Inner Temple Library

 

Address:	Inner Temple London EC4Y 7DA
Telephone:	020 7797 8217/8/9
Fax:	020 7583 6030 / 020 7797 8224
Email Enquiries:	library@innertemple.org.uk
Distance service:	distanceservice@innertemple.org.uk
Web Sites:
Library	www.innertemplelibrary.org.uk
Catalogue	www.innertemplelibrary.org/external.html
Librarian:	Margaret Clay
Hours:	Student and Legal Terms	Mon-Thu 9.00am – 8.00pm Friday 9.00am – 7.00pm
	Saturdays	See Saturday Opening Calendar
	Long Vacation	Mon-Fri 9.00am – 5.30pm
	Closed second half of August
Admissions Policy:	Open to all members of the Inner Temple and to members of the other Inns of Court.
Specialisations:	Commonwealth legislation and law reports, especially Canada, Hong Kong, Indian subcontinent, Caribbean. Scottish law textbooks and journals. Times Newspaper 1811-(from 1990 onwards on CD). Bound volumes may not be copied. Privy Council Judgments 1940 onwards.
Loans:	Law books: may be borrowed by Masters of the Bench of the Inner Temple for their own use. Non-law books: with certain exceptions, these may be borrowed by Inner Temple barristers in private practice with chambers in London.
Distance Services:	Photocopies (subject to copyright) sent by fax, post or email to all Inner Temple Benchers, to barrister members of the Inner Temple working outside central London and to barristers of other Inns when the material is not held by their own Library. Charges on application. Photocopies can be obtained on behalf of Inner Temple barristers from the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. Further details and charges on application.
Electronic Services:	The following services are available within the Library. Online access to the four Inn Libraries’ catalogues.  Internet subscription services available include: All England Direct, CLI Online, Criminal Law Week, Electronic Immigration Network, Halsbury’s Laws Direct, JustCite, Justis (The Law Reports, Weekly Law Reports, Family Law Reports, English Reports, Mental Health Reports, Police Reports, Prison Reports, Statutes, SIs, Celex), Lawtel, Legislation Direct, LexisNexis, Lloyd's Law Reports, The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985, The Times & Sunday Times (1992 onwards)  and Westlaw UK. Courtel Communications: listing information for all the Crown and Combined Courts and the RCJ, plus some County Courts.  Databases available on the catalogue server: Current Law Cases (digests of reported cases and newspaper law reports 1947-), Legal Journals Index (an index to UK and EC journals including case comments 1986-) and the Legal and Regulatory Developments Index (an index to supplementary legal material mid 1993-). CD-ROMs include Archbold, Criminal Appeal Reports 1967- & Criminal Appeal Reports (Sentencing) 1979-, Current Legal Information, Kemp and Kemp Personal Injury Practice, The Times 1990-.
Remote Access:	Internet access to the catalogues of all four Inn Libraries is available at www.innertemplelibrary.org/external.html.   The AccessToLaw web site, at www.accesstolaw.com, provides annotated links to over 1000 free web sites of legal interest. The Current Awareness Weblog, available at www.innertemplelibrary.wordpress.com, provides up-to-date information on new case law, changes in legislation and legal news.
Other Services and Facilities:
	Card Indexes:	Legal abbreviations index, parties index to Privy Council cases from 1940-, title index to Local and Personal Acts 1996-.
	Newspaper Law Reports:	Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, Guardian, Independent, Scotsman and The Times 1973-.
	Publications:	Quick Reference Guide; range of guides to the Library and its online services; union lists; Accessibility Information Sheet. (All guides are available in PDF format on this web site).
	Photocopying:	Self-service copying machines (card or coin operated).
	Word processing facilities   Large-print Keyboard and JAWS screen-reading software   Desktop video magnifier for use with printed material   Hearing loop for the hard of hearing