As members of Pace’s adjunct faculty you have free access to the Library whenever it is open. To gain admittance, please scan a validated Pace University ID card whenever you enter the Library.
The Library is also happy to give free access to an individual who is assisting you in course preparation during the semester you are teaching. In order to take advantage of this service, please address a letter requesting access for your research assistant to Deborah Heller, Assistant Dean of the Law Library (422-4339). We will give your research assistant a temporary access card that will be good for one semester. Your research assistant cannot borrow library materials on your behalf. Nor should you share your Pace Lexis or Westlaw passwords with your research assistant or with anyone else.
The Library has one photocopier that is available to adjunct faculty for their course-related photocopying. It is located on the third floor (the main floor) of the Library. The code required to operate the copier is available from Beryl Brown, Adjunct Faculty Liaison (422-4264). Use of the Library photocopier should normally be confined to single copies of research materials. All bulk photocopying should be sent to the Graphics Department in Preston Hall.
The Library staff work continuously to improve the collection. We would very much appreciate the help of our adjunct faculty in suggesting materials for acquisitions. All such requests will be reviewed in light of the Collection Development Policy and budgetary considerations. Any materials purchased as the result of the suggestion of an adjunct faculty member will be shelved in the Library collection; we do not purchase materials for the personal use of adjunct faculty members.
The reference librarians are available to present sessions on specialized legal research, during or outside of class. Contact Deborah Heller if you are interested in this service.
Adjunct faculty members may borrow circulating materials from the Law Library. However, the following items are not permitted to leave the Library: materials that are updated in any way, including by pocket parts and supplements; multi-volume sets; rare books; statutes; periodicals; serials; materials that are kept on reserve or reference. For a complete list of what does not circulate, please check with the Circulation Department. In order to borrow materials, adjunct faculty must present a validated Pace University ID card. Adjunct faculty may not send in other individuals to borrow on their behalf.
The Law Library will borrow materials needed for class preparation from other libraries and from other Pace libraries. We can request books or copies of articles. Materials requested from other Pace libraries are usually available for pick up at the Law Library within a few days after we request them. Materials requested from outside Pace may take up to three weeks to arrive, so please allow sufficient time for your request to be processed and received.
Faculty members are welcome to place on course reserve materials that their students will need access to throughout the semester. Please give Vicky Gannon (422-4369), Head of Collection Services, the list of your course reserves at least six weeks before the beginning of the semester when you will be teaching. This will allow us sufficient time to purchase any items we do not own. Please note that the law library does not routinely purchase copies of casebooks or other books that are considered required for the course.
If you wish to make copies of previously administered exams available through the Law Library, you must complete a final exam release form (below). All previously released final exams are available through the Law Library TWEN site.
Access to and use of Lexis and Westlaw passwords are governed by the terms of Pace’s contracts with the database vendors. Adjunct faculty are entitled to passwords only when they are teaching, and must confine their use of the passwords to research undertaken in support of their teaching at Pace Law School. Violation of the academic use clause may result in permanent loss of the passwords. Please contact Alyson Carney or Deborah Heller to request a Lexis or Westlaw password.