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The Harvard Law School and Reproductive Equity Now Pro Bono Hackathon gives students an opportunity to come together and conduct research for reproductive justice…

CALI CALI, the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction, provides access to an extensive collection of interactive, computer-based lessons covering a number of subject areas.

In July 1817, the creation of the Law School was announced with the promise that students “will have access to the college library, and a…

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

Hours The Root Room, Historical & Special Collections’ reading room, is open by appointment only, Tuesday-Friday, 10-5.
To schedule an appointment or get in…

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. Locations 4th floor Caspersen Room Root…

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

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 Paul Deschner Applications Developer deschner@law.harvard.edu
617-384-9799 Leanne Pierson Digital Initiatives Coordinator lpierson@law.harvard.edu Stories About Our Work …

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 There are no events at this time. Amicus Libris: Briefs from the Harvard Law School Library Get curious about CURIOSity: Harvard…

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?…