

Printing is available in the library computer lab using the OAL Kiosk.  The cost for printing is .09/page and .17/both sides.  You will get $30 in your account at the beginning of the fall and spring semesters.  In summer, you will get $15.  Printing from your device is also available and may be picked up in the library computer lab or the student lounge.  You must release your print job up within two hours or it will expire.  If you need assistance using the system, please visit the reference desk or contact the IT department at 817-212-3845. Lexis offers free printing on their printer located in the computer lab or in the student lounge. Although Westlaw does not offer free printing, you can email or download your documents free of charge.

Copies cost 10¢ per page. The copiers also offer free scanning, which delivers documents in PDF format to your official law school email account only.

In response to students’ requests for reading material to help them relax and recharge, we have created the Popular Reading Collection, which is located in the Reading Room. We also subscribe to various magazines and newspapers, also located in the Reading Room.