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Library & Archives Newsletter Issue 82 – September 2026

The September issue of the newsletter is now available and contains Saturday opening dates; Library Tours for Bar Students; New Library Zones in the Library; a new member of staff who you may recognise; AI and Case Preparation; review of our Special Collections Exhibition; BIALL training by our graduate trainee; Clerks Tours; New Acquisitions; a continuing feature – Rarebytes – to showcase those little known items in our non-law collection; and from the Archives a look at the Pioneers and Revolutionaries at the Inner Temple exhibition.

Inner Temple Library & Archives Newsletter – Issue 82

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Library & Archives Newsletter Issue 81 – June 2026

The latest issue of the Newsletter is now available. It contains Saturday opening; Summer opening hours; AI in the Library; Lexis+® with Protégé™ Training; tours for clerks; a summer exhibition of our special collections; New Acquisitions; Wellbeing spotlight; training at IALS; our Librarian on HistoryHit TV; Visits by the Library staff to the House of Lords and St Edmunds Hall, Oxford; a continuing feature – Rarebytes – to showcase those little known items in our non-law collection; from the Archives we have training for the Oral History Project and a History Society Lecture by Dr Valentin Jeutner; and from our student Intern, a look at the Petyt Printed Book Collection.

Inner Temple Library & Archives Newsletter – Issue 81

Library & Archives Newsletter Issue 80 – March 2026

A new issue of the Newsletter is now available. This issue contains Saturday opening hours; a message from our new Reader Services Librarian; an overview of The Baccarat Case; New Acquisitions; a spotlight on the Wellbeing collection; Visits by the Library staff to Bishopsgate Institute; The Radzinowicz Criminology Library; The Royal Courts of Justice and Senate House; a new feature – Rarebytes – to showcase those little known items in our non-law collection; the History Society Lecture and Oral History Project from the Archives.

Inner Temple Library & Archives Newsletter – Issue 80

Library & Archives Newsletter Issue 79 – December 2025

A new issue of the newsletter is now available. This issue contains Christmas opening hours; details of Saturday opening; a retrospect on our History Society lecture exhibition on Milton’s Paradise Lost, History Day at Senate House, and Grand Day; a look ahead to the Ashes; tours for clerks; Mooting Society legal research session; a look at our lending collection for Black History Month, and a much-needed book about how to do nothing; new law books and editions recently added to the Library; our Senior Library Assistant reports on running in Rome, and an Inner Temple member discusses writing the laws of other jurisdictions, aided by our own Commonwealth collection.

Inner Temple Library & Archives Newsletter – Issue 79

Library & Archives Newsletter Issue 78 – September 2025

A new issue of the newsletter is now available. This issue contains Saturday opening; what we did during our closure in August with the Summer Book Moves; a word from our new Graduate Trainee; unusual book covers in The Red Barn Murder and Anthropodermic Bookbinding; a review of the BIALL Conference; a visit to The National Archives; New Acquisitions to our collections; and a write-up on the South Asian Dinner from the Archives Team.

Inner Temple Library & Archives Newsletter – Issue 78 

Library & Archives Newsletter Issue 77 – May 2025

A new issue of the newsletter is now available. This issue contains Saturday opening; some words from the Deputy Librarian who retired in March and our Graduate Trainee who left in March; visits to the Law Society Library and Archives and the Warburg Institute; The Jigsaw Murders; New Acquisitions to our collections; an item for No-Tobacco Day, and two items from the Archives team.

Inner Temple Library & Archives Newsletter – Issue 77

Library & Archives Newsletter Issue 76 – February 2025

A new issue of the newsletter is now available. This issue contains information on upcoming Saturday openings; how we select our books; upcoming training; an article on John Playford (1623-86), composer, publisher and bookseller at Temple Church; highlights from the Library’s Annual Review; and a short summary from the Archives of a recent exhibition organised for masters students, which included a very exciting new addition to the Library’s rare books collection.

Inner Temple Library Newsletter Issue 76 – February 2025

Library Newsletter Issue 75 – December 2024

A new issue of the Library Newsletter is now available. In it you will find the Inn Libraries’ Christmas opening hours and your chance to grab some mini-book Christmas decorations. Also featured are: our new sponsor a book scheme; upcoming training events; an intriguing piece examining how pages from books were used in the bindings of other books; an article on using AI safely in legal research; a reading list on Environmental Law; write-ups on a Bibliographic Skills Day and our student induction; information on the 2025 Book Prize; and retrospectives on History Day and the recent History Society Lecture from the Archives team.

Inner Temple Library Newsletter Issue 75 – December 2024

Library Newsletter Issue 74 – September 2024

A new issue of the Library Newsletter is now available. This issue contains information for new Students and Pupils, a reminder of services available to established barristers and a feature on new acquisitions.

Inner Temple Library Newsletter Issue 74 – September 2024

Library Newsletter Issue 73 – May 2024

A new issue of the Library Newsletter is now available. This issue includes news of summer opening and our initiative to improve accessibility and user experience (a Library of Things); an introduction to our new member of staff; a report on the History Society Lecture ‘Snapshots of the Inner Temple Library’; and features on new acquisitions – and on two of our colleagues’ running exploits in foreign parts.

Inner Temple Library Newsletter Issue 73 – May 2024 (PDF or website)