Squire Law Library

Another selection of new books added to the library this week. Titles include Making and Shaping the Law of Armed Conflict, edited by Sandesh Sivakumaran and Christian R. Burne (Lieber Studies volume 10, Oxford University Press, 2024) and Children’s Voices, Family Disputes and Child-Inclusive Mediation: The Right to be Heard, by Anne Barlow and Jan Ewing (Bristol University Press, 2024).

Do stop by and browse the New Books Display or view details of new ebooks via our website.

A reminder that the library will be closed this Monday (26 August) for the Bank Holiday. We wish you all a peaceful and enjoyable long weekend!

New week, new books! There were lots of new titles added to the library print collections this week and you can browse a selection of them on our New Books Display now.

Titles on display include Rights and Right-holding: A Philosophical Investigation by Matthew H. Kramer (Oxford University Press, 2024) and the second edition of A Practitioner’s Guide to Ancillary Orders in Criminal Courts by Dr Elaine Freer and Ryan Evans (Bloomsbury, 2024).

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games has begun! If you’re visiting the library this week check out our display of titles focusing on sporting events, sports law and athlete’s rights.

We’ve got an exciting selection of new titles added to the library collections this week, including The Principle of Systemic Integration in International Law by Professor Campbell McLachlan (Oxford University Press, 2024).

Do stop by the New Books Display for a browse!

If you’re visiting Cambridge for the University Open Days today or tomorrow, we invite you to visit the Squire Law Library.

Prospective students and their supporters can take a self guided tour of the library. Find out more about the law collections, which include over 180,000 books and extensive electronic resources, and view the study spaces available.

Members of the Squire Lw Library team will be on hand to answer questions. The library is open from 09:00-16:45 on both days and we look forward to welcoming you!

Vacation hours start today! We’re wishing everyone a safe, relaxing and enjoyable summer.

The library will remain open from 09:00-16:45 (Monday-Friday) throughout the vacation, so do drop in or contact the library team by email ([email protected]) if you need any assistance with library resources.

The sun may not be shining but the summer vacation is here!

A reminder that today is the last day of term time opening hours at the Squire Law Library. The library will be closed on Saturday 15 June and Sunday 16 June.

From 17 June - 4 October inclusive the library vacation opening hours will be: 09:00-16:45 (Monday-Friday). The Squire team are here throughout the vacation so please don’t hesitate to get in contact if we can assist.

With very best wishes for an enjoyable and peaceful summer ahead from all the Squire Law Library Team

Squire Law Librarian David Wills gives the Willi Steiner Memorial Lecture, “Law, Librarianship: Past, Present….and an Artificial Future?”, at the British & Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL) Annual Conference today.

The Conference takes place in Leeds and brings together law librarians and information professionals working with legal information from across the UK and Ireland.

Time for a break from study? Stop by the table in the Squire entrance foyer this week and pick up some yarn! We have crochet hooks and step-by-step guides available so you can have a go at creating something crafty.

This activity will be available Thursday-Saturday inclusive, and we can’t wait to see your creations. You can also access the instrumental playlist on Spotify and listen whilst you crochet!

We have a fabulous selection of new books added to the Squire Law Library collections this week! You can browse new print titles on the New Books Display in the library entrance foyer or visit our website for news of new ebook titles.

Law exams start today - we wish everyone taking exams this afternoon, and over the next few weeks, all the very best of luck. You’ve got this!

If you’re using the Squire Law Library between 21 May - 12 June please be mindful that exams are taking place in the building, as well as online. Please help us to ensure that the library remains a quiet and calm environment for everyone during this time.

Thank you to everyone who joined in with the library Lego build last week - we loved seeing your creations!

Our next puzzle activity will run this Thursday and Friday. So, if it’s time to take a break from study, pick up a crossword, sudoku or word search from the table in the library foyer.

Thanks so much to everyone who helped complete the jigsaw at the Squire Law Library last week!

If you’re studying in the library this week and it’s time to take a break: stop by the table in the library foyer - we have colouring patterns available to take away and create your own work of art!

The library is open this Saturday (09:00-17:45) and bank holiday Monday (09:00-20:45) as normal, and we have lots more Take a Break activities planned each week this term.

Time for a study break? We have a series of activities on offer at the Squire Law Library this term, with a new puzzle or craft available each Thursday.

