About
Law Special Collections is dedicated to preserving, interpreting, and sharing the history of UVA Law and making accessible our collection of legal history materials.
The storage location of our collections determines how quickly each collection can be accessed and available for research. Items housed in the Rare Book Room and in our on-site storage facility are available for same-day research. Items located in Ivy Stacks, the off-site storage facility for the UVA Library System, must be requested two business days in advance. Patrons conduct research in our reading room, located on the third floor of the Law Library.
Digitization, in tandem with Access and Preservation, broadens and strengthens the Library's mission. To expand access to our archival collections of the greatest value to scholars and the Law School communtiy, the Law Library over the past ten years has prioritized the creation of digital content alongside our ongoing efforts to catalog and process print collections. As resources permit, we have invested in equipment and staff training that enable us to digitize selections from our diverse collections and make these materials available for open-access, online research. For the vast majority of our digital collections, we provide access to the digital files under a Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0) license making our materials freely available with minimal restrictions.
Special Collections staff create and curate multiple exhibitions to showcase the legal and institutional history at UVA Law.
