Collection
The William Taylor Muse Law Library has more than 430,000 volumes and serves not only as a library for law students and law faculty, but also for University of Richmond faculty and students, members of the local legal community, and the general public. The collection includes current and retrospective collections of federal and state codes and session laws, reported decisions of federal and state courts, federal regulatory and administrative materials, and an extensive collection of legal periodicals and law reviews, treatises, loose-leaf services, finding aids, and reference works. The library maintains collections of United States Supreme Court records and briefs on microfiche, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals records and briefs, and Virginia Supreme Court records and briefs.
In addition to the collection of Anglo-American materials, the library has substantial British and Canadian collections and a broad collection of both primary and secondary materials dealing with foreign, comparative and both private and public international law topics.
The library provides a substantial collection of electronic resources, including LexisNexis and Lexis Advance, Westlaw and Westlaw Next, Bloomberg Law, Fastcase, HeinOnline, Bloomberg BNA, Jurist and JustCite, CCH Intelliconnect, Law360, and numerous other electronic resources. Electronic resources are available to students and faculty via both wired and wireless networks in the library and at home as well.
The Muse Law Library has been a selective federal depository library since 1982 and maintains a strong collection of federal legislative and administrative materials. Public access to the government documents collection is accessible to all users, including the general public. In addition to these government publications, researchers will find legislative history materials, including full-text transcripts of Congressional hearings available in the microfiche collection.
Although the library is open to the public most hours, it does restrict access during the fall and spring semester study and examination periods. The library provides an individual carrel for each law student and ample study table and other seating for all users, offering a total of 684 total user seating. The library also includes a student computer lab on the library first floor across from the Circulation Desk.
Hours
Spring Semester Hours:Sunday: 9:00 a.m. - midnight
Monday-Thursday: 7:30 a.m. - midnight
Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Library hours and special closing announcements are also available on the library hours phone line, (804) 287-6552, and are posted in advance on the board by the library's entrance.
Library closing procedures commence approximately 15 minutes prior to closing time. All patrons should complete photocopying, return reserve materials, re-shelve books, and check out library materials 15 minutes prior to closing.