Library Hours: May 29 - Sept 1: 8 a.m. - Midnight (OPEN July 4th)

Student Computer Labs

There are two computer labs in the library, and both are restricted to use by law students only. One of these is the Computer Assisted Legal Research (CALR) Room on Sub-2 where you may have training sessions for Westlaw or Lexis. The other lab is located on Sub-3.

General Access Computers

Catalog Terminals: On each floor in the library, located near the central staircase you will find general access computers that are intended for searching in the library's online catalog. Anyone can use these computers to search the catalog and print out catalog results on the attached printers.

Research Terminals: On Sub-1, there are seven general access computers where students or anyone with a pass to use the library can do legal research.

Email Terminals: There are three computers in the hall near the Reading Room Stairs on the first floor of the Legal Research Building. These computers are intended for students and law school visitors to use for accessing email or other general Internet use.

Accessing the Internet on Your Laptop

Wireless: Current U-M faculty, staff and students can access the University of Michigan's wireless network from anywhere in the Law Library.

Ethernet: The library also offers a few Ethernet ports on Sub-1 where you can plug your computer in and access the Internet through an Ethernet cable. You can borrow an Ethernet cable at the Reference Desk on Sub-1.

Lexis, Westlaw, & Loislaw Access

Access to the following databases is limited to current U-M Law School students, faculty, and staff.

Bloomberg

University of Michigan Law School students may get passworded access to Bloomberg Law by going to http://about.bloomberglaw.com/lawschool/ and clicking the yellow "Get Started Now" box. This will take you through the steps of generating an account. Note that you will need to register using your umich.edu email address.

Printing

Law School Printing Policy: The Law School allows each student to print 600 pages at no cost, and additional pages cost 5¢ per page. Printing from the library computer labs counts toward your 600 pages. For more information about the Printing Policy, see the Printing Policy page on the Law School's website.

Catalog Terminals: Library users can print catalog records from these terminals at no cost. Printouts from these computers go to the attached printers.

Research Terminals: Each Research Terminal on Sub-1 has an attached printer. Printing from these computers costs 10¢ per page and requires a Copier Card, see below.

Copier Cards: To use the copiers in the library, you will need a Copier Card. These are located on top of the Card Encoder Machines which are used to add money to the Copier Cards. Card Encoder Machines are located in 2 places in the library: Adjacent to the copier on Sub-1, and in the copy room on Sub-2.

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