Library News

You can find all the Inner Temple Library’s news here, updated regularly so you never miss out on the latest developments.

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

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New Books List March – May 2026

A list of New Law Titles and Editions recently received by the Library between March and May 2026 has recently been published.

Lexis+ Protégé

LexisNexis Protégé™ is now available for use in the Library.

Online sessions with a LexisNexis trainer will be available on:

20 July, 5.30pm-6.15pm

16 October, 5.30pm-6.15pm

‘LexisNexis Protégé™ is the personalised generative and agentic AI assistant within Lexis+ that powers conversational search, insightful summarisation, intelligent legal drafting, and document upload and analysis capabilities.’

LexisNexis Protégé™ Now Available

LexisNexis Protégé™ is now available for use in the Library. We are running a drop in session in the Library on Wednesday 13 May from 12.30pm to 4.30pm. An online session is also available on Monday 11 May which can be booked via Eventbrite.

‘LexisNexis Protégé™ is the personalised generative and agentic AI assistant within Lexis+ that powers conversational search, insightful summarisation, intelligent legal drafting, and document upload and analysis capabilities.’

Easter Opening Hours

On Maundy Thursday, 2 April, the Library will close at 2.00pm. We will reopen at 9.00am on Tuesday 7 April. See the opening hours of all four Inn Libraries over the Easter vacation.

Job Vacancies

We currently have two job vacancies in the Library: Assistant Librarian (Acquisitions) and Assistant Librarian (Training).

Please apply online via the application forms. Deadline for both is Sunday 19 April.

New Books List December 2025 – February 2026

A list of New Law Titles and Editions recently received by the Library between December 2025 – February 2026 has recently been published.

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

Telephone Upgrade

The Inn’s telephone system will be unavailable at various times between 9am – 12 noon on Wednesday 11 February to allow the system to be upgraded. Please contact us via email instead at library@innertemple.org.uk.

Vacancy – Training Librarian

We are recruiting for a Training Librarian. Details of the vacancy are on the Inn’s website.

Salary is £43,978 per annum, a generous non-contributory pension benefit, free lunches at work when the Inn’s kitchens are open, a taxed daily luncheon allowance provided when they are closed, season ticket loan or Cycle to Work scheme after passing probation and 25 days’ annual leave.

Closing date is 16 February 2026.