Chicago-Kent Law Library

Chicago-Kent Law Library The Downtown Campus Library supports Chicago-Kent College of Law.

12/11/2024

Congratulations to our students on finishing finals! The library wishes everyone a restful winter break.

The library will be open reduced hours during winter break and intersession week! We will also be closing early on Frida...
12/09/2024

The library will be open reduced hours during winter break and intersession week! We will also be closing early on Friday, December 20, and will be closed from December 21 through January 1. We'll also be closed on January 20 for Martin Luther King, Jr., Day.

There are only a couple days of finals left. Finish strong, then enjoy your break!

Final exams begin today! Study rooms are still available for reservation, and we have plenty of free ear plugs available...
12/02/2024

Final exams begin today! Study rooms are still available for reservation, and we have plenty of free ear plugs available. Good luck on exams!

We hope that everyone enjoys their Thanksgiving! We'll be closing at 1 pm on Wednesday, and will reopen on Saturday at 1...
11/25/2024

We hope that everyone enjoys their Thanksgiving! We'll be closing at 1 pm on Wednesday, and will reopen on Saturday at 11:30 am.

With the last day of classes being only a few days away (😱), here are some reminders of library procedures for the next ...
11/18/2024

With the last day of classes being only a few days away (😱), here are some reminders of library procedures for the next couple of weeks!

Study rooms can be booked at the service desk like always, and you can also pick up free ear plugs courtesy of . The library is open extended hours, but reference is on normal operating hours (Monday through Friday, 9-5). The library is a quiet study space, and we don't allow food in the library.

We hope that everyone finishes the semester on a high note, and as always, reach out if you have any questions or concerns!

The Chicago-Kent College of Law Library seeks an enthusiastic, creative, and service-oriented law librarian as the Head ...
11/04/2024

The Chicago-Kent College of Law Library seeks an enthusiastic, creative, and service-oriented law librarian as the Head of Access and Technical Services. The Head of Access and Technical Services reports to the Director of the Law Library. The Head of Access and Technical Services provides leadership and oversees the daily operation of access services and technical services in the Law Library. This position has administrative and supervisory responsibilities and collaborates with other law librarians to develop, provide, and expand library services for students and faculty. The position is full-time and available immediately. For the full job posting and to apply, visit https://iit7.peopleadmin.com/postings/10876

The library will have extended hours during the read period, Thanksgiving, and final exams! Reference hours remain as M-...
10/21/2024

The library will have extended hours during the read period, Thanksgiving, and final exams! Reference hours remain as M-F, 9-5.

We'll be closing at 2 pm tomorrow for Labor Day weekend, and will reopen at 8:30 am on Tuesday, September 3.The result o...
08/29/2024

We'll be closing at 2 pm tomorrow for Labor Day weekend, and will reopen at 8:30 am on Tuesday, September 3.

The result of decades of union activity, Labor Day recognizes the labor movement and the efforts of workers around the country.

08/26/2024

As a reminder, the Law Library is a quiet study space. Talking is discouraged in open seating areas where, if necessary, conversations should be brief and very quiet. For group study and discussion, the Law Library offers ten study rooms students can reserve at the Service Desk on the 9th floor.

Today is the first day of class! To our new students, welcome, and to our returning students, welcome back!As a reminder...
08/19/2024

Today is the first day of class! To our new students, welcome, and to our returning students, welcome back!

As a reminder, the physical library space is closed this week, but reference staff can be reached at [email protected].

The physical library space will be closed from August 19-24 due to the Democratic National Convention. Librarians will b...
08/13/2024

The physical library space will be closed from August 19-24 due to the Democratic National Convention. Librarians will be working remotely, and reference staff can be reached at [email protected]

The library will be closed tomorrow, July 4, and Friday, July 5, for Independence Day.The Fourth of July commemorates th...
07/03/2024

The library will be closed tomorrow, July 4, and Friday, July 5, for Independence Day.

The Fourth of July commemorates the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Massachusetts was the first state to recognize it as a holiday, and did so in 1781. Independence Day became a paid federal holiday in 1938.

It should be noted that many U.S. residents did not become free from tyranny upon the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Frederick Douglass gave a speech on July 5, 1852 titled “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”, where he stated that while the founders of the nation were great statesmen and the principles in the Declaration of Independence were good ones, it is hypocritical to celebrate those principles while millions were enslaved. Part of the speech reads:

“This Fourth July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn. To drag a man in fetters into the grand illuminated temple of liberty, and call upon him to join you in joyous anthems, were inhuman mockery and sacrilegious irony…

…What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciation of tyrants, brass fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade and solemnity, are, to Him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy -- a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages. There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of the United States, at this very hour.”

The library is closed today in honor of Juneteenth.Officially known as Juneteenth National Independence Day, the holiday...
06/19/2024

The library is closed today in honor of Juneteenth.

Officially known as Juneteenth National Independence Day, the holiday commemorates the emancipation of slaves in Texas. Although the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect in 1863, it couldn’t be implemented in areas under Confederate control. As a result, some areas were not free until much later. On June 19, 1865, more than two months following the end of the Civil War, more than 250,000 slaves were freed by Union troops in Galveston Bay, TX. Freed Texans began celebrating the day only a year later, and celebrations eventually grew to include the entire country. (It should be noted that people were still enslaved in Delaware and Kentucky until the Thirteenth Amendment was ratified on December 18, 1865.)

Celebrating the day became trickier following the implementation of Jim Crow laws in the South. During the Depression, many Black families were forced to move to cities to find work, where they found it difficult to take the day off to celebrate. The holiday was revived in the 1960s, and has been widely celebrated by Black Americans since the 1980s and 1990s.

Text taken from various sources, including the Smithsonian and Juneteenth.com

Under the general direction of the Head of Metadata and Access, the Acquisitions Assistant is responsible for creating p...
06/03/2024

Under the general direction of the Head of Metadata and Access, the Acquisitions Assistant is responsible for creating purchase orders and invoices, and tracking and reporting budget related data. In addition, this position also performs other typical library duties such as shelving, circulating materials, routing materials, updating materials, maintaining the library’s appearance, and opening/closing the library.

Apply at https://iit7.peopleadmin.com/postings/10461

The library is closing at 2:00 pm today and will remain closed through Monday, May 27th, in observance of Memorial Day.
05/24/2024

The library is closing at 2:00 pm today and will remain closed through Monday, May 27th, in observance of Memorial Day.

Congratulations to Chicago-Kent's newest graduates! We are so proud of you and what you've accomplished, and can't wait ...
05/13/2024

Congratulations to Chicago-Kent's newest graduates! We are so proud of you and what you've accomplished, and can't wait to see what you do as attorneys.

Want to know how to access databases such as Westlaw and Lexis post-graduation? Keep an eye out for an email from us in the next few weeks which will include instructions on database access!

Always remember that Kent graduates have lifetime access to the reference team! If you ever have a tricky research question, send it to our email: [email protected]

With the last day of classes being only two days away (😱), here are some reminders of library procedures for the next co...
04/22/2024

With the last day of classes being only two days away (😱), here are some reminders of library procedures for the next couple of weeks!

Study rooms can be booked at the service desk like always, and you can also pick up free ear plugs courtesy of CALI. The library is open extended hours, but reference is on normal operating hours (Monday through Friday, 9-5). The library is a quiet study space, and we don't allow food in the library.

We hope that everyone finishes the semester on a high note, and as always, reach out if you have any questions or concerns!

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Congratulations to our students on finishing finals! The library wishes everyone a restful winter break.

As a reminder, the Law Library is a quiet study space. Talking is discouraged in open seating areas where, if necessary, conversations should be brief and very quiet. For group study and discussion, the Law Library offers ten study rooms students can reserve at the Service Desk on the 9th floor.

As our community returns to in-person study and instruction at the Conviser Law Center, the Law Library, in conjunction with the Student Bar Association, wants to remind students that the Law Library is a quiet study space. Talking is discouraged in open seating areas where, if necessary, conversations should be brief and very quiet. For group study and discussion, the Law Library offers ten study rooms students can reserve at the Service Desk on the 9th floor.

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We support students by assisting with research, study help, and course materials. Our research librarians teach legal research sessions across the curriculum, including upper-level legal writing classes and "prepare to practice" sessions designed to help Chicago-Kent students shine in the workplace. They also curate expert online research guides in several areas of law and non-legal research.

The research librarians are available to help in person and over email or phone. You can request a personal consultation time via the form on our Student Services page.

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