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Roanoke Law Library
Law Library Collection
Virginia- The law library has an extensive collection of print materials for legal practice in Virginia, including complete Virginia statutes, and regulations. The library has most current and historical Virginia case law materials as well as tools for performing Virginia case law research. The library also has the municipal codes for most of the communities in the Roanoke valley. Additionally, the library has materials that address specific legal topics.
Federal- The law library has a complete set of the United States Code with annotations. The library has Supreme Court and U.S. regional reporters covering Federal cases from all 50 states. The library also has current federal legal encyclopedia, case law digests, tools for Federal case law research, and many federal practice treatises.
General legal treatises- The library also has a collection of general books that address specific legal topics. Some of these books were created specifically to help non lawyers address their individual legal information needs.
Electronic resources- The law library provides free access to electronic legal resources (Westlaw) that complement the print collection. Westlaw allows library users to perform advanced computer assisted legal research searching state and federal statutes, case law, and topic specific databases by citation or keyword.
Legal Reference Services
The law library staff will be glad to direct you to library resources and show you how information can be accessed in those resources; however the law library staff members are not licensed to practice law so they cannot provide legal advice or opinions.
The majority of the legal collection is not circulating and must be used here in the Law Library. The library provides free access to electronic legal research databases (Westlaw). The library staff will be happy to help you access these databases.
The library staff will be glad to arrange tours of the library and provide training for any of its resources for a group or individual. Please call (540) 853-2268 to arrange for training or a tour.
General Services
 The Roanoke Law Library has a conference room with seating for approximately 20 people. The conference room has to conference tables and also a television with VHS capabilities. The conference room is open to the public whenever the Law Library is open (Monday-Friday 8AM-4:30PM). To reserve the conference room please call the Law Library at 540.853.2268.
The library provides fax service for anyone. Local faxes are $2.00 for the first page and $1.00 for each additional page. Long distance faxes are $3.00 for the first page and $1.00 for each additional page. International faxes are $6.00 for the first page and $1.50 for each additional page.
 The Law Library has four public access computers that are available to anyone with a Roanoke Valley Library card. These computers have internet access as well as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Powerpoint, and Microsoft Power Point software.
The library provides public copier service and laser printing for $.10 per page.
The because the Law Library is a branch of the Roanoke Public Library it has a collection of DVDs, popular fiction, and nonfiction that can be checked out with a Roanoke Valley Library Card. You can also return materials from other Roanoke Valley Library branches and have them sent here for checkout.
RVL.Info - The Library's Online Catalog
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