Get Research Help

Welcome to the Law Library! The research librarians are available to assist Yale Law School and Yale University students, faculty, and staff. We offer a variety of research services, including research consultations, research training, and research assistance when you are writing a paper, serving on the law review, working in a clinic or as a research assistant. Meet the research team. 

Contact our research librarians via email anytime at reference.law@yale.edu (please add "ref @ law-yale.libanswers.com" to your contact list to help ensure our response goes to your inbox).

We are also available at the reference desk on L3 in the main reading room: M-F, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EST.

Book a research consultation with a librarian (you must have an '@yale.edu' email address).  

For questions about Bloomberg, Westlaw, or Lexis please email us. 

We offer several legal research classes.

Research Access

Access to study space and facilities at the library is limited to current YLS students. Visitors who wish to access a specific collection should contact a Reference Librarian for an appointment.

A publicly accessible law library is located nearby at the New Haven Superior Court:

• 235 Church St.
  New Haven, CT 06510
  (203) 503-6828

Further information on free and low-cost legal help in Connecticut, along with lists of public law libraries, is available via the Law Librarians of New England's Legal Link website.

The Lillian Goldman Law Library is a United States Federal Depository Library. Those who wish to access our government documents collection should contact a Reference Librarian for an appointment.
 

Please direct all media inquiries to the Yale Law School Office of Public Affairs.