Bay Area Law Libraries and Government Depository Libraries

Law Libraries

Berkeley

Boalt Hall Law Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720
(510) 642-4044
Online Catalog
General public access allowed.

Oakland

Alameda County Law Library
Main Branch:
125 Twelfth Street
Oakland CA 94607
(510) 208-4800

South Branch:
224 W. Winton Ave. Room 162
Hayward, CA 94544
No online catalog. Open to the general public.

Redwood City

San Mateo County Law Library 
Cohn-Sorenson Law Library Building
710 Hamilton Street
Redwood City, CA 94063
(650) 363-4913
No online catalog. Open to the general public.

Sacramento

Sacramento County Public Law Library
Main @ the Hall of Justice
813 6th St., First Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 874-6011

Branch @ the William R. Ridgeway Family Court House
Power Inn Road, Room 112
Sacramento, CA 95826
(916) 875-3490
Online Catalog. Open to the public.

California State Library (this library houses the Witkin State Law Library of California)
914 Capitol Mall
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 654-0261
Online Catalogs.  Open to the public.

San Jose

Santa Clara County Law Library
360 N. First St.
San Jose, CA 95113
(408) 299-3568
No online catalog. Open to the public.

San Francisco

Golden Gate University Law Library
536 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 442-6680
Online Catalog
Private. NOT open to the public.

 

U.C. Hastings Law Library
200 McAllister St., 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 565-4750
Online Catalog
General public access allowed.  Must sign in at security gate and have government-issued ID.

 

University of San Francisco Law Library
Kendrick Hall
2130 Fulton St.
San  Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 422-6678
Online Catalog
Private. NOT open to the general public, but some access is available to students of ABA-accredited law schools and active members of the California bar.  These patrons must show their active student ID or California bar card in order to be admitted to the library.

 

San Francisco Law Library
401 Van Ness Ave. #400
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 554-6821
Online Catalog
Open to the general public.

Stanford

Stanford University Law Library
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305
(650) 723-2465
Depository Library
Online Catalog 
Private. NOT open to the public. However, if you think that you need to access Stanford's law collection, please check with the reference librarians.

Government Depository Libraries

San Jose

San Jