Law Library, Los Angeles CA

Clean quiet place to study. Well, except for one woman's ESA that was whining, and another woman who was talking to herself in a menacing manner. Otherwise, it was quiet. It's the law library, so naturally has lots of legal books, city codes, etc. Plus, the architecture of the building is nice.

Excellent workers who help all

Thank you so much for your generosity and kindness.

You all are helpful in time of need.

Am thankful to know the personal and supportive security.

Thanks once again.

Jose

Reference / Research Librarians, Circulation Staff, and Copy Reproduction Personnel are very professional and extremely knowledgeable and enthusiastic about assisting you; and if they cannot, they will intelligently direct you to the right path to find resources elsewhere. Just do not expect anyone to hold your hand. It is not a law firm. It is a great resource to become familiar with any legal area before speaking to an attorney about your particular case. This library has more volumes than any other University law library that I have been to, and its shelves contain foreign law volumes too.

Great Experience, Very Helpful in Resources, wide range of areas in Law. Employees are Exceptional, Professional, and friendly.

Security constantly walks around near minorities (specifically African Americans) to find reasons that will get them kicked out. If you want to experience JIM CROW, this is the best place to be.

On January 4th, 2022 (at around 5 pm) the two doormen at the LA County Law Library didn't let me into the library even though I didn't violate the rules of conduct (they claimed that I was loitering because all I do is sit there and draw lines in my book). However, I don't loiter there-if all I do is go there and listen to music on my headphones and lay down and sleep and constantly bother other patrons and ask people for money or whatever then I'd be loitering. But studying law at the library isn't loitering. I mean isn't that what the library is for? Underlining sentences in my text as I read is just the way I study-some people like to highlight important passages in their textbooks whereas I tend to make marks (that's just my style.) So I feel that they treated me very unfairly by not letting me enter and read my book on the Warren Court and do my research inside the facility.
Furthermore, even if they had a good reason to eject me grabbing my phone (the security guard snatched my phone away from me) and throwing my bag, and hurling me out the door was still an excessive use of force-after all, I wasn't attacking anyone or doing anything obscene. (This is a library and not a bar filled with belligerent alcoholics). On top of that, making fun of me and cursing at me and calling me a crybaby, and then following me outside and threatening to punch me in the face wasn’t appropriate. Are the doormen at the library professionals or schoolyard bullies? (Please note: I have a picture of him walking up the stairs because he followed me out into the street and verbally threatened to punch me if I didn't delete my pictures.)

PS I used to go to this library regularly in 2018-19 and nobody ever had a problem with me before. Furthermore, I don’t bother people or interfere with the pleasant atmosphere of the facility

PPS This is so appalling. A lot of law students highlight passages in their textbooks when they study. Is highlighting inside a book loitering as well?

PPPS The doorman ignored me when I asked him his name so I took a picture of him on my phone (he kept trying to snatch my phone away from me for that and he also told me that he was going to punch me if I didn’t delete my pictures)

I had security follow me in bathroom of Latin descent, then had custodian fake clean to remove me. I wasn't even longer then 5 mins, before he decided to talk to security who told him to come in and basically alienated me out. Pretty bias and racist toward minority based on classism and race. Turned on ac on blast on 54 degrees rainy day in late March weather. When la usually in the 70s

This is the best library in Los Angeles CA because it's quiet and the computer has pleading paper formats and forms for every legal need. I was my own attorney for most of the lawsuit BC710605 and the help from the staff kept my briefs looking professional. I won!

Best seminars and resources. I'm a retired paralegal and was very impressed. Staff is top-noch and helped me with some complicated legal problems I'm facing!

Not doing enough to make accommodations to assist people right now remotely. Courts are open.but the Law Library is for the most part closed. Can't check out books and can't access any materials remotely, other than a few pages which they will send you. They need to reopen but limit the number of people inside to those only doing actual research, require appointments, and block the regular internet so the computers are like Pasadena, give people a 1 hour time limit, move some shelves in the middle to allow for more space between tables and limit 1 person to a table, put tables in front of the reference desk/circulation desks where people would typically stand to force social distancing on everyone, put up the plexiglass shields, get some uv lights, and lots of cleaning materials and require people to wipe down all their own surfaces, if people want to use paper books then scan the pages they'd like to view so they can view them on a computer, or give out disposable gloves for those who need to use printed material.or just allow remote access to the same resources that were available on the computers in the library before.

Tons of books, copier and fax machine, private reading room, helpful stuff however home to many homeless or near homeless people looking for payday.
The 4 stars is mainly for the circulation desk