More than 580,000 titles in digital or physical formats
Access to nearly 50 law-specific commercial online databases and more than 500 databases available through the University Libraries
Current and historical federal legislative, judicial, and administrative materials
Legislative, judicial, and administrative materials from 50 states
Jurisprudence from foreign countries; international treaties and related documents
More than 3,000 law-related documentary films focused primarily on social justice and human rights
Eleven special subject-specific collections highlighting strengths of the collection and faculty scholarly interests
Participant in the federal government and European Union depository programs
Digital Repository
More than 4,200 items preserved and accessible to the public in the Scholarly Commons, including faculty scholarship and all issues of the Nevada Law Journal and UNLV Gaming Law Journal
More than 1.5 million downloads since the founding of the Scholarly Commons in 2010 and more than 270,000 downloads in 2019
Includes materials representing the history of the law school and productivity of its students, faculty, and staff
Includes the archives of the Society of American Law Teachers
Library Faculty and Staff
One director (tenured in the law school), five law library faculty members (one tenured, four pre-tenured; two with both JD and graduate degrees in library or information science; two with JD degrees who are enrolled in graduate information science programs), and one professional librarian holding a graduate degree in information science
One professional administrator and manager
Three circulation paraprofessionals and three paraprofessional positions in acquisitions, serials processing, and collection management
Research and Reference
Reference service provided in person, by phone, and by email
Creates resources that serve the law school and the community
Support of Faculty Scholarship and Teaching
Supports and promotes faculty scholarship through a liaison program by providing in-depth research and analysis of authorities, current awareness updates, bibliographic and citation support, conference bibliographies, and book displays
Preserves and promotes faculty scholarship on the open access Scholarly Commons
Facilitates teaching technologies
Undertakes multi-jurisdictional research projects, some of which are published online
Instruction and Outreach
Courses dedicated to legal research and legal research and writing, as well as traditional doctrinal courses, taught by librarians
Legal research instruction offered to law students in guest lectures as part of doctrinal classes, in informal outreach programs, and in connection with orientation to externships and clinical classes
Outreach programs and legal research instruction available to community groups
Circulation and Access
As the only research-level law library in the State of Nevada, supports the legal research needs of the University community and the public
More than 7,500 physical items circulate annually
Lends nearly 150 books annually to other libraries within and outside of the State
Remote access to databases provided to members of the law school community
Facility
57,464 sq. feet in two buildings, with access to the Rogers Literature & Law Building restricted to the law school community
Seating capacity of 445
Eleven study rooms reserved for law student use, two of which are technology-equipped
High resolution book scanner, with editing and MP3 technology, available to the law school community
Five computers with Internet access available to members of the public, including one dedicated to Westlaw public patron access