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1L Resources, Tips and Tools: Introduction & Library Access

This guide describes print and digital resources to help 1Ls succeed at Brooklyn Law School.

Introduction

Brooklyn Law School's librarians created this guide to highlight many of BLS Library's resources to help you succeed in your first year of law school. 

Tip: Within a guide box (such as: Casebooks: Civil Procedure), sources appear "newest to oldest."  We want to encourage students to use current versions of available sources.

Also, you might wish to:

We want to help!  Contact us to obtain more information about library sources and services:

When Was This Guide Last Updated?

This LibGuide was last substantively updated:

On: June 3, 2025

At: 2:33 PM

By: Jean Davis

When Can BLS Students Access BLS Law School & BLS Library?

Tip: Click here to view "Opening Hours" for BLS Law School's 250 Joralemon Street building + Hours When BLS Library Staffs Its Circulation Desk + Hours When BLS Librarians Provide Reference Help.

When are BLS Law School and BLS Library (250 Joralemon Street) generally open for student use?

Generally, during the year: The gates open at 6am and close at midnight.  BLS students have access to the 250 Joralemon Street building and to BLS Library from 7am–midnight. 

During reading period, finals & the two weeks before the bar exam in July: The gates open at 6am and close at 2am.  BLS students have access to the 250 Joralemon Street building and to BLS Library from 7am–2am.