Library FAQs
The Library is open to all registered students of the Law School, alumni, members of the academic and administrative staff of the Council of Legal Education, attorneys and such other persons who may, at the discretion of the Librarian, be granted permission to use it.
You can contact us via email, WhatsApp, telephone or walk-in.
The library opening hours are as follows:
The Ring Road Building
Monday-Friday 7:00 am – 10:00 pm
Saturdays and Sundays 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
The Gibraltar Hall Road Building
Monday-Thursday 7:30 am – 7:00 pm
Fridays 7:30 am – 3:30 pm
Closed on Saturdays and Sundays
Summer Period
Ring Road
Monday-Friday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Gibraltar Hall Road - CLOSED
Bags/handbags are not allowed in the library. Students can rent a locker from the registry
You can have access to our WiFi by asking one of the library staff for assistance.
We provide access to LexisNexis, Westlaw, JustisOne, HeinOnline and Congressional Digest
Our subscription-based databases can only be used by current students and staff of the law school.
Yes we do offer database training to staff and students at the beginning of the school year
Overnight Loans: $100.00 for the 1st day and $200.00 for each day thereafter
Weekly Loans: $40.00 per day
If a student owes more than $500.00 at any given time then he/she will not be allowed to borrow from the library.
Provide the information on the title to a library staff at the Circulation Desk. You will be prompted to complete a loan slip depending on the loan duration of the item requested:
Yellow Form – Overnight
Green Form - Reading Room
White Form – Week Loan
Yes you can and vice versa.
Law library staff members are not attorneys and cannot answer specific questions regarding how your situation relates to the law or how your question can best be resolved. However, the law library provides users access to a variety of legal information resources to assist with your queries and useful research tips to better help you to use the resources effectively.
Individual volumes or issues of the following are only to be used inside the library:
- Law Reports
- Encyclopedias
- Journals
- Legislation
- Gazettes
- Digests
- Dictionaries
- Indexes
- Newspapers