Please join us on Thursday, November 20th in the library lobby for drinks and snacks at 12pm and 5pm. (While supplies last.)
At 12:30pm, Duck Champions will be announced and prizes, courtesy of Lexis, will be awarded. The Halloween Duck Raffle, with prizes provided by Westlaw, will also take place at 12:30pm.
See you in the Law Library on Thursday!
The Kathryn J. DuFour Law Library celebrates Native American Heritage Month.
A collection of books focused on Native American legal issues is available in the lobby of the library. The collection includes both physical books and links to electronic resources. Additional books are available via Collections. (Link current through November 2025.)
The Law Library has just published a corresponding digital collection for our lobby display honoring the legacy of Professor Harvey L. Zuckman. Professor Zuckman was a full time faculty member from 1970 until 2005, during this time he worked diligently to deepen students knowledge and skills, especially in the communications law field. He left a tremendous impact on the Columbus School of Law and is remembered not only for his instruction, but also for his personality. Click here to view the online exhibit.
Items featured from the website, and more, are available to view at the Law Library until the end of the year.
On October 6th the Supreme Court began its 2025-2026 term. A collection of recent publications regarding the Supreme Court makes up our display in the library lobby, covering topics from Natural Law to COVID-19, and is available and updated through October 2025. This collection and additional digital resources are available online.
September 30 marks the feast day of St. Jerome, the patron saint of Libraries, Librarians, and Archivists. Fr. Bernard Knapke offered the blessing and we were joined by Mullen librarians, and law school faculty and staff.
The DuFour Law Library would like to thank all those that joined us this morning for the Blessing of the Libraries
You may have recently received an email from the New York Times about your complimentary digital subscription.
Did you know that access to nytimes.com is available to all CUA law faculty and students? Students must use their @cua.edu email address to login. Faculty must use their @law.edu email address to login.
To start using, click "login" and then “forgot your password” on nytimes.com. Contact csl-ref@cua.edu with questions.
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
The United States Constitution is perhaps the most well known document from the history of the United States, having laid the foundation of the new republic of the United States and remains the most important document to the republic. Over the years it has been amended a total of twenty-seven times with the first ten comprising the Bill of Rights which ratified in 1791, with the latest one being ratified in 1992, but since then has remained static. In honor of the most important document of the land Constitution day has been officially celebrated on September 17th since 2004, with the dual observance of Citizenship Day as well.
Constitution Day means something different for everyone, whether it's celebrating the cementing of “the great experiment” into the nation we know today, a celebration of the guaranteed universal rights listed in the Bill of Rights, or acknowledging the revolutionary Founding Fathers of our country who penned the document. Regardless of how you celebrate, the importance and centrality of the document is universally agreed upon to be the foundation of the rights that Americans enjoy and celebrate year by year.
Come by the library reference room and get a free pocket Constitution! They are available in the reference room, on Wednesday September 17th from 10am to 6pm. (While supplies last!)
Check bit.ly/CSLclosure for more info.
The DuFour Law Library will be CLOSED for remediation on
Friday, September 12th
Saturday, September 13th
Sunday, September 14th
may also be closed on
Monday, September 15th
While the library is closed there will be no access to the library's physical space or collection.
Please plan ahead if you will need access to course reserve materials during this time.
Welcome back to the law library!
A collection of recommended reading is currently on display in the library lobby. It features practical advice, inspirational works, and additional titles focused on law school success. Visit Collections for more titles about starting and succeeding in your law school journey. All of the featured books are available for check out.
The display and Collections link will be available through the end of September. Library guides about Academic Success and 1L & New Student Survival Guide are always available.
The hours for the Law Library for Reading Days and the Exam period are as follows:
12/1-12/4 8am - midnight
12/5-12/7 8am - 11 pm
12/8-12/11 8am - midnight
12/12-12/14 8am - 11pm
12/15 8am-7pm
12/16-12/18 10am - 6pm
12/19 10am - 1pm
For a complete listing of the Law Library's hours of operation, please click here.