The Gallagher Law Library is seeking UW Law Students from all law programs to become members of the Student Law Library Advisory Board (SLLAB).   SLLAB is a quarterly forum for law students to share direct feedback with the library and establish a platform for students to discuss how the library can continue to support their needs. All members must be willing to attend one meeting per quarter during lunchtime. All members will receive a complimentary lunch.   First Meeting: November 10th, 2022 Time: 12:30 - 1:30 PM Place: L2 RSO Commons  Interested in joining? Please send a 3 ..read more

 Calling all current UW Law students--the Gallagher Law Library is offering guided tours all week  (October 3 to 7) to show you our facility, collections, and services. Tour groups are small to facilitate Q & A. New and returning students are welcome! Sign up for your slot here ..read more

Gallagher Law Library is thrilled that we will soon be seeing UW Law students back in the library. Welcome new Huskies and welcome back to our returning Huskies! Remember that our Law Students page is your one-stop shop for all library services related to law students. Questions? Take a look at our FAQ page or contact us--we'd love to hear from you ..read more

While the Gallagher Law Library facility has remained open to UW Law community members for the better part of the last two years, our facility has been closed to in-person non-UW Law users since March, 2019.  The Law Library anticipates reopening to the public for very limited hours on a weekly basis sometime during the fall of 2022. Please keep an eye on our hours page for specific dates ..read more

You've no doubt heard that the Supreme Court is considering a case that could overrule Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973).*  Maybe you've been following this news closely. Or maybe you've been concentrating on papers, exams, and getting food on the table. Either way, you might like to have some resources handy to help you understand the context of the case. Good Overviews   Laurie Sobel et al., Abortion at SCOTUS: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, KFF (updated May 4, 2022).  (The Kaiser Family Foundation is a nonprofit organization that reports on health policy.) Jon O. Shimabukur ..read more

Ever wondered about how to become a space lawyer or an animal rights lawyer but didn't know where to start? The Gallagher Law Library is here to help!  In honor of National Library Week, the Gallagher Law Library created a new legal career guide, “Where Will Your Legal Education Take You?” This guide is designed to help law students, prospective law students, or those who would like a change in their career to explore over 30 different careers one could take after completing a law degree and links resources for future research into each of these careers. The guide also discusses gradu ..read more

Do you prefer the warm, rich sound of  vinyl records to the precise yet cold sound you get from digital media? Will you go out of your way to get a luscious heirloom tomato from a produce stand, when the local supermarket has plenty of industrially farmed tomatoes on offer? Then our new law library suite is for you! After extensive renovation, the law library has devoted Floor L3 to creating an a vintage law library experience for connoisseurs like you.    The Condon Reading Room John T. Condon Photo by William F. Boyd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons ..read more

Key Numbers are powerful! The West Key Number System has been helping researchers find relevant cases since the late nineteenth century. Part of what has kept it useful is the editors' ongoing work to keep it up to date (or as up to date as you can keep such a large, complex system). Some of the changes have responded to changes in technology. When the original outline was created, there wasn't a need for Automobiles (Topic 48A) or Aviation (Topic 48B).  Some of the changes have reflected societal changes. Topic 223, Intoxicating Liquors, is more palatable (or potable) than the o ..read more

With the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the 116th Justice of the United States Supreme Court, news reports have noted the demographics on the Court, whose members have been mostly white through history. Judge Jackson would be only the third African American to serve on the Court (after Justices Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas) and the sixth woman (after Justices Sandra Day O'Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, and Amy Coney Barrett). And she would become the first Justice who is both African American and a woman.  This seems like a good time t ..read more

To start off your celebration of Women's History Month you might visit the Secretary of State's online exhibit, Moving Forward Looking Back: Washington's First Women in Government.   There you'll find profiles of the first women to serve as state representatives, state senator, Superintendent of Public Instruction, mayor of Seattle, Washington Secretary of State, U.S. representative, governor, senate majority leader, Washington Supreme Court justice, Commissioner of Public Lands, Insurance Commissioner, Washington State Attorney General, and U.S. Senator. Bertha Knight Landes ..read more