The Law Library Association of St. Louis, one of the oldest law libraries west of the Mississippi, was founded in May of 1838 by attorney Charles Drake. What do we know about Drake?
The Law Library Association of St. Louis is housed on the 13th and 13th Mezzanine Floors of the Civil Courts Building. The library is just under the pyramidal top and looking out among the Greek columns.
The Law Library Association proudly collaborates with the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL). Here's what Susan McCourt Baltz, Executive Director of BAMSL had to say in our recent Q and A with her.
What inspires BAMSL to support and collaborate with LLA?
Here’s a sliver of what you can learn at two exhibits at the Law Library.
In advance of its upcoming exhibit on The Freedom Suits (co-sponsored with the Freedom Suits Memorial Foundation), the Law Library Association invites you to check out various resources to learn more about what these lawsuits represented. Below are some resources for you.
Juneteenth has evolved to be a celebration of freedom, a time of reflection on our history, and a time for education on civil rights and racial inequality. Originally, it was a celebration of the specific date that the news of emancipation reached the last enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865.
Are you trying to decipher and understand a complicated or ambiguous federal law? HeinOnline is the legal research tool for you. Members of the Law Library Association have 24/7 remote access to HeinOnline. HeinOnline has a database called the U.S.
The Law Library Association sat down with Law Library Association Board Member, the Honorable Nicole Colbert-Botchway, to learn more about her background and what motivated her to become a lawyer and a judge. Read her story below.
Did you grow up in St. Louis?
Yes, I grew up in North St. Louis and have been a city resident all my life.
Where did you go to college?
Where did the Law Library Association of St. Louis live before the current Civil Courts Building was completed in 1930?
From 1909-1930, the Law Library was housed in the Pierce Building at the northeast corner of Chestnut and 4th Street. The move was precipitated by the Law Library outgrowing its space in the Old Courthouse.
Did you know that the Law Library Association of St. Louis has an online catalog that you can search remotely? We have a growing selection of resources for the pro se patron representing himself in a legal matter. You can view the list of pro se resources by going to our catalog and viewing the list from a drop-down menu on the catalog home page. Many of these pro se resources can also be downloaded, and can therefore be accessed and read without even having to come to the Law Library.