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Borrowing Privileges

The Law School Community

  • Faculty - Law School faculty may borrow circulating books and journals for one year, with renewals. Reference and other non-circulating materials may be borrowed for 30 days, and reserve items for one week. A courier service provides for delivering and and returning materials from other William & Mary Libraries.
  • Students - Law students may borrow circulating books for 30 days. Reserve items are usually loaned for four hours, depending upon material type. Courier service from other libraries provided.
  • Staff - Law school and library staff may borrow circulating books for 30 days. Reserve items are usually loaned for four hours, depending upon material type. Courier service from other libraries provided.

The William & Mary Community

  • Faculty - Non-law faculty may check out circulating books for four months. Reserve items are usually loaned for four hours, depending on material type.
  • Students - Undergraduate and on-law graduate students may borrow circulating books for 30 days. Reserve items are usually loaned for four hours.
  • Staff - non-law staff may borrow circulating books for 30 days. Reserve items are loaned for four hours.
  • Alumni - Law school and other William & Mary alumni may obtain a law library borrower's card. Circulating books may be borrowed for 30 days.

The Virginia Bench and Bar

  • Active members of the Virginia Bar may obtain a law library borrower's card. With this card, patrons may borrow circulating books for 30 days. Reserve items are loaned for four hours. In addition, Document Delivery Services are available for patrons interested in obtaining copies from materials owned by the library. Copies are sent via fax or U.S. mail, with a bill for the copies mailed later.

Residents of Williamsburg, James City County, and York County

  • Williamsburg, James City County and York County residents are may obtain a law library borrower's card with valid Virginia State I.D. With this card, patrons may borrow circulating books for 30 days. Reserve items are loaned for four hours.

The General Public

  • Members of the general public are welcome to use library materials within the library, including depository materials received from the federal government. Patrons wishing to borrow a circulating book should contact the interlibrary loan department of their public library. Any questions about borrowing privileges may be directed to the circulation staff.

Materials Which May Be Used Only in the Library 

  • Reporters and statutes
  • Reference materials and finding aids (citators, encyclopedias, indexes, digests)
  • Non-print media
  • Individual volumes from multi-volume sets
  • Periodicals, both bound and unbound
  • All other material labeled "does not circulate."