Welcome to the Joel A. Katz Law Library! This guide will help you get familiar with the services, facilities and collections provided by the law library. You can find the answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about using the law library, such as:
Additional information is available on the UTK Law Library website.
You can access course reserve materials and sample exams through the law library catalog.
Go to the law library webpage and click "Find Course Materials"
You can search by course name or by instructor's last name, or just browse the list of available materials.
You will be asked to log in with your NetID and password before you can get the search results. If the course materials are in print, you need to go to the circulation desk and our staff there will help you retrieving the items.
All of our print study aids are located in the Reserve Reading room. Immediately after entering the library, turn to your right and go through the door of the smaller room with floor-length windows. The Study Aids collection will be on your left, and is organized by course. All of the first year course study aids are together at the beginning of the collection.
Located to your right as you enter the library are the Wellness and Careers collections. If you have any suggestions for adding more titles to these two collections, please do not hesitate to let us know!
Forgot to bring your textbook to class? We may have a copy. Stop by the Circulation Desk to check for your particular book.
Our law library has paid for subscriptions to the New York Times for current UT Law students, faculty and staff. To set up your account, go through myUTLaw and click "New York Times" under the Library app.
Be sure to use your UT email to create the account.
We are a law library, but books are not the only thing we have here! Here are something you might be interested in borrowing from us.
To get any of these items, stop by the Circulation Desk and ask the staff person to retrieve it for you.
Lockers
Law students can check out lockers in the library for the entire academic year. Library lockers are free to law students. You can check out a library locker starting on August 19. Simply note what locker you want and proceed to the Circulation Desk, Monday - Friday 8 AM - 7 PM. Use this link to see a list of all lockers, with notes on which ones are available and which are already checked out.
It's a myth that you'll have no free time in law school. If you would like to check out some fiction or nonfiction to distract you from the law, visit the Leisure Reading collection in the Reserve Reading Room.
