• 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Reference service provided in person, by phone, and by email
  • Creates resources that serve the law school and the community

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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