This week its jigsaws and we need your help to complete this 1000 piece puzzle! You can find the jigsaw in the entrance foyer of the library - do stop by and add in a piece (or two!)

New term, new books! We’ve got a super selection of new titles added to the library collections this week, including Law at the Cutting Edge: Essays in Honour of Sarah Worthington, edited by Sinéad Agnew and Marcus Smith (Hart Publishing, 2024). These are all available to browse on the New Books Display from today - do stop by to take a look!

It’s the first day of Easter term and term time opening hours are back! The library will be open from 09:00-20:45 (Monday-Friday) and 09:00-17:45 (Saturday).

The library is open to all staff and student members of the University of Cambridge. During this Easter term revision and exam period the first floor study spaces are reserved for Law students and Faculty members, whilst the second and third floor study spaces are available for all staff and students to use. We look forward to welcoming you soon!

A reminder that the Squire Law Library will be closed for the Easter bank holiday weekend from Friday 29 March - Monday 1 April inclusive. The library will reopen from 09:00 on Tuesday 2 April.

Wishing you a peaceful and relaxing break, from all the Squire Law Library Team!

The Squire Law Library changes to vacation opening hours from today!

The library will be open from 09:00-18:45 (Monday-Friday) and 09:00-12:45 (Saturday) throughout the vacation, except for the Easter bank holiday weekend closure (29 March - 1 April inclusive).

The library team are here and very pleased to assist with your enquiries so please do contact us via email, telephone or in person.

We hope everyone has a relaxing and enjoyable spring vacation!

We’re at the end of term but still have lots of new titles being added to the collection. Our New Books Display highlights a selection of these, including More Equal Than Others: Humans and the Rights of Other Animals, by Raffael N Fasel (Oxford University Press, 2024). Do stop by and browse!

It’s the last day of full term, but the Squire will remain on termtime opening hours up to and including Wednesday 20 March!

We’re open from 09:00-17:45 on Saturday and 09:00-20:45 this coming Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The library is open to all current staff and student members of the University: so, if you’re preparing for MCL exams, catching up on reading or just exploring new places to study, do come and visit.

We’re celebrating International Women’s Day today! 8 March is International Women’s Day: celebrating women’s achievements and raising awareness about discrimination. The campaign theme of this year’s event is inspiring inclusive.

A pop up display in the library foyer brings together a selection of titles by and about women in the legal profession. Explore biographies of legal pioneers or browse works by current barristers, solicitors, judges and activists whose stories inform and inspire.

Looking for study space with a view? We’re delighted to now have some additional docking stations available at the Squire Law Library, enabling you to use your own device with a second screen.

You can find these two new desk spaces at the far end of level 2, with views over the Sidgwick Site and beyond!

New term, new books! We’ve got a great selection of titles added to our New Books Display this week, including Landmark Cases in the Law of Punitive Damages edited by James Goudkamp and Eleni Katsampouka (Hart Publishing, December 2023). Do stop by and browse on your next visit!

Lent Term starts today and the Squire Law Library is back on term-time opening hours. We’re open from 09:00-20:45 on weekdays and 09:00-17:45 on Saturdays: we look forward to seeing you soon!

We hope everyone has had a relaxing break, and a very Happy New Year.

The Squire Law Library reopens at 09:00 tomorrow morning and we look forward to seeing you soon!

The library closes at 12:45 today and the building will be locked at 13:00. We wish you all a very happy holidays and look forward to seeing you in the New Year!

A reminder that the Squire Law Library will close for the holidays at 12:45 on Friday 22 December.

If you’re visiting the library this week we are open from 09:00-18:45 today, tomorrow and on Thursday and then from 09:00-12:45 on Friday, and we look forward to welcoming you!

Click and collect and Scan and deliver services will operate until 17:00 on Thursday 21 December. Requests placed after this time will be processed when we reopen on Tuesday 2 January, so please plan ahead for any vacation reading!

Our final new books display of the year! Stop by to browse these and other new titles that have been added to the library collections this week, or see our website for details of new ebooks available. We’ll have lots more to explore in 2024!

Term has now ended but we continue to add lots of new titles to the collections; to read and explore over the vacation - or check out next term!

This week we’re very excited to add copies of Unchecked Power? How Recent Constitutional Reforms are Threatening UK Democracy, by Alison Young (Bristol University Press, 2023). You can find copies in the LLM course reserve collection and in our New Books display now!