The Tarlton Law Library’s physical facility, including Special Collections, is closed until further notice. Tarlton’s librarians and staff remain actively engaged in providing library services. Student tech support (techdesk@law.utexas.edu) and faculty and student reference assistance (https://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/email) will be available during business hours. Students can also consult our Library and Technology Support FAQ (https://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/student-remote) for most frequently needed information.
Tarlton Law Library will reopen August 24: Tarlton Reopening FAQs. In-person and online classes resume August 26: Texas Law Fall 2020 Reopening Plan.
The 4th floor Media Collection houses the Law Library's research collections in microform, DVD, video and audio cassette. A microform reader/printer/scanner is available near the Media Collection; DVDs can be viewed on desktop computers in the computer lab or near the reference desk. Videocassettes may be viewed in the LPOP viewing area on the 2nd floor.
A small sample of the over 76,000 titles in the Media Collection:
UN materials (part of the Readex Index)
UK cases (English, Scottish, and Irish Law Reports)
European Union materials
Congressional bills
CIS congressional documents
U.S. Supreme Court records and briefs
U.S. committee prints
State session laws from all U.S. states
U.S. Serial Set
New York Court of Appeals records and briefs
Oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court
Texas Supreme Court records and briefs
Bar exams from many U.S. states
IRS tax documents (Letter Rulings, etc.)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
New York Times (1970 – 1998)
Chicago Daily Law Bulletin (1990 - 2002)
National Law Journal (1978 - 2008)
Wall Street Journal (1977 - 2006)
Washington Post (1990 – 1998)
Legal Times (1979 - 2006)
New York Law Journal (1976 - 2002)
Los Angeles Daily Journal (1980 - 2006)
Papers of Justice Louis Brandeis
Papers of Roscoe Pound
ACLU records and publications
Amnesty International annual reports with country dossiers
Papers of Justice Felix Frankfurter
Nineteenth century legal treatises
Papers of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Conference recordings from Texas CLE
Conference recordings from AALS
Erwin Younger
Presidential biographical documentaries
Conference recordings of CLE programs
Nomination / confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justices (starting with Justice Blackmun)
Historical videos (including topics such as Watergate, civil rights efforts, and Waco)
Legal research educational videos
Biographies of the founding fathers
Conference recordings of ALI Meetings