1st Steps to Using the Law Library

Library Hours

• Students and faculty have access to the law library 24 hours a day by swiping their UMKC ID card at points of entry.
• The service desk and library are open to the public during regular hours Monday-Friday. Check the library's website for current hours.

Ground Floor

• Student Services Librarian Ariel Newman's office
• Study space - Tables and chairs available for student use
• Study Room 007-D - Available by reservation - Reserve this room
• Printers - Black/white printers available for use with UMKC Web Print
• Lexis printer - Free printing available when printing directly from Lexis.
• Overhead scanner - Scan pages to create pdfs you can email or save to a flash drive
• Technology Classroom 007-E
• Academic Strategies Room 007-H - Available for informal group study, not available for students to reserve
• Special collections on topics including:
  • Legal Research & Writing Resources - Titles to help students develop and improve their legal research & writing skills. 
  • Law Student Wellness Collection - Titles selected to help students navigate Law School successfully. 
  • Career Development Resources - Titles to help students evaluate career choices, legal fields, and professional opportunities. 
• Research & Instruction Collection - This collection of print materials includes American Jurisprudence, Digests, Pacific and Southwestern Reports, and Missouri Reports. These items are not available for checkout.

1st Floor

• Librarian offices - Paul Callister, Ayyoub Ajmi, Julia Pluta, and Lisa Gooden
• Service desk - Ask general questions, check out materials, pick up items you requested through the online catalog or ILL
• Supplies - Staplers, hole punch, paperclips, rubber bands. recycling bins
• Study space - Tables, booths, and study carrels available for student use.
• Study rooms - Available by reservation - Reserve this room
• Computer lab - Reserved for Law Student use only
• Printer/Copier - Color or black/white all-in-one available for students and faculty to scan, copy, or print using UMKC Web Print
• Overhead scanner - Scan pages to create pdfs you can email or save to a flash drive
• Black/white printers - Available for use with ERC computers
• Lexis printer - Free printing available when printing directly from Lexis.
• Course reserves - Materials that have been placed at the Service Desk by professors. Available for students to use for 2 hours at a time.
• Reserves - Materials include study aids, Missouri CLEs, and other materials. Available to use for 2 hours at a time.
• Reference - Materials include the Missouri Practice, Missouri and Kansas Statutes, American Jurisprudence, law dictionaries, and legal directories.
• General Collection - Materials includes federal and regional reporters, US Statutes, US Codes and law journals.
• Missouri Collection - Historical Missouri statutes, CLEs, jury instructions, and session laws
• Law Clinics

2nd Floor

• Director of Legal Technology and Innovation Ayyoub Ajmi's office
• Collaborative spaces that include tables, white boards, and monitors
• Study space - Tables and study carrels available for student use.
• Scanner
• Black/white printers (coming soon)
• Restrooms
• General collection - This collection of print materials includes materials on a wide variety of legal and law related topics.
• Tax collection - Includes US Tax Reporter, and many other tax, estate and gift tax related resources
• Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship offices
• Law Clinics