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.
Library News
You can find all the Inner Temple Library’s news here, updated regularly so you never miss out on the latest developments.
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.
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.
New Books List September – November 2025
A list of New Law Titles and Editions recently received by the Library between September to November 2025 has recently been published.
Christmas Vacation 2025
The Library will close for Christmas at 2.00pm on Friday 19 December and reopen at 9.00am on Monday 5 January 2026. This calendar gives the opening hours of all four Inn Libraries over the Christmas vacation.
Grand Day 2025
The Library will close at 3pm on Wednesday 5 November for Grand Day. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience.
History Day 2025
The Library and Archives will be attending History Day at Senate House on Tuesday 4 November. “History Day is a day for students, researchers & history enthusiasts to explore library, museum, archive and history collections across the UK & beyond.”
Saturday Opening
The Inner Temple Library will be open this Saturday, 11 October, from 10am to 5pm. Entry will be via Inner Temple Lane on Fleet Street and the Church Court door to the building. We look forward to seeing you.
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.
Summer Book Moves
Members returning to the Library after our summer closure will notice that some of the core collection has been moved to make more space for growth, and to consolidate some of the collections. These changes involved moving over half a kilometre of books – more than enough to cover the entire length of Fleet Street – during the two weeks when the Library was closed.
We no longer have separate collections for European Union, International Law, Human Rights and Medical Law. The materials from these collections have been integrated into the main textbooks, journals and law reports collections.
Legislation is now on the North side of Room C, and Law Reports are now shelved on the East and South sides of Room C as well as in Room D. Textbooks remain in Room A, and Journals can still be found in Room B and the Lift Lobby.
