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Moritz College of Law
One of the First Steps you should take is to register your legal research database accounts and unlock your access to Bloomberg, Lexis, and Westlaw. The Account Registration page also provides information on registering your accounts to four—that's right four—digital study aid collections.
Account Registration (password)
Forgot the password? Ask a Librarian.
Law students enjoy 24/7 swipe access to the law library using their BuckID. You can find the BuckID swipe on the wall to the right of the library's entrance. A successful swipe will flash green and make a high-pitched beep, allowing you to open the right-most door manually or by using the accessible push-to-open button located near the swipe.
To ensure that all students can productively use our space, we ask that everyone:
The library's Reserve Room contains study aids, job resources, and a core collection of legal treatises and resources on Ohio law. Students can access the Reserve Room during Circulation's operating hours. Reserve materials must stay in the Reserve Room or be checked out on your BuckID. Textbooks are now kept behind the Circulation Desk and can be checked out for two hours. Because these are high-demand items, their loan periods are short and strict. Overdue textbooks and reserve materials are billed $2.00 for the first hour past due and $5.00 for each additional hour.
Course Reserves and Study Aids
Circulation can assist students with questions related to borrowing, renewing, and returning materials. Common questions involve finding materials in the catalog and on the shelves, using course reserves, and resolving fines.
Reference can assist students with questions related to legal research, writing, and citation style as well as scholarly research, practice readiness, and legal technology. Contact the reference team using one of the methods on our Ask a Librarian page.
In addition to study carrels, tables, soft seating, and standing desks, the law library contains ten study rooms exclusively for law student use. Each room contains tables and seating for four, and our more recently updated rooms have wall-mounted monitors.
Mac and PC desktop computers, dual monitor hookups, printers, scanners, portable charging stations, and microfilm readers are available in the law library.
Legal Databases List
Check out our most commonly used legal research databases and digital resources.
Library Guides
Find useful resources for your coursework, scholarship, and more in our law librarian-curated guides.
