GW Law students may borrow the following materials:
Materials | Loan Period | Renewable (materials may not be overdue) |
General Collections | One semester | Yes |
Reserve | 2 hours | Yes, after a 30-minute waiting period |
Bound Periodicals | Not applicable | |
Interlibrary Loan | Set by the lending library | Set by the lending library. |
Consortium Loan Service | 42 days | 42 days, with a limit of 3 renewals |
All items borrowed from the law library are subject to recall and must be returned within 7 days of receipt of the recall notice. Recalled items borrowed through interlibrary loan must be returned immediately.
Use "my library account" to manage renewals for law library materials and CLS materials.
GW Law students enrolled as distance education students may borrow materials from the law library's collection or from other libraries through interlibrary loan. Books sent to the library will be mailed to the student's address in their library record, unless another address is noted in the comments section of the request. Students are responsible for returning books to the library on or before the due date Students are responsible for payment of return postage or delivery charges. We recommend returning books by using package delivery services that include tracking of packages, such as UPS, FedEx or Priority Mail.