D'Angelo Law Library Borrowing Policies
Students, faculty and staff of the University of Chicago have borrowing privileges at the D'Angelo Law Library. A current validated Chicago Card is required for all charges. University of Chicago Law School students with current validated ID's have full privileges at all University of Chicago libraries, including Harper (undergraduate), Regenstein (social sciences and humanities), SSA (social work), and Crerar (science and medicine). Detailed information on borrowing at all campus libraries, including the D'Angelo Law Library, is provided below.
Special Borrowing Policies for D'Angelo Law Library Collections
- Reserve Reading Room Materials. Books located in the D'Angelo Law Library Reserve Collection can be borrowed for two hours. After 8:00 p.m., they can be borrowed overnight.
- Primary Law Materials. Primary law materials, such as case reports, session laws, and legislative codes, and other titles, are building use only and do not circulate on regular loan.
- Multiple Volume Sets. Multi-volume treatises, looseleafs, and other sets are building use only and do not circulate on regular loan.
- John P. Wilson Reading Room Books. Books in the Wilson Reading Room must be used in the Reading Room. Many of these books have duplicate copies on other floors, which may be charged to D'Angelo Law Library carrels.
- Reference Books. Books in the reference collection do not circulate and must be used in the John P. Wilson Reading Room.
- Law Reviews. Bound law reviews and unbound issues in the stacks may be charged for 24 hours. They may also be charged to D'Angelo Law Library carrels.
- Faculty and Alumni Writings. Books from the D'Angelo Law Chicago Collection and D'Angelo Law Alumni Collection may be paged at the Circulation Desk and checked out for 24 hours.
- City of Chicago Collection. Books in the City of Chicago Collection are shelved in the Reserve Reading Room but circulate on regular loan.
- Fulton Room Collection. The Fulton Room's collection of general periodicals does not circulate and use is limited to the Fulton Room.
- Storage Collections. The D'Angelo Law Library maintains several storage collections and pages items from those collections for patron use. Items in storage circulate on regular loan unless they are primary law or part of a multiple volume set. Consult the storage collections web page for additional information.
- Silver Special Collections Rare Book Room. Items is this collection do not circulate and may be requested for in building use at the Circulation Desk.
Borrowing Policies for D'Angelo Law Library Carrels
Most D'Angelo Law Library materials may be charged to carrels or offices in the D'Angelo Law Library. These include books that are building use only such as law reports and advance sheets, codes, and multiple volume sets. In addition to being subject to regular recall, a book charged to a carrel may be removed briefly for the use of another patron. Books charged to carrels may not be taken out of the D'Angelo Law Library. Carrels are assigned to law students quarterly by the Circulation Supervisor, Michael W. Brown. Applications are available at the D'Angelo Law Library Circulation Desk.
Borrowing Policies for Those Not Affiliated with the University
Non-University affiliated persons should use Interlibrary Loan for borrowing from the D'Angelo Law Library and other campus libraries. Law students and faculty from other Chicago area law schools (Northwestern, DePaul, Loyola, Chicago-Kent, John Marshall) have access privileges at the D'Angelo Law Library, but they do not have borrowing privileges. Students and faculty affiliated with other law schools may use the interlibrary loan services at their home institution to request D'Angelo Law Library books. While the D'Angelo Law Library does not lend books to individual attorneys, law firms which are members of the Chicago Association of Law Libraries may borrow books through Interlibrary Loan.
Alumni of the Law School and the University may purchase borrowing privileges for all campus libraries.