ASU law students may check out circulating items for 30 days. Law students may check out reserve materials for in-library use for 3 hours, or overnight if checked out one hour before library closing and returned the first hour after opening the following morning.
Other ASU Students
ASU Undergraduates may check out circulating items for 14 days.
ASU Honors students and ASU Graduate students may check out circulating items for 30 days.
All ASU students may check out reserve materials for in-library use for 3 hours.
Attorneys
Members of the State Bar of Arizona may borrow circulating materials from the law library by registering at the circulation desk. Lawyers must show their State Bar of Arizona card, be a current member of the Bar, and show a second valid Arizona picture I.D. This service is free of charge and the materials have a 14-day loan period. At your request, one additional borrower may be authorized to use your card only at the Law Library. No firm, company, or corporate cards are issued.
To borrow materials from the other University Libraries, attorneys must purchase a community borrowing card. There is an annual fee of $100 for community-card borrowing.
The Ross-Blakley Law Library will lend circulating materials to law-firm librarians or to a person designated by a firm as the responsible library liaison. Books checked out on this "interlibrary loan basis" will circulate for 30 days. Requests for loans should be arranged in advance Monday-Friday by calling 480-965-6144. Photocopies and faxes can also be provided on a limited basis for a fee. Call 480-965-6144 for information.
Public Users
Individuals who are not ASU students, faculty, or staff may borrow circulating materials from the law library as well as other University Libraries by purchasing a community card. There is an annual fee of $100. Materials checked out on the community card circulate for 14 days. Reserve materials may be used in the library for 3 hours by presenting a valid I.D., such as an Arizona driver's license, a community card, or a State Bar of Arizona membership card.
Reserve Materials
ASU Law students may check out reserve materials for in-library use for 3 hours, or overnight if checked out one hour before library closing and returned the first hour after opening the following morning.
For all others, reserve materials may be used in the library for 3 hours. Present a valid I.D. such as an Arizona driver's license, a community borrowing card, or a State Bar of Arizona membership card.
Renewals
Circulating items may be renewed twice, if no holds have been placed on them, by bringing the items to the circulation desk. Items may be renewed on-line at http://www.asu.edu/lib/services/ or by calling phone renewal at 480-965-2595. After the second renewal, they must be brought to the circulation desk to be checked out again.
Fees
ASU affiliated borrowers will have their borrowing privileges suspended after items become 31 days overdue.
ASU students and staff will be assessed a $10 overdue billing fee and a replacement charge ($85 for law treatises) for each item not returned or renewed within 61 days of the due date. Only the replacement charge is canceled when the item is returned.
ASU faculty and academic professionals will be assessed a $10 overdue billing fee and a replacement charge ($85 for law treatises) for each item not returned or renewed within 91 days of the due date. Only the replacement charge is canceled when the item is returned.
Community Card borrowers will be assessed a $10 overdue billing fee and a replacement charge ($85 for law treatises) for each item not returned or renewed within 30 days of the due date. Only the replacement charge is canceled when the item is returned.
Borrowers with outstanding charges are denied borrowing privileges, and the charges post to accounts receivable, blocking enrollment, graduation, etc.
Holds
Law library items that are checked out to students or the public may be requested by other borrowers. A "hold" may be placed on the item. Certain items may not be retrievable due to heavy usage. Contact the Access Services Supervisor for assistance.
Facilities
Computer Laboratory
The library has a student lab with 22 computers and two computer-assisted research labs for Lexis and Westlaw. These three labs are for the use of ASU law students only. The student computer lab provides access to Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint software, CALI tutorial exercises, e-mail and the Internet. Students may also access the network with their laptops using the library's Ethernet connections or wireless network.
Study Rooms
The library has 18 study rooms for the exclusive use of ASU College of Law faculty, students and ASU Law alumni studying for the bar exam. Law students may reserve study rooms up to one week in advance by calling 480-965-6144 or by stopping by the circulation desk. Rooms may be reserved for a maximum of 4 hours in any one day.
