The Library is located on 20th Street between G & H Streets, NW.
Hours of operation are posted on the Services @ the Jacob Burns Law Library.
The Jacob Burns Law Library follows University policies on wearing masks. Please see GW Coronavirus University Updates for more information on University policies.
Masks must be worn at all times. The library does not permit food/eating in the library; beverages are permitted but masks may only be removed briefly to drink. Prolonged periods of mask removal to drink are not permitted. Hand sanitizers and wipes are located throughout the Library. Please make use of them!
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Circulation staff are available to assist patrons with obtaining Course Reserve materials and checking out Mac and PC chargers, chargers for phones and iPads, bike locks, and study aids, including Nutshells and Examples and Explanations. Staplers, an electric three-hole punch, and electric pencil sharpener also are available.
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Stairs located to the right as you come through the 1st floor Library turnstiles take you to the Stockton Cellar.
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From the Circulation/Reserve Desk, a short hallway displays rare books and current faculty publications, and leads to the Reference Commons and Reference Services Desk.
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A WEPA printing station is located in a small alcove to the right as you enter through the Library turnstiles. A 3-hole punch and paper cutter also are available in the alcove.
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Librarians are available to provide assistance to patrons in-person, by phone, chat, or email.
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Research computers in the Reference Commons are used for searching legal research databases and JACOB, the Law Library's catalog. Please sanitize the computer keyboard and mouse before using.
Located in the far corner of the Reference Commons is a WEPA printing station. A small reference collection includes legal encyclopedias and dictionaries, thesauri, manuals, and legal biographical directories.
Masks must be worn at all times. The library does not permit food/eating in the library; beverages are permitted but masks may only be removed briefly to drink. Prolonged periods of mask removal to drink are not permitted.
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Quiet study space. Masks must be worn at all times. The library does not permit food/eating in the library; beverages are permitted but masks may only be removed briefly to drink. Prolonged periods of mask removal to drink are not permitted. Hand sanitizers and wipes are located throughout the Library. Please make use of them!
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The Rare Book Room displays only a small portion of the Library's more than 35,000 rare books, incunabula, manuscripts, and archival material. The collection's original foundation of early Anglo-American legal works and international materials acquired from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has expanded in recent times thanks to donations, major purchases at international auctions, and continuing selection of materials from antiquarian booksellers worldwide. Today the collection is noted especially for its Continental materials, with particular strength in French legal history.
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