First Year Orientation  

While classes are in session the library will be open "regular hours".

Monday - Thursday   7:30 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.

Friday                       7:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Saturday & Sunday  7:30 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.    

Changes in this schedule--"special hours"-- will be posted on the library website homepage, on the library door and at the entrances to the Law Building.  

To confirm hours on any day, call the Library at 651.523.2125.

CLICnet is the online public access catalog containing records of all materials that are available at Hamline Law Library. It also contains records of the holdings of all the libraries in the CLIC Consortium.

To check out a book that is located at one of the CLIC schools listed above:

While looking at the record in the catalog, click on the red "Request Item" button and enter your name and CLIC library barcode number. Be sure to choose that you want to pick up the item at the Hamline Law Library.  When borrowing materials from any of these libraries, including Hamline Law Library, be ready to present your Hamline Law School ID Card.  

Other Libraries

Hamline Law Students have borrowing privileges at the University of Minnesota Law Library and William Mitchell College of Law Library.

If you are interested in borrowing a book from a library not discussed above, please see the information box on Interlibrary Loan below.  

If a book or article you want is not available at Hamline Law Library or any of the other CLIC schools, you may request the item through Interlibrary Loan.

Interlibrary loan books can take anywhere from 1 - 4 weeks to arrive, so plan ahead!

Reference librarians are available to help you find and use library resources, including print, internet resources, and computer assisted legal research services.

During the school year, when classes are in session, the reference desk is staffed as follows:

If you can't make it into the library, no problem!  Just click below to chat with a librarian.

CALI, a non-profit consortium of law schools, has developed an extensive library of lessons designed to enhance the student’s learning experience. Students can pick up a CALI disc at the library circulation desk or can use the online lessons at www.CALI.org.

To use the online lessons you must enter a password which can be obtained in the law library at the circulation desk. 

Hard copy material placed on reserve by professors is available at the Circulation Desk. Past exams are accessible through the law library website here.

You can search and view records for all Hamline Law Reserve materials, both print and electronic materials, through the Course Reserves page.  Full text of the document listed in a record may or may not be available online.

Some materials are available only through traditional print reserve readings available for checkout in person at the circulation desk.

Other materials, called "Electronic Reserves" or "E-Reserves," are available online in full text from any computer with Internet access. Most available exams, for example, are in E-Reserve format. When you receive your search results, you may access E-Reserve materials by clicking on the title of any document designated "electronic copy available."  You will be prompted for your "barcode" (the library code on the back of your Hamline ID card).