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.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

News:

> Law Library Now on Facebook: The Law Library has recently added an informational page on Facebook, the on-line social networking site. To view the Library's page, you do not have to be signed up with Facebook. If you are a user of Facebook, please consider becoming a Fan of the Library.
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> The Masters of Criminal Defense DVD set purchased: The Library has acquired The Masters of Criminal Defense : Warriors for the Defense: Trial Techniques from the Masters, a set of 11 instructional DVDs and one CD-ROM, published by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL). The videos record eleven presentations given at the 2008 Spring meeting of the NACDL in New York City held from May 1 through May 4. The DVDs may not be checked out, but they can be played on any of the five workstations in the Library.


Did You Know?

There will be an election in April of 2009 to fill the five attorney member positions on the Law Library Board of Trustees.

"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

December 11, 1970 - A bomb in Summerfield Hall is no joke.

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.


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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: December 3, 2008