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Materials in Historical & Special Collections are open to everyone. Request a Reading Room Appointment Reading Room Hours The Historical & Special Collections Reading Room,…

Hours We are open by appointment only, Tuesday-Friday, 10-5.
To schedule an appointment, please email specialc@law.harvard.edu. Upcoming Closures:  Monday, October 10…

What is in the Modern Manuscripts Collection? In 1964 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter wrote to Professor Alexander M. Bickel of the Yale Law…

Reading Room Use Materials in Historical & Special Collections are open to all researchers regardless of academic affiliation. In order to gain access to materials…

The Rare Book Collection contains over 100,000 printed books, pamphlets, broadsides and other material, with imprints between the fifteenth and twentieth centuries. The collection has…

The History of the Red Set The history of the Red Set dates from the 1890s when the Library began to preserve in a non-circulating…

The Art & Visual Materials Collection documents the legal profession and the history of the law, as well as the history of the Harvard Law…

Rare Books & Early Manuscripts Materials from around the world, from 1160 to today International in scope, the Rare Books collection contains over 100,000 printed…

Historical & Special Collections staff can help you… Use Harvard search tools such as HOLLIS, HOLLIS for Archival Discovery, and…

Although the Historical & Special Collections Department was only organized as an administrative unit in 1985, the history of the collecting of historical legal materials…

Quiet Zones Areas for quiet reading and study. Please keep noise to a minimum and take conversations to other zones. Stairwells and other nooks are…

Research Guides by Topic 1L Topics Writing & Citation Foreign (non-U.S.) & International Law U.S. State Law Statistics & Data Administrative Law Commercial, Corporate, &…

Highlighted Digital Collections Joseph Story This collection enables researchers to learn about Joseph Story the scholar, author, and judge through…

We are committed to making our spaces and collections accessible to all scholars and researchers. Please contact Access/Circulation, 617-495-3455 or access@law.harvard.edu to ask about…

Our Spaces Find the right space for your needs. These are a few our spaces and amenities: Open study spaces Private group study rooms Sofas…

Staff Jessica Chapel Librarian/Archivist for Digital Projects jchapel@law.harvard.edu
617-384-7712 Paul Deschner Applications Developer deschner@law.harvard.edu
617-384-9799 Chris Spraker Archivist for Special Projects…

Our Mission From Collections to Connections The Harvard Law School Library supports the learning, research, and teaching needs of the HLS community through engagement with…

Upcoming Events Harvard Law School Library Book Talk: Missing the Target October 19, 2022
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Join the HLS Library…

Contact a Research Librarian We’re available to help you find materials in the Library and answer questions about legal research.   Who Can Use Research Services?…

Debbie Ginsberg Manager, Faculty Research & Scholarly Support Services dginsberg@law.harvard.edu
617-495-8689 LinkedIn Twitter Deanna Barmakian Faculty Research Librarian dbarmakian@law.harvard.edu
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Thomas Ma Cataloging Manager tma@law.harvard.edu
617-496-2109 Dan Belich Library Assistant dbelich@law.harvard.edu
617-998-2608 Sean Bustard Technical Services Library Assistant sbustard@law.harvard.edu Noah…

Popular Databases Lexis Westlaw Bloomberg Law Hein Online …

Private Group Study Rooms We have 10 rooms you can reserve for group study sessions. Rooms include: Monitors for screen sharing White board and markers…

KB Beck Manager, Historical & Special Collections & Rare Books Curator kbeck@law.harvard.edu
617-496-2107 Edwin Moloy Curator Of Modern Manuscripts emoloy@law.harvard.edu
617-496-8080…

Research Assistance Support for faculty doing research with an empirical component Publication Support Review empirical papers for sound research design and methodologycreate publishable quality tables…

Elke Piontek Manager, Continuing Resources And Acquisitions epiontek@hbs.harvard.edu
617-496-2105 Erin Britt Continuing Resources & Acquisitions Library Assistant ebritt@law.harvard.edu
617-495-4002 Jennifer Burton…

Caroline Walters Collection Development Librarian for U.S. & the Materials Budget cwalters@law.harvard.edu
617-495-5166 Lori Schulsinger Collection Development Coordinator lschulsinger@law.harvard.edu
617-495-3827 Foreign…

Brian Sutton Access Services Manager bsutton@law.harvard.edu
617-495-3455 Melanie Evans Access Services Coordinator mevans@law.harvard.edu
617-495-4567 Ella Galinovsky Collection Management Specialist galinovs@law.harvard.edu…

Mindy Kent Manager, Reference and Student Research & Instructional Services mkent@law.harvard.edu
617-495-4454
Make an appointment Jennifer Allison Librarian for Foreign, Comparative,…

Our Projects Perma.cc Perma.cc helps scholars, journals, courts, and others create permanent records of the web sources they cite. …

Service Hours & Turnaround Time Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m 1 business day Books and bound journals held on-site Articles available online…

The Harvard Law School Library is a private research facility. We primarily support the educational and research needs of the Harvard Law School faculty, staff…

Jonathan Zittrain George Bemis Professor of International Law and Vice Dean, Library and Information Resources, Harvard Law School; Faculty Director, Berkman Klein Center For Internet…

Jocelyn Kennedy is the Executive Director of the Harvard Law School Library, where she oversees the day to day operations and provides strategic leadership for…

A – E NameEmail(@law)PhoneDepartmentAllison, Jennifer
jallison617-495-4543Student Research & Instructional ServicesAvedian, Arevikaavedian
617-495-5268Empirical ResearchBarmakian, Deannadbarmakian617-496-2129Faculty Research and Scholarly SupportBeck, KBkbeck617-496-2107Historical…

Research Services consultations, search strategies, citation guidance Use the Library library access, borrow materials, reserve study…