Independence Day Hours

The Library will have more limited hours during the upcoming Independence Day holiday.


Students will have normal card access on Saturday, July 3 (noon to 6 pm) and Sunday, July 4 (5 pm to 10 pm). There will be no access at all on Monday, July 5.


The Library will be closed Saturday, Sunday, and Monday for public access.

ASL Library Summer Hours

Our summer schedule begins on Monday, May 3. As a reminder, the Library will be closing at 5 pm on Friday, April 30, and there will be no student access during Commencement weekend (May 1 and 2).

Our public hours during the summer are Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. We will not be open to the public on the weekends.

For students, we will have staffed hours Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. Students will also have card access to the building Monday through Friday, 8 am to 10 pm; Saturday, noon to 6 pm; and Sunday, 5 pm to 10 pm. Students who need a replacement card can stop by Chris' office during the week (there's a $5 charge).

The Library will be closed to the public and students on Memorial Day, May 31 (Monday), and Independence Day, July 5 (Monday).

Click here for a printable chart of our hours.

Summer Hours begin May 4

Summer hours will begin on Monday, May 4. As a reminder, the Library will be closing at 5 pm on Friday, May 1, and will be closed during Commencement weekend (May 2 and 3). There will be no student access during this time.

Our public hours during the summer are Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. We will not be open to the public on the weekends.

For students, we will have staffed hours Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. Students will also have card access to the building Monday through Friday, 8 am to 10 pm; Saturday, noon to 6 pm; and Sunday, 5 pm to 10 pm. Students who need a replacement card can stop by Chris' office during the week (there's a $5 charge).

The Library will be closed to the public and students on Memorial Day, May 25 (Monday), and Independence Day, July 3 (Friday).

Click here for a printable chart of our hours.

National Library Week: Day 2

Today's National Library Week puzzle is about the bar exam. Out of the listed questions, can you tell which ones are fact and which ones are fiction? (There are a few tricky ones thrown in there!) Check out today's puzzle -- along with all of the others -- on our National Library Week page.

Bar Exam Resources Available

Now that Spring Break is over, most of you will be spending the next few weeks preparing for exams. For the 3Ls, that will be the easy part -- the harder part comes in preparing for the summer bar exam. The ASL Library has some resources to help you prepare:

• ASL's Legal Research Guide on Bar Examination Starting Points (PDF)



• ASL's new Bar Exam Resources page, which contains links to state bar exam rules, prior practice questions (and answers, where available!), and a quick link for that all-important day when bar exam results are released

Both of these resources list the various books and handouts we've collected. Stop by the Reference Desk (or poke your head in one of the librarians' offices) and ask us if you have questions about any of these materials.

Studying for the Bar Exam: Practice!

The National Conference of Bar Examiners -- the folks who create the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE) -- have created a practice test on their web site. A short-term subscription is $26 (it's a February-July or July-February term). The site keeps track of your scores, and also provides annotations for both the correct and incorrect answers on each question.

A direct link is here:
http://www.ncbex.org/mbe-ap/

The ASL Library has some older MBE practice questions (with answers) available at the Circulation Desk for a two-hour checkout.