Under certain circumstances, study rooms may be reserved for individual use on a long term (semester) basis. Individuals who may qualify include visiting scholars and law students with special needs. Contact 480-965-4865 for more information.
The library also has more than 150 study carrels and table seating for more than 200 individuals.
Law students can access the all-night study room at the northwest entrance of the building. Access to the room is by code, and must be obtained daily by signing up with Library personnel. Call 480-965-6144 for information.
Conference Room / Classroom
A conference room that seats 20 and a classroom that seats 32 is available for use by qualified groups. For instructions on using these rooms please go to the Law School's website at https://www.law.asu.edu/Apps/WebEvents/SubmitEvent1.aspx.
On-Line Catalog Access
The holdings of the law library and other University libraries can be accessed through the on-line catalog at http://www.asu.edu/lib. Please call 480-965-6500 for more information about remote access to the library catalog.
Services
Reference
Reference librarians are available throughout the year from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. There is no reference service on Saturday. During the fall and spring academic semesters, they are available until 8:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
Interlibrary Loan
This service is offered only to current Law Students, Law Faculty, and Law Staff. Other ASU-affiliated users should check with their home library at ASU Tempe, ASU Polytechnic or ASU West for available services there. Law students may borrow books and request copies of articles not available on campus through the Interlibrary Loan Department at 480-965-7114.
The library is a selective depository for federal documents.
Messages
A message board is located near the double-door entrance to the Main Reading Room. This board is available for the posting of personal messages for library users. Posting of advertisements and flyers is not permitted. Library staff will post telephone messages for library users on this board. The library has neither a paging system nor the staff to deliver messages personally.
Library Policies
Food and Beverages Policy
In order to preserve the library collections, computer equipment, and the library facility, the library's food and drink policy will be strictly enforced. Food and tobacco products are prohibited everywhere in the library, including the study rooms at all times. Non-alcoholic beverages are permitted in the library, but only if they are in spill-resistant containers. What is a spill resistant container?: A container that if tipped could be righted before much of the contents spilled out.
Cellular phone conversations are restricted to the lobby area or outside the building. Beepers should be set to vibrate mode.
Computer Labs
The student, Lexis and Westlaw computer labs are for the exclusive use of the ASU College of Law faculty, students and staff.
Computer Use Policy
The Law Library has a number of computers for use by its patrons for legal research. These computers are to be used for legal research only. Use of these computers is also governed by ASU's Computer, Internet and Electronic Communication Policy , which governs the use of ASU's computing resources.
Viewing or downloading child pornography is illegal.
Limited Access Policy
The primary responsibility of the Ross-Blakley Law Library is to support the teaching and research functions of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. The Library also supports Arizona State University faculty and students as well as community users who need to access legal materials that only the Law Library owns, including the federal documents depository collection. Due to space limitations, and in order to ensure that the Library facilities and services are fully available to the College of Law community, the Law Library observes a limited access policy during the fall and spring semesters. This policy is fully enforced at all times that the Library is open during the academic terms. Use of the law library as a general study hall is forbidden during the fall and spring semesters.
Unrestricted Access Users:
Faculty, students and staff of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of law; ASU students enrolled in law school courses.
Authorized Access Users
Members of the Arizona Bar as well as members of the Arizona state and federal judiciary, upon display of a current bar card; judicial law clerks and research attorneys, upon display of a current court ID or current bar card. Authorized Access Users must check in with the circulation counter.
Limited Access Users:
All categories of Limited Access Users must check in at the circulation counter, present proper identification, and sign in before limited access for that visit shall be granted.
ASU faculty and academic personnel upon display of a current Sun Card;
ASU students taking courses where legal materials are required for their research upon display of a current Sun Card;
Members of the public who wish to access the legal information collections or materials held as part of the Federal Library Depository Program, upon display of current identification.
Visitors
Visitors who merely wish to tour the building for a brief period are asked to identify themselves and sign in at the circulation counter. This access does not allow the visitor to study or remain in the Law Library.
