The Thurgood Marshall Law Library welcomes back returning students and welcomes incoming students for the spring 2021 semester at Maryland Carey Law. [Watch the spring 2021 welcome message from Jason Hawkins, interim director of the Law Library and head of research services.]
At the start of the semester, the Law Library building will be closed, but library services and resources are available online and through a pickup service. Read on to learn how you can take advantage of the Law Library's virtual and extended services such as curbside pickup or virtual reference this semester. We're online for you.
Study space in the Law Library: Assigned study space in the Law Library will be available beginning Feb. 8, 2021, for current JD and LLM students. Dates of availability are subject to change based on COVID-19 conditions and guidelines.
Due to UMB’s COVID-related physical distancing policies, the library’s capacity will be significantly limited. We hope this will benefit those of you who lack an appropriate study environment at home. If you have an adequate area to study at home, please don’t request space in the library.
If you would like to request an assigned space in the Law Library, please follow our instructions to request assigned Law Library study spaces, which include a request form, and more information on required COVID-19 testing, daily SAFE reporting, Law Library hours, and other program requirements. Priority will be given to requests received by Thursday, Feb. 4.
Alternatively, the Health Sciences and Human Services Library building is open Mondays to Fridays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Curbside pickup: Information about how to request and borrow materials can be found on our Guide to COVID-19 and Law Library Services and Resources.
Accessing library resources remotely: Law students may access many of the Law Library's resources remotely, including databases, online journals, research guides, and ebooks. To access our subscription online materials, you may be prompted to enter your UMID and password. The Law Library’s off-campus access guide can help you troubleshoot remote access issues.
Virtual reference help: The library professional staff is available online to answer your library-related questions and for personalized research consultations. If there are resources and services for which you need more information or would like to give your feedback, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
- Chat: Online chat is available Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Open a chat window from the library home page, our research guides, or from search results pages in our Discovery Service catalog.
- Email: Email library-related questions to law-library@law.umaryland.edu. We generally reply to emails by the next business day.
- Virtual research consultations: Request one-on-one or group research consultations by submitting a request to law-library@law.umaryland.edu.
Research guides & FAQs: You can also check to see if your question is addressed in our FAQs or our online research guides.
Blackboard support: For help using Blackboard, visit our Remote Teaching & Learning Resources Guide, or email our Instructional Technology Support Team at blackboard@law.umaryland.edu.
Thank you for your understanding of our efforts to comply with University of Maryland, Baltimore COVID-19 Recovery policies as we do our part to help slow this pandemic. We’re all in this together facing unique challenges of a rapidly changing pandemic environment.
For updates on our virtual and extended library services and resources, please see our Guide to COVID-19 and Law Library Services and Resources on the Law Library's home page.