Leon E. Bloch Law Library

(816) 235-1650
http://www.umkc.edu/law/library

The Leon E. Bloch Law Library is a comfortable, efficient and user-friendly facility located in the School of Law at 52nd and Oak streets and open to both students and members of the public. All UMKC students may check materials out with a current student ID.

The library contains holdings in all major areas of legal scholarship and practice, including international, comparative and government materials. Most of the collection is on open shelves, with ample research and study space provided by tables and study carrels, and dedicated work space provided for student editors of the UMKC Law Review and the Urban Lawyer.

The library has highly qualified reference librarians with many years of legal practice as well as library experience. Reference librarians are available during the regular semester as follows:

      Monday - Thursday    9 a.m. - 7 p.m.      
      Friday     9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
      Sunday     3 p.m. - 7 p.m.

However, please note that access to the library is restricted after 7:00 p.m. to law students and faculty.  Exceptions may be made for other students needing to do research, on a case-by-case basis. 

The physical collection is augmented by subscription databases, an international interlibrary loan system, and a state-wide lending consortium, including the university and law libraries of the University of Missouri - Columbia, Saint Louis University and Washington University, with 18 million items held within the state-wide system.

Electronic Resource Center:

Technology has reshaped legal research in ways that will forever alter how attorneys and judges approach their work. The information professionals of the Leon E. Bloch Law Library have embraced this transformation by providing wireless networking throughout the law building and the Jerry Haley Electronic Resource Center (JHERC). The JHERC includes 40 Pentium-processor equipped computers, an instructional lab, Internet access, and numerous subscription databases.

The lab also includes printers, a scanner and a dedicated workstation for the visually impaired. Librarians provide instruction in legal information technologies during the first-year legal research and writing course, at a special research "boot camp" during spring intersession, and in upper-level courses and extra-curricular activities as needed.

Law Library and Resource Center Hours

      Monday - Thursday     7 a.m. - Midnight
      Friday     7 a.m. - 7 p.m.
      Saturday     9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
      Sunday     Noon - Midnight

However, please note that access to the library is restricted after 7:00 p.m. to law students and faculty.  Exceptions may be made for other students needing to do research, on a case-by-case basis.  Summer, spring break and intersession hours are available at http://www1.law.umkc.edu/Library/HOURS.HTM.