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Law Student's Guide to the Law Library

This guide will help you navigate the resources and services available through the Law Library.

Library Hours

Law Library Summer 2024 Hours

May 8, 2024 - September 2nd, 2024

The Law Library will be closed to the public. 

Access will be limited to members of the Law School community and the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus. 

A valid U Card is required for entry. 

The glass doors at the entrance of the Law Library are the only points of entry and exit for the library. 

Please keep your U Card with you at all times as you will need it to enter the Law Library.

 

Circulation Desk Reference Office

May 8 - August 30: 

Monday - Friday

Saturday - Sunday

 

8am - 4:30pm

CLOSED

 

9am - 4:30pm* 

CLOSED

Exceptions: 

Monday, May 27th

Wednesday, June 19th

Thursday, July 4th

Monday, September 2nd

 

CLOSED 

CLOSED 

CLOSED

CLOSED

 

CLOSED

CLOSED 

CLOSED

CLOSED

*Reference office closed from noon - 1pm through August 9th.

Law students retain 24-hour UCard access to the Law Library.

After Hours Access

After Hours Access

As a University of Minnesota Law Student, you have access to the Law Library at all times by using your U Card. To enter the library before or after business hours, please wave your U Card in front of the card reader adjacent to the glass doors at the entrance of the library lobby.

The glass doors at the entrance of the Law Library are the only points of entry and exit for the library. 

Only current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Minnesota Law School may use the Law Library after hours. 

Please keep your U Card with you at all times, as you will need it to enter the Law Library after hours. 


University of Minnesota Law Library
Reference Desk: 612-625-4309 • Circulation Desk: 612-625-4300 • Contact Us