Douglas County Law Library
Judicial and Law Enforcement Center
111 East 11th Street
Lawrence, Kansas 66044
info@douglascolawlibrary.org
Phone: (785) 838-2477
Fax: (785) 838-2455

Welcome to the
Douglas County Law Library Website


The Law Library is open to everyone. The public has access 12 hours per week (see Library Hours page) and attorneys who have been issued keys have access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Library provides print resources for a Kansas-based practice and electronic resources including the Lexis on-line legal database. All Library users have free access to all of the Library's resources.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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News:

> Law Library Changes to WestlawNext: Beginning on June 1, 2013, the Law Library will change its provider of on-line legal research from Lexis to WestlawNext. The Library will endeavor to make the transition as uneventful as possible for our patrons.

> Underutilized Periodical Subscriptions Will Be Cancelled: The Law Library is conducting an extensive re-evaluation of all the journals, supplements, pocket parts, and other periodical publications it receives, with an eye to reducing the acquisition of this material to only those titles that are actually used by Library patrons.

A committee has been formed to monitor this usage and to determine which titles to keep acquiring/updating, and which titles to cancel. To this end, a periodicals use survey is being conducted. The survey consists of a list of all the periodical material up for review. Periodical material currently acquired by the Library that does not meet the use criteria determined by the committee will be cancelled. The only way that the committee can determine usage is by the user logging his or her use of the material when the material is used. To ensure that the Library will continue to purchase periodical material that is valuable to Library patrons, it is essential that patrons record on this log each and every time they use the materials in question.


Did You Know?

The Law Library maintains a discard box of unneeded materials that are free for the taking.

"Did You Know?" is a service of the Law Library. Every month, a bit of Law Library trivia will be posted in the Law Library and here on the Law Library's website. The previous month's "Did You Know?" tidbit will also be published in the Law Library's
E-Mail Newsletter. We hope this service will help improve communication between the Law Library and its users.


This Month In Legal History

May 21, 1856 - Marshal Donaldson orders Captain Donaldson to release Dr. Root and Captain Mitchell.

For the full story, go to the
This Month In Legal History page on this website.

"This Month In Legal History" features an event from the history of law and jurisprudence of Douglas County, Kansas, that occurred during the month. A different historical event will be posted here every month and published in the Law Library's E-Mail Newsletter. The archives of previously published entries can be accessed by going to the This Month In Legal History Archive page. Suggestions from readers of items for inclusion in this feature are encouraged and welcomed.


Mission Statement

The mission of the Douglas County Law Library is to provide legal and law related resources through a law library, focused on a Kansas practice, conveniently located in the Judicial Center for use by the bar, bench and public.


The Douglas County Law Library was established under the auspices of the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, pursuant to Kansas Statutes 20-3126 through 20-3132, and opened on May 1, 2003. The Library is open to the general public as noted on the Law Library Hours page on this website. Licensed attorneys in Douglas County who have paid their annual Law Library Registration Fee and been issued a key have access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Attorneys should contact the Library about getting a key.

Attorneys who have not paid their Registration Fee are prohibited from filing any and all transactions with the Clerk of the District Court until the fee is paid. They also are ineligible to run for one of the five positions reserved for attorneys on the Douglas County Law Library Board of Trustees and to vote in elections for those positions.


For more information, contact the Law Library at: info@douglascolawlibrary.org.


Comments to: Webmaster: Kerry Altenbernd, Law Librarian, Douglas County Law Library, Judicial and Law Enforcement Center, 111 East 11th Street, Lawrence, KS  66044.

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Created: November 2002; Revised: May 20, 2013