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.
Whether you are just starting to think about a paper topic or are putting the finishing touches on your final draft, now is always a good time to ask a law librarian for help researching a seminar paper or law review note.
We are happy to meet with you one on one. For an in-depth consultation, feel free to contact Lei Zhang, Student Services Coordinator, to schedule an appointment with one of our librarians.
And all the usual ways of contacting us for legal research help still exist:
We look forward to helping you.
If you would like to find works on academic legal writing, you can search TALLONS, the online catalog, or browse the library's stacks:
Helpful call number ranges:
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Some suggestions from Tarlton's collection:
Scholarly Writing: Ideas, Examples, and Execution by 
Scholarly Writing for Law Students: Seminar Papers, Law Review Notes and Law Review Competition Papers by The Library has authored many guides that may help as you work on your seminar paper. In particular:
There are also many helpful subject specific research guides, ranging from constitutional law to securities law, as well as guides to help with foreign and international law.
As you write your seminar paper, you may decide to undertake some interdisciplinary research. Feel free to avail yourself of the resources provided by UT Libraries' system.
In addition to a host of print and online materials that you can find through their online catalog, you can also view their databases in different fields by subject, and consult librarians with different areas of expertise, who may also have developed research guides.