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Spring 2018: Access During Law School's Reading and Final Exam Period, April 26 - May 15

2018-04-20T16:26:05-07:00

The law school reading and exam period begins on April 26, continuing through May 15. During our reading and exam period, we restrict access to the law library to help ensure that law students have adequate space for exam preparation....

Summer Access to Lexis, Bloomberg Law, and Westlaw

2018-04-13T17:13:33-07:00

For Lexis Advance & Bloomberg Law, students may use their academic accounts all summer for any ethical purpose, including all summer job related-research at law firms or government agencies, externships (paid or unpaid), research assistant assignments, course work, or law...

No Sunday Afternoon Research Desk Hours: Feb 4 and Feb 18 (Presidents' Day Weekend)

2018-01-30T10:45:48-08:00

The law library will offer Sunday research desk hours on February 11 and 25 from 1:30 to 6 pm. The research desk will be closed on Sunday, February 4, and Sunday, February 18 (Presidents' Day Weekend). The law library is...

No Tuesday Evening Research Desk Services in February

2018-01-30T10:42:13-08:00

Due to staff time off, we will not be offering Tuesday evening (5-7 pm) research desk hours during February.

Law Library Reading and Exam Period Access Restrictions

2017-11-20T16:04:04-08:00

The law school reading and exam period begins on November 30, continuing through December 16. During our reading and exam period, we restrict access to the law library to help ensure that law students have adequate space for exam preparation....

Tutorial on using PowerNotes for Legal Research Projects

2017-11-09T10:26:24-08:00

PowerNotes has a short 5-minute YouTube tutorial on using PowerNotes.

Eliminating Distractions While You Study

2017-10-31T10:39:31-07:00

We are now a month away from reading period, which means students start putting in some serious studying hours. But if you're distracted by text messages and social media, you're not making the most of your study time. A colleague...

Zief Library Closure Notice: Closed October 13 through October 15

2017-10-13T10:58:48-07:00

Zief Library will be closed from October 13 to October 15. As of today, we plan to reopen at our usual time on October 16. University leadership announced on October 12 that all classes and events at USF are canceled...

Subject Listing of Law Library of Congress Research Guides

2017-08-28T15:45:05-07:00

The Law Library of Congress blog, In Custodia Legis, has been operating for seven years (congratulations!). This post contains a helpful A-Z subject listing of all of the research guides published since In Custodia Legis began posting. Check out all...

Using PowerNotes to Keep Research Organized

2017-08-21T17:01:09-07:00

Organizing legal research can be challenging, particularly when you're gathering sources from web pages, Lexis, Westlaw, HeinOnline, and a host of other legal research sources. PowerNotes is a new online research tool designed to make legal research and document drafting...

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