Borrowing Privileges

William Mitchell students, faculty, and staff and members of the Minnesota legal community (alumni, attorneys, and students and faculty from other Minnesota law schools) may borrow circulating materials from the Library.

Members of the general public are welcome to use the resources of the law library, but do not have borrowing privileges.

Loan Rules

	Checkout time	Allowed renewals	Minimum time before recall	Overdue Fines
Students	4 weeks	2	2 weeks	$1/day
Faculty/Staff	12 weeks	2	3 weeks
Legal Community	2 weeks	1	2 weeks	$1/day

Non-circulating Materials

Because the law library is primarily a research and reference library, many materials, including statutes, case reporters, reference materials, loose-leaf services and periodicals may not be taken out of the library. You may consult the online catalog or a member of the library staff to determine if an item can be checked out.

Reserves

Reserve materials are located behind the circulation desk. Most reserve materials may be checked out for two hours. Overnight checkout is permitted two hours before the library closes with materials due back one hour after the library next opens. Reserve materials may be renewed if no one else has requested them.

Recalls

If an item has been checked out for more than two weeks, students, faculty, and staff can request that a checked-out item be recalled by contacting the circulation desk.

Holds

Students, faculty, and staff can place a hold on a checked-out item either electronically by clicking on the “hold this item” button in the catalog or in person at the circulation desk. When the requested item is returned, a notice will be sent to the requesting patron, and the item will be held for that person for seven days. Reserve and non-circulating items may not be placed on hold.