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Law Library

The Law Library supports study, teaching and research for the Faculty of Law at our Pipitea campus through an extensive range of online and print material.

Facilities and services

The Law Library is part of the Pipitea campus and can be found in the Old Government Buildings.

  • Ask any library-related questions at the Service Point on the ground floor.
  • The Law Subject Librarian is available for personalised assignment and research consults
  • The Law Subject Guide will help you with legal research.
  • Use the Green Zones on level 1 and 2 for group work and conversation.
  • Use the Blue Zones (on each floor) for quiet, individual study.
  • Three bookable group study rooms are available online.
  • The Māori and Pasifika space, Te Kauwae Parāoa , is on Level 2 for group work and study conversations. This space houses Archives New Zealand documents that were published by the Waitangi Tribunal.
  • Course reserves and requested items are found in the reading room on the ground floor.
  • Most reading materials for courses are available electronically via Nuku and Talis reading lists.
  • Due to the architecture of the Old Government Building and its heritage nature some areas of the Library may have limited Wi-Fi coverage.

Access after hours: After 5 pm on weekdays and all day on weekends and public holidays, access to the Law Library is by swipe card access (for current students and staff).

Law Library 3D Tour

Explore the Law Library remotely in this 3D virtual tour

Contacts

  • library@vuw.ac.nz
  • +64 4 463 6372
  • Street address: 55 Lambton Quay, Pipitea, Wellington 6011
  • Postal address: The Library, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 3438, Wellington 6140
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Christine Quill

Team Leader, Client Services

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Peter Quin

Team Leader, Subject Librarians
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Catherine Doughty

Subject Librarian

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