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- Lillian Goldman Law
  8am - 8pm; 8pm – midnight: YLS Community Only (after 8pm)
- Circulation Desk Hours
  9am - 8pm
- Rare Book Room
  By Appointment. Contact: rarebooks.law@yale.edu
- Reference Desk Hours
  10am - 4pm

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Lillian Goldman Law

8am - 8pm; 8pm – midnight: YLS Community Only (after 8pm)

Circulation Desk Hours

9am - 8pm

By Appointment. Contact: rarebooks.law@yale.edu

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10am - 4pm

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Exhibit: Racket: The People v. Hines & the Courtroom as Spectacle

August 21, 2023 - 12:00am

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Learn to Read Secretary Hand - Rare Book Open House

September 27, 2023 - 12:00pm

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October 5, 2023 - 2:00pm

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