Welcome New & Returning Students!
The Law Library has an online guide for new students, Introduction to the Library, that may also serve as a helpful refresher for returning students. The guide covers the following topics:
- Frequently Asked Questions about the Law Library
- Carrels and study areas
- Resources for academic success
- Accessing materials on and off campus
- Campus information
Digital study aids are available through the law library! There are study aids tailored to first year law classes, including Civil Procedure, Criminal Law, and Contracts as well as 2L and 3L courses including Administrative Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, etc. Highlights include:
- Gilbert Law Summaries - These course outlines include black letter law, capsule summaries, and correlation charts to match pages to relevant casebooks.
- Audio lectures - The Law School Legends series offers 1-hour lectures by noted law school professors.
- "Understanding" series - Designed for first-year law students, these titles on law school subjects provide a solid grounding in the subject covered and help the reader gain a mastery of the subject.
- Acing Series - Synthesizes course material and uses a checklist format to lead students through questions they need to ask to fully evaluate the legal problem they are trying to solve.
- Nutshells – This series offers law school subjects in a readable format.
Questions? Contact a librarian in person at the Reference Desk, by email at lawlibref@ucdavis.edu, or by phone at (530) 752-0210.