Category: Law Library

To new UVic Law students, welcome, and to returning students, welcome back! 

Our regular fall term hours begin on Tuesday September 6th. 

The law library’s fall term regular hours are: 

Monday – Thursday                           8:00am – 8:00pm  

Friday:                                                          8:00am – 6:00pm 

Saturday-Sunday:                              10:00am – 5:30pm  

Tours:

The Law Librarians will be providing tours of the law library for 1L, 2L, new upper year and new graduate students.  Details will be included with your orientation materials. 

For full details on Law’s orientation for new students, visit UVic Law’s orientation for new students page.  

For UVic Orientation information: https://www.uvic.ca/orientation/index.php  

Research Help:

Librarians are available to help with research and citation questions. Book a research consultation appointment or contact us at lawref@uvic.ca for answers to your questions.

If you visited the Law Library over the past few weeks, you will have noticed some temporary shelving being installed on the first floor, along with library staff busy moving collections. This work is in preparation for this summer’s renovations to relocate CAPI into the former technical services area within the Law Library and to reconfigure the Law Library’s first floor.

The majority of the collections on the first floor will not be relocated and will remain accessible throughout the renovations. During construction, if you notice that any print resource has been relocated, library staff will be able to assist you in locating the material or retrieving it from temporary storage.

Legal Research Refresher Sessions

Do the LRW research tutorials seem like a distant memory? Are you staring at your open memo not knowing where to start?

Then come to one of our lunch hour research refresher sessions presented by law librarians: Sarah and Emily. Sessions will be happening on Zoom, no preregistration required.

Week 1 : Emphasis on secondary sources and resources for researching Canadian state law

January 18 & 20 from 12:30-1:20pm (same session each time)

Join Zoom Meeting: https://uvic.zoom.us/j/83568501183

Week 2: Emphasis on citation

January 27 from 12:30-1:20pm

Join Zoom Meeting: https://uvic.zoom.us/j/87313829051

The law library also has a legal research and writing guide: https://libguides.uvic.ca/lrw that you may find helpful as you are working on your open memo assignment. There you can find a research strategy overview, links to a sample research plan, and primary and secondary legal research starting points.

If you have any questions… remember, we’re here to help you. Ask us!

The Law Library would like to wish all the students good luck on their exams!

We would also like to remind students of the extended study hours and research help options, as well as the supports offered by Amicus and the relaxation station available during library hours.

Extended Library Hours over Exam Period (Dec 8-19):
Mon-Thurs: 8am-10pm
Fri: 8am-8pm
Sat-Sun: 10am-10pm

Supports, Relaxation Station and Nap Time!
Remember that Amicus Team support remains available to law students throughout the year and that the law library’s Relaxation Station is available whenever the library is open. Don’t forget about the respite room in case you need a quick cat nap – just ask for the key at the front desk.

Citation and Research Help:
You may have noticed that the research help desk in the law library is unattended during the December exam period. Though the desk is quiet, research and citation help will remain available until December 24.

Students, you’re encouraged to email or phone the usual research help contacts. The librarians receive email and phone messages at those contacts and will respond as quickly as possible, Monday through Friday. Our regular Research Help Desk hours will recommence in the new year.