Library
The Chicago-Kent Law Library advances the academic and scholarly success of students and faculty by providing future-focused training and professional research assistance to our diverse community.
Welcome to the Chicago-Kent Law Library!
The Law Library fosters respect for all community members and ideas; supports the learning experience with strategies, services, and space; connects community members to resources in the library, the law school, and beyond; and equips students with practice-ready, strategic skills for their careers.
Our librarians are happy to assist faculty, students, and alumni with their research and scholarship needs. Find out more by following the links above and below.
Services for Students
Chicago-Kent College of Law librarians advance student academic success by providing research guidance, collecting sample exams from faculty, and teaching legal research sessions across the curriculum, including upper-level legal writing classes and “prepare to practice” sessions designed to help Chicago-Kent students shine in the workplace. The librarians also develop expert online research guides in many areas of law and non-legal research.
The library supports our students after they graduate. Chicago-Kent alumni can contact us for research assistance and access our research guides.
Services for Faculty
Law librarians offer expert research assistance including in-depth legal and non-legal research. The library provides faculty access to print and digital resources through our many consortial partners. Librarians provide scholarship support by assisting with submission, distribution, and promotion of faculty scholarship. Additionally, the library manages Scholarly Commons, where we host faculty scholarship and Chicago-Kent’s legal publications.
Our technology librarians support teaching faculty by providing training and support resources for course websites and other digital education tools from Zoom to Panopto.
Library Hours
Fall Semester Hours: beginning Monday, August 12
Sunday: Closed
Monday through Thursday: 8:30 am - 8:00 pm
Friday: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday: 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Read Period Hours: Friday, November 22 - Sunday, December 1
Saturday and Sunday: 11:30 am - 5:00 pm
Monday through Friday: 8:30 am - 9:00 pm
Note: different hours for Thanksgiving (Nov. 27 - 29)
Thanksgiving Hours: Wednesday, November 27 - Friday, November 29
Wednesday: 8:30 am - 1:00 pm
Thursday and Friday: closed
Final Exams Hours: Monday, December 2 - Wednesday, December 11
Sunday: 12:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Monday through Thursday: 8:30 am - 9:00 pm
Friday: 8:30 am - 7:00 pm
Saturday: 9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Reference Desk Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
The Chicago-Kent Law Library is a member of the Federal Depository Library Program and the United Nations Depository Libraries.
Contact Information
Chicago-Kent Law Library
9th Floor, Conviser Law Center
565 W Adams Street, Chicago, IL 60661
Phone: 312.906.5600
Email: library@kentlaw.iit.edu