Alexander Campbell King Law Library (University of Georgia)

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As the library for the University of Georgia Law School, the Alexander Campbell King Law Library provides resources and services to support the instructional mission of the School of Law and the scholarly research of the law faculty.

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Strengths:: The Alexander Campbell King Law Library at the University of Georgia maintains a collection numbering in excess of 500,000 volumes and volume equivalents. The collections of domestic law, both state and federal, are quite comprehensive. The Law Library is a selective depository for United States government documents; it is one of only 11 U.S. law school depositories for European Union documents; and it also maintains an extensive collection of United Nations documents. The EU and UN documents complement a well-developed collection of foreign and international law designed to support the LLM program, the Rusk Center, the Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, and the work of several internationally acclaimed scholars who are members of the law faculty. Three computer labs permit law students to use a variety of networked electronic resources. The Law Library web page provides links to hundreds of web databases of use to legal researchers, and the library also provides computers for use by the general public. The on-line catalog, GAVEL, allows library users and potential users to search Law Library collections from any computer with Internet access.
Parent Institution:: University of Georgia
Location:: The University of Georgia School of Law 225 Herty Drive Athens, GA 30602-6012
Email:: lawref@uga.edu
Phone:: +1-706-542-6591

Collections

Name	Description
Amicus Briefs	The Alexander Campbell King Law Library’s longstanding newsletter Amicus Briefs first saw circulation in 1984. At that time it was solely in print and included no more than a couple of items about new additions to the library collection and upcoming library instruction. More than 30 years later, the newsletter has evolved significantly during that period.
Annual Donor Report	The School of Law's Annual Donor Report provides a comprehensive description of donations for each fiscal year. Current Annual Reports can be found on the law school website. Prior to academic year 2014-2015, the annual financial/donor reports were published along with the Dean's Reports.
Class Directories	This is a collection of scanned class directories, placement directories, yearbook listings, and class rolls from the University of Georgia School of Law, 1886 to 2001.
Dean’s Reports	This collection of Dean's Reports include publications from as early as 1934. Prior to academic year 2014-2015, the Dean's Report was published in the annual financial/donor report. Beginning in 2014-2015, the annual financial/donor report was published on on the Law School's website. The Dean's Reports are the only part of the previous publication that the Law School has continued to release regularly in print. At present it is circulated annually as a one page front and back full-color glossy flyer.
Georgia Historic Books	Significant 19th and early 20th century books on the culture, history, biography, and literature of Georgia.
Historical Treatises	Historical treatises focused on the practice of law in Georgia published between 1800-1920.
Historic Georgia Codes Collection	Georgia codes from 1800 to 1933
Joseph Henry Lumpkin Family Papers	Antebellum letters dated 1850-1861 to Callie Lumpkin King, wife of Alabama lawyer and plantation owner Porter King and daughter of Joseph Henry Lumpkin that touch on family life, local and national politics, marriage, and the social life in Athens, Georgia.
News @ UGA School of Law	News @ UGA School of Law is a quarterly electronic newsletter aimed at keeping the law school community up-to-date on news items, announcements, upcoming events and faculty/student accomplishments. The Advocate is published by the University of Georgia School of Law for alumni, friends and members of the law school community. Much of the news shared in newsletters and messages from the Dean's Office are shared in the Advocate issues.
Oral Histories	Contained here are digitized or transcribed oral histories related to the University of Georgia School of Law community. The original physical media items of the oral histories located here are either audio cassette tapes or data discs, and are part of the Law Library archival collection.
Press Releases	An archive of the University of Georgia School of Law’s press releases dating back to 1996.
Profiles of Members of the Law School Community	In the Spotlight: Brief profiles of members of the University of Georgia School of Law community that have appeared in the school's quarterly electronic newsletter, News@Georgia Law.
Scholarly Works	This series collects the completed works of the UGA law faculty published in print or electronic formats.
Semester Schedules and Information	Semester Schedules and Information from the University of Georgia School of Law.
Strategic Plan Documents	Documents collected here include strategic plans of the University of Georgia School of Law, the Law Library, the Information Technology Department, and the Strategic Communications committee.