Library News

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

New Books List January – April 2025

A list of New Law Titles and Editions received by the Library between January to April 2025 has recently been published.

Job Vacancy – Graduate Trainee (Library) – Fixed Term Contract

As a Graduate Trainee in the Library, you will help to provide and support a range of reader services to a professional standard. At the same time, you will be obtaining experience and training in a wide variety of duties relevant to the profession generally, and to legal libraries specifically. As such, this post offers an excellent opportunity to gain knowledge and experience in a busy law library prior to embarking on a postgraduate course in Library and Information studies.

https://www.innertemple.org.uk/news/job-gradtrainee/

This has now closed 22.05.2025

History Society Lecture

Religious Disputes and the Custody of Children: Dr Barnardo in the House of Lords, Thursday 8 May at 6pm in person at The Inner Temple and livestreamed. See the Inn’s website to read more and to book.

History Society Lecture Image of children, sepia toned with white aprons. Text: Religious Disputes and the Custody of Children: Dr Barnardo in the House of Lords. Professor Michael Lobban FBA, Professor of Legal History at the London, School of Economics and Political Science. In the 19th century, the religious upbringing of children was often the central disagreement in child custody battles. In the 1890s, the fiercely evangelical Dr Barnado was involved in many such battles, and resisted attempts by Catholic agencies acting on behalf of mothers to gain custody of children in his homes through the writ of Habeas Corpus. The talk will focus on two landmark cases involving Barnardo which reached the House of Lords. Thursday 8 May 6pm to 7pm in person and livestreamed from The Inner Temple. In Person £13, online free. Book innertemple.org.uk/barnardo, 020 7797 8264

 

Easter Opening Hours

The Library will close at 2.00pm on Thursday 17 April and over the Easter weekend. We will reopen at 9am on Tuesday 22 April. Please see the opening hours of all four Inn Libraries over the Easter vacation.

Tuesday 25 March – Early Closure

The Library will close at 3pm on Tuesday 25 March due to a staff event. Two of our staff are leaving, one is retiring and the other is on to pastures new. We wish them all the best.

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

Westlaw UK Advance Certification Sessions

Dates and registration details for Westlaw training sessions are:

Wednesday 12 February at 5.00pm and Wednesday 12 March at 5.00pm.

 

Current Awareness Blog

See our Current Awareness Blog for up-to-date information on new case law, changes in legislation, and legal news or subscribe to the daily email digest.

Want to wow them in your Pupillage interviews with your knowledge of current legal developments. We have a blog for that.

 

Christmas Vacation

The Library is closed from 2.00pm on Friday 20 December and will reopen at 9.00am on Monday 6 January. The opening hours of all four Inn Libraries is available on our website. We wish all our Library users a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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