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Nahum Gelber Law Library
Opened in 1998, the Library is a state-of-the-art facility with a collection of over 185,000 volumes of statutes, regulations, law reports, treatises, journals, and other legal material. In addition to Canadian law, the collection focuses on air and space law, comparative law, private and public international law, human rights law, jurisprudence and international trade law. It also has legal materials from other jurisdictions such as Great Britain, France and the United States.
The Peter Marshall Laing Special Collections Room houses the Wainwright Collection of French law from the ancien régime and other rare books. Other collections of note include an extensive collection of French legal theses and the John Humphrey United Nations Collection.
The Dobrin-Steinberg Computer Instruction Classroom, when not in use for teaching, may be used by ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ students for personal research. In addition, there is wireless network access throughout the building as well as over 300 wired workspaces allowing students to use their laptops to access information. There are also six Moot Team Preparation Rooms for the exclusive use of competitive moot teams and three group study rooms for use by ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ Law students.
For complete information on the Nahum Gelber Law Library please visit our website: www.mcgill.ca/library.
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Faculty of Law—2011-2012 (last updated Aug. 23, 2011) (disclaimer)