Access granted to authorized or limited access users shall not entitle them to the use of any Law Library facility designated for the exclusive use of ASU law students, e.g. the Computer Labs., the study rooms, and the all night reading room. Access is granted contingent upon the user complying with the Library Code of Conduct: http://www.law.asu.edu/Library/Information/Services/index.aspx#Library_Policy . Any library user who is found to violate any library policy, or who is disruptive in any way, must leave the Library immediately.
Admittance Procedures
Unrestricted Access Users
The doors into the main reading room and the east elevators of the Ross-Blakley Law Library are controlled by the ISAAC system. The ISAAC card system reads Sun Cards . Law faculty, staff and students will have access rights to the Law Library through their activated Sun Card. Faculty, students and staff, as well as undergraduate students enrolled in law classes must carry their Sun Cards to utilize the ISAAC card system and gain entry into the Library.
Authorized Access Users
Bench and Bar Members of the Arizona Bar as well as members of the Arizona state and federal judiciary, judicial law clerks and research attorneys, will be admitted upon display of a current bar card or court ID.
ASU faculty members who anticipate that their students will need access to the Law Library in order to conduct research projects for their classes during any given semester may have their class rosters entered into the ISAAC Card System for that particular semester upon application to the Associate Dean for Information Technology and the Ross Blakley Law Library. Names of students along with their University identification numbers will be required. Successful activation will require that the students possess currently activated Sun Cards.
Limited Access Users
Access for users in this category requires proper identification and signing in at the Law Library circulation counter.
ASU faculty and academic personnel upon display of a current Sun Card, and signing the register will be admitted by the Circulation desk staff. Academic users in this category who have need of frequent access to the Law Library collections may apply to the Library Director, or the circulation desk staff to be added to the ISAAC control system. This process requires a current, activated Sun Card.
ASU students taking courses where legal materials are required for their research upon display of a current Sun Card and signing the register will be admitted by the circulation desk staff.
Members of the public who wish to access the legal information collections or materials held as part of the Federal Library Depository Program, upon display of current identification or an ASU Community Card, and upon signing the register will be admitted by the circulation desk staff.
Summary of Identification Required for Access Categories
Unrestricted and Authorized Access Users
User Category
Identification Required
ASU Law students, faculty and staff
Activated Sun Card
ASU students enrolled in law classes
Activated Sun Card
Members of the State Bar
Current State Bar Membership Card
Members of the judiciary, judicial law clerks, research attorneys
Current Court Identification Card
Limited Access Users
User Category
Identification Required
ASU Faculty
Current Sun Card
ASU students – legal research only
Current Sun Card
ASU staff – legal research only
Current Sun Card
Faculty of other institutions of higher education
Current identification card from home campus or ASU community card
Members of the general public needing access to legal materials or federal depository library materials
Current identification or ASU Community Card
Law students from other law schools
Current identification
The Limited Access Policy is also available in pdf.
Library Code of Conduct
The primary clients of the Ross-Blakley Law Library are the faculty and students of the College of Law. However, our facilities, collection and services are also available to other University users, members of the bar, and the general public who require access to legal materials.
Users of the library expect:
a library environment free of disruptive activity
access to library materials or an ability to place a hold on them as regulations allow
newspapers, journals, documents, and books that are complete and unmarked
surroundings free from food and uncovered beverages and their resulting problems
A pleasant and productive environment for study and research requires that each library user follow the Ross-Blakley Law Library Conduct Policy and refrain from the activities listed below:
Removal or attempted removal of library materials or property without checking them out or without authorization.
Consuming food or drinking beverages that are not in spill-resistant containers within the computer labs, study rooms and all other study areas of the library. See Library Food and Drink Policy for examples of spill-resistant containers.
Smoking or using smokeless tobacco in any area of the library.
Mutilation of library materials, furniture or equipment by marking, underlining, scratching, removing pages or portions of pages, removing binding, removing electronic-theft detection devices, or in any other way injuring or defacing the library building, library materials, furniture, or equipment.
Concealing library materials in the library for the exclusive use of an individual or group or for the express purpose of preventing use by others.
Failing to return materials following the expiration of the loan period and/or on request for return of materials by the library.
Failing to pay the library the value of lost or damaged materials.
Creating any disturbance that interferes with normal use of the library (rowdiness, noise, offensive sexual behavior, etc.)
Abusing the rules and regulations regarding the use of library facilities including the study, conference rooms, classrooms, and the computer labs.
Harassing of library staff or users.
Being in an unauthorized area of the library or remaining in the library after closing or when requested to leave during emergency situations or drills.
All users must comply with federal, state and local laws. The library will actively pursue disciplinary action, prosecution, or other legal action for the offenses listed above. Misuse of the library whether by theft, mutilation, or vandalism of library materials or property, or by interference with study and research activities of library users, shows disrespect for the institution and disregard of the rights of members of the University and College of Law community. Misuse of the library is a violation of Section 5-303, Prohibited Conduct (R7-4-102) of the Arizona Board of Regents Code of Conduct (BOR 5/83,9/83). The Ross-Blakley Law Library Conduct Policy is based upon the Code.
Persons who commit or attempt to commit offenses stated in the Code of Conduct and the Library Code of Conduct Policy, whether a member of the University Community or not, may be asked to leave the library or the campus, may be subject to the sanctions of expulsion, suspension, prosecution, forfeiture, warning, and restitution, and may be accountable to both civil authorities (city, state, or federal) and to the University.
Study Room Conduct Code
Use of study rooms is a privilege. Please respect our fellow students and the library staff in upholding the purpose of the study rooms, which is to facilitate the "Group Study" process in legal education.
The goal of the library's procedures is to maximize the use of the rooms and ensure fairness in the use of the rooms.
1. Study rooms are for the exclusive use of Arizona State University College of Law faculty, students, and ASU alumni studying for the bar.
2. During exam periods the demand for study rooms exceeds the number of rooms available.
3. Study rooms may be reserved up to one week in advance by law faculty, groups of two or more students, staff or members of the local bar at the circulation desk or by calling 965-6144.
4. Rooms may be reserved for a maximum of four hours in any one day except during the exam periods when the following guidelines apply: 3-4 person groups may reserve a room for a maximum of six hours per day and 5-6 person groups can reserve a room for a maximum of eight hours per day. All study group members must be registered for the room at the circulation desk. Reserved rooms are held for only 10 minutes.
5. Rooms may be extended provided the initial period has expired and no other group has requested that particular room.
6. Individuals may use any unoccupied room but must relinquish it to any group requesting it. Individuals may not "bump" groups.
7. Groups should use rooms that are appropriate to the number of people in their group. For example, a two-person group should use a two-person room not a four or six person room.
8. Study rooms should not be used as lockers. The library is not responsible for any personal items stolen or damaged while left in an unattended study room.
9. Food and smoking are prohibited, drinks in covered containers are allowed.
10. Study room keys are coded to set off the security system and should not be removed from the library.
PROMULGATED BY A JOINT COMMITTEE OF THE SBA AND THE ROSS BLAKLEY LAW LIBRARY 11/22/96
11. Study room windows should not be covered with paper or any other material to block visibility into the room. One exception is students using a study room to take final exams proctored by a law school representative. In that case, the proctor may cover windows when the exam is being taken. Unauthorized papering of windows will be removed by library staff. (Added 2/8/99)
Use of the Library by Minors
All children under the age of 15 must be accompanied by an adult while in the facilities of the Ross-Blakley Law Library. The limited exceptions are: (a) children under the age of 15 who are currently affiliated with an ASU Program as reflected in University records and (b) children who are in a library facility to use their Parent Borrower's Community Card. Unescorted children will be required to leave the premises. All users of the facilities of the Ross-Blakley Law Library are subject to the provisions of the Law Library Code of Conduct and the Law Library Computer Use Policy. Access to, or use of, the Internet by minor children is solely the responsibility of the parent or legal guardian.
approved by ASU Office Of General Counsel August 9, 2003
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The primary clients of the Ross-Blakley Law Library are the faculty and students of the College of Law. However, our facilities, collection and services are also available to other University users, members of the bar, and the general public who require access to legal materials.