Faculty Services at Law
Faculty Liaison Assignments
| Librarian | Faculty |
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Meredith Capps
(345.2860) |
James Blumstein Tracy George Daniel Gervais Sara Mayeux Tim Meyer Beverly Moran Michael Newton Herwig Schlunk Jeffrey Schoenblum Ganesh Sitaraman Ingrid Wuerth Yesha Yadav |
|
(343.1032) |
Edward Cheng Paul Edelman Brian Fitzpatrick Joseph Fishman Owen Jones Nancy King Terry Maroney Robert Mikos Spring Miller Edward Rubin Suzanna Sherry Michael Vandenbergh |
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(322-2885) |
Rebecca Allensworth Paul Edelman Brian Fitzpatrick Joni Hersch Nancy King Beverly Moran Herwig Schlunk Daniel Sharfstein Kip Viscusi |
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(343.1290) |
Margaret Blair Jon Bruce Jessica Clarke James Ely Gautam Hans Christopher Serkin Daniel Sharfstein Paige Skiba Cara Suvall |
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Larry Reeves
(322-0020) |
Chris Guthrie Jenniefer Swezey Nicholas Zeppos |
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Mark Williams
(875-3337) |
Lisa Bressman Michael Bressman Ellen Wright Clayton Anne-Marie Daniel Farmer Susan Kay Karla McKanders Robert Reder Morgan Ricks Lauren Rogal Amanda Rose Jim Rossi J.B. Ruhl Sean Seymore Christopher Slobogin Kevin Stack Randall Thomas |
Book Check-out
Books may be checked out in person at the Law Library's Circulation Desk or by emailing Document Delivery. You may also request materials from the other VU campus libraries through the Law Library's document delivery services.
Book Return
You may drop off books, including those belonging to another VU library or borrowed through interlibrary loan, at the Law Library's Circulation Desk or place them in the Library's box in the mailroom.
CALI
The Law Library is a member of CALI (The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction) which provides access to over 600 interactive, computer-based tutorials available in 32 different legal subject areas, useful for both students and faculty. For more information, go to http://cali.org. In order to set-up a new account, faculty must enter the law school's authorization code. Contact your library liaison for this authorization code.
Collection Development and Faculty Orders
Faculty members are encouraged to recommend purchases for the collection. Please e-mail lsfacbook@vanderbilt.edu or send your recommendations to your liaison.
Course Reserves
To place materials on Reserve, please e-mail lawcirc@vanderbilt.edu.
Current Index to Legal Periodicals
Faculty members may sign up for a customized weekly e-mail edition of the Current Index to Legal Periodicals (CILP) published by the University of Washington Law Library. This index provides current indexing of articles from major law reviews and journals. The customized version (SmartCILP) lets you choose to receive a table of contents from individual law reviews and/or items based on selected subject areas. To set up a customized profile, go to http://depts.washington.edu/scilp/scilp3.cgi. Your affiliation is Vanderbilt University. Please contact your library liaison for Vanderbilt's authorization code.
Databases
The law library provides an A-Z list of databases relevant to legal and interdisciplinary research. When accessing the library databases off campus through the Law Library's website, you will be routed through the proxy server, which will request your VUnetID and password.
Document Delivery
Library staff will provide photocopies of cases, articles, and other library materials. Please e-mail requests to lsdoc@law.vanderbilt.edu.
Faculty Research Carrels
To reserve a carrel, please e-mail lawcirc@vanderbilt.edu.
Instructional Support
For assistance with course reserves, exam archives, or librarian research instruction for courses, please contact your liaison.
Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
Materials not available in the VU Libraries may be obtained through interlibrary loan. Please submit interlibrary loan requests by e-mail to lsdoc@law.vanderbilt.edu.
Lexis, Westlaw and Bloomberg Law
The Law Library subscribes to Lexis, Westlaw, and Bloomberg Law For questions about your passwords, call or e-mail Mark Williams (875.3337).
Library Catalog
The Law Library shares an online library catalog with the other VU libraries.
Research Assistant Training
For research assistant training, please contact your liaison.
Reference Assistance
For reference assistance, please contact your liaison or e-mail law_library_reference@list.vanderbilt.edu.
Routing Services
To request journal and/or new book routings, please call or e-mail Mark Williams, Head of Collections Services (345.3337).
LIBRARIANS
Larry Reeves, Associate Dean and Director, Associate Professor of Law (322.0020)
Meredith Capps, Head of Faculty Services, Foreign & International Law Librarian (345.2860)
Sarah Dunaway, Research Services Librarian (343.1032)
Mariah Ford, Research Services Librarian (322.2885)
Katie Hanschke, Head of Instruction and Access Services (343.1290)
Clanitra Nejdl, Research Services Librarian (343.5902)
Mark Williams, Head of Collections Services (345.3337)
OTHER CONTACTS
Circulation Desk 343.8731
Reference Desk 343.8737