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(Archived) Burns Law Library Welcome Guide

Guide for new and returning students.

Access to the Library

Effective Monday, March 23, the library is closed.  We continue to offer services remotely.

Staff are present to accept deliveries, including those made by Staples, UPS, FedEx, USPS and other commercial delivery services.  Please knock on the door for assistance or phone 202.994.6648.

Welcome to the Law Library

Check out Jacob, our online catalog, for information about the collection.  Find help searching the library's catalog.

Use our research guides to help locate materials on various legal topics.  Locate study aids to help you succeed.   

Learn more about library services with our guide to Services @ the Jacob Burns Law Library and on our Burns Law Library Interactive Tour.

Contact Us

We are located on the main campus, in historic Foggy Bottom:

 

Jacob Burns Law Library

The George Washington University

716 20th St., N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20052

 

Main Phone:  202.994.6648 (Circulation Desk)

 

Reference:  

Ask Us

Email:  ask@law.gwu.libanswers.com

Text:  202.999.3685

Phone:  202.994.6647

 

Interlibrary Resource Sharing

  • ill@law.gwu.edu​

Consortium Loan Service

  • clsburns@law.gwu.edu

Burns Dispatch:  202.994.2768

  • dispatch@law.gwu.edu
  • Fax:  202.994.0433
  • Fee-based document delivery service for attorneys, law firms and other commercial enterprises