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The J.W. Long Law Library contains a comprehensive law collection tailored to the law school curriculum. Its 280,000 volumes and microform equivalents include state and federal primary law sources, as well as the leading treatises, periodicals and other secondary sources that are vital to a full understanding of American law. The Law Library also has special collections in public international law, tax law and labor law and is a Selective Federal Government Documents Depository.

The J.W. Long Law Library is housed in a modern building designed to facilitate student use, convenience and comfort. A three-story glass facade transmits natural light to carrels, tables and lounge seating in an aesthetically-pleasing study environment. A main floor reading lounge offers students a large selection of popular magazines and newspapers for their enjoyment. Two quiet reading lounges provide comfortable seating for study, rest or reflection. Small conference and video rooms offer additional study options.

The Law Library maintains an honor system that places a special trust in its students to respect its collection and facilities. Consistent with a sense of community that is based upon professional courtesy and responsibility, law and law/management joint degree students have 24- hour access to the Law Library and all its resources. Other conveniences include free telephones for local and 800 number calling, fax machine use, email and Internet accounts and rules permitting non-alchoholic beverages in spill-proof containers.

J .W. Long Law Library
Willamette University College of Law
245 Winter Street SE
Salem, Oregon 97301-3916

From I-5, take the Hwy. 22 exit (#253) and turn west at the end of the off ramp. Follow Mission Street for about 1.5 miles, over the 17th Street railroad overpass (ignore the Willamette University exit ramp at the top of the overpass) and past 12th Street.

Three blocks past 12th Street, turn right on Winter Street and follow it past Bellevue Street (the next light). The Collins Legal Center will appear on your left at the corner of Ferry and Winter Streets (just past the Atkinson Graduate School of Management).

Enter the front of the building. The Law Library is the first set of doors on the right.

Map to Willamette University from I-5

From the Coast, Dallas and other parts west, take Hwy. 22 across the Willamette River bridge toward downtown Salem. Take the Albany (Hwy. 22) exit at the top of the bridge.

At the bottom of the ramp, merge two lanes to the left and stay on this curvy road (which becomes Trade Street) past Commercial, Liberty and Church Streets. At Winter Street (light), turn left. The Collins Legal Center will appear on your left at the corner of Ferry and Winter Streets (just past the Atkinson Graduate School of Management).

Enter the front of the building. The Law Library is the first set of doors on the right.

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Hours/Access for Law Students, Undergrads & Public

The Law Library is open to members of the public. Academic year hours (mid-August to mid-May) for members of the public are:

Monday - Friday ~ 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday ~ 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Summer hours (mid-May to mid-August) for members of the public are:

Monday - Friday ~ 8:00 a.m. -4:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday - CLOSED

Public hours for the holiday season (mid-December to early January):

Please call 503-370-6386 for exact times

 

Cardlock Access

Law Students: 24-hour cardlock access is available for all Willamette College of Law students (including joint degree students), faculty and staff.

Other Students: Limited cardlock access by request to the Circulation Manager is available for all College of Liberal Arts, Education and Atkinson students as follows:

Academic Year - 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight
Seven days a week

All other users must check in at the Circulation Desk with the Circulation Manager or Reference Librarian. Their use is by permission, seating is limited to tables, and staff may request identification at any time.

 

Law Library telephone number ~ (503) 370-6386

Law Library Business fax number ~ (503) 375-5426

Student fax number ~ (503) 370-6579

Free phones for local and 800 number calls by law students are located in the student lounge and library photocopy rooms (first, second and third floors).

Cell phones may be used only in the photocopy rooms and should be otherwise turned off.

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Photocopiers are available on each floor of the Law Library in Rooms 129, 235 and 301 across from the library stairwell.

The Willamette University library catalog includes print, audio, electronic and video entries for the J.W. Long and Mark O. Hatfield libraries. The Hatfield Library Consortium catalog includes the Willamette University Libraries, the Oregon State Library and the State of Oregon Law Library, all of which are located within a five minute walk of each other. Other library catalogs, including Summit, the academic union catalog for the Northwest, may be searched from our catalog.

Students may access the online catalog from any campus terminal and from any home or other off-campus terminal equipped with a modem.

Circulation Periods

Reserve Materials - 1 day
Software/Disks - 2 hours, unless otherwise specified
Treatises and Periodicals - 30 days

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Circulation Privileges

An Orbis Cascade Alliance member institution identification or Law Library borrower's card is required to check out materials. Willamette alumni, members of the Bench and Bar, State of Oregon employees, and law clerks may obtain a free Willamette Law Library borrower's card. Other borrowers must obtain a Willamette University Community Borrower's card from the Mark O. Hatfield library upon payment of the current fee. All borrowers are responsible for the replacement of lost books.
 

Reserve Materials

Materials placed on 24 hour reserve are located in the Reserve Room behind the Circulation Desk.  Lists of titles organized by faculty member and course are maintained at the Circulation Desk.

Audio Equipment

Headphones and tape players may be signed out at the Circulation Desk.

Carrels and Conference Rooms

All law students may share an assigned study carrel during the academic year.  The carrel policy and procedure can be found at www.willamette.edu/wucl/longlib/carrels/floorplan.html.

Conference rooms are available to law and joint degree students for group study and may be reserved for periods of two hours per group.
 

Reference Services

Professional reference librarians are available to assist law students with all aspects of manual and electronic legal research, including the use of the Internet, Lexis, Westlaw and other research applications on the law school network. The reference librarians are also available to assist others with all aspects of manual legal research.

The reference librarians offer regular hands-on legal research workshops to law students covering manual and electronic research strategies, as well as classes on Lexis, Westlaw and Internet research.

Research Guides

A collection of Research Guides and answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ) are located at http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/longlib/index_research_guides.html.

On-line Legal Research

Lexis/Nexis and Westlaw databases may be used only for academic purposes and by contract are limited to law faculty, law and joint degree students. Obtain personal passwords from the Lexis and Westlaw student representatives.

Access the law library home page at http://www.willamette.edu/law/longlib for links to "Topical Law"and "Other Resources" to selected law web sites.

 

Practice Aids

"How to do it" practice aids compiled by the library staff are located at http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/longlib/practiceaids.html

Computer Services and Resources

Networked personal computers and printers are available to law students and law/management joint degree students in the Law Library computer labs in Rooms 126, 236, 238 and 304. Each networked PC offers access to WordPerfect 12, Microsoft Office 2000 including Excel, Powerpoint and Word, email, the Internet via Netscape, Lexis, Westlaw, InfoTrac, the library catalog, Computer Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) programs, Current Index to Legal Periodicals (CILP) and other applications.  Other web research programs are available through the library web site under the "On-Line Research" button.  Library computers are restricted to law and joint degree students by login and password requirements.

Law students are asked to create and edit documents in the A:, D: or H: drives. High density, pre-formatted diskettes are available for sale at the Circulation Desk for use in the A: drive. Zip drives (D:) are also available on all  lab computers and zip disks may be purchased at the bookstore.  Files left on the C: drive (the hard drive) are accessible by anyone who uses the terminal, and they may be viewed, changed or printed by anyone. The Law Library staff will delete files left on the C: drive on a regular basis.

Library computers are provided for academic purposes and are restricted through login and password requirements to law and joint degree students. A written exception not to exceed one day may be made for Willamette students and alumni. Use of library computers for viewing or sending materials that other users, applying community standards, find offensive is prohibited. Access to the campus network is a privilege subject to University policies and may be revoked at any time.

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Interlibrary Loan Services

• Staff-Initiated: Interlibrary loans for academic purposes are available to law students, law/management joint degree students and law faculty for materials that are not available through Willamette University or Orbis libraries.

• Self-Initiated: Willamette students and faculty may borrow through Orbis, a library consortium of Northwest academic institutions. You may initiate a request while using the Summit catalog. Once you have identified an item that you wish to borrow, simply follow the on-screen instructions, starting with "REQUEST THIS ITEM". Available materials will be delivered to the Mark O. Hatfield Library, usually within two working days, and you will be notified by e-mail.

New Law Titles

Monthly lists of new titles added to the Law Library and Hatfield collections are available at http://catalog.willamette.edu/search/ftlist
 

Reading Lists

Reading Lists compiled by library staff are available at http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/longlib/readingindex.html  
 

Location Guide

Library resources and corresponding floor locations are listed at http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/longlib/location.htm.
 

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Floor Plans

Library floor plans may be viewed at   http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/longlib/floorplan.htm.

Local Research Resources

Students are fortunate to have available to them, within several blocks, the collections of Willamette University's Mark O. Hatfield Library, the State of Oregon Law Library, the Oregon State Library and the Oregon State Archives. The Mark O. Hatfield Library maintains a strong liberal arts and graduate business collection. The State of Oregon Law Library collection houses the briefs of the Oregon Supreme Court and the Oregon Court of Appeals and contains rare historical English Commonwealth materials. The Oregon State Library is the official state government documents depository and the Oregon State Archives house all historical Oregon legislative documents.
 

Reciprocity with Area Law Libraries

Willamette University law students with IDs may use and check out materials from the State of Oregon Law Library and Orbis Cascade member institution librarires in accordance with their rules.

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Exams

Sample examinations authorized for publication by faculty members as study aids are posted to the Law Library website at www.willamette.edu/wucl/longlib/Exams.  A student password is required for access.
 

Honor Code

Stealing and converting library materials to one's own use is an academic violation under the College of Law Honor Code.

Miscellaneous Rules

• There is no library paging service. Messages will be posted adjacent to the Circulation Desk for 24 hours.

• Noise, smoking, tobacco chewing, food, alcohol, bicycles and pets are prohibited in the library.

• Non-alcoholic beverages are allowed in the library only if they are in a spill-proof container. No soda cans.

• Please remove all personal trash.

• Inquire at the Circulation Desk regarding audio, microform and video equipment.

• Please do not place power cords across aisles

• Lost & Found - inquire at the Circulation Desk.
  

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Security

An after-dark escort service is available by calling 6911 from anywhere on campus. Please report all emergencies (fire, medical, theft, etc.) and suspicious individuals to Campus Safety at 6911. Students should not admit unknown persons to the Law Library or to the law building after the doors have been locked. Students should not leave valuables unattended.

Staff

Library staff and email addresses are listed at  http://www.willamette.edu/wucl/longlib/staff.htm.

Organization Chart

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Children in the Library

Our policy regarding use of library facilities by minor children is that the library is a resource for law students, faculty and others who are engaged in legal research. Children who accompany their parent(s) are expected to be supervised by an adult and not disturb other library users.

The six conference rooms (two of which have video equipment) and computer workstations represent a limited resource made available for student use for purposes of study, writing and legal research and are not available for use by children.

Pets

With the exception of guide dogs, no pets are allowed in the library.

Bicycles

Bicycles are not allowed in the library.

Library Circulars, Fund Raising & Notices Policy

In order to maintain a quiet, petition-free and non-disruptive study and research environment, distribution of circulars, fund raising and posting notices in the library are prohibited with the following exceptions:

• Official University announcements

• Official Library announcements

Bulletin boards for student use are located in the building south entrance area.

Private parties wishing to post notices on general purpose bulletin boards should obtain permission from Student Services.

Please send your comments to law-library@willamette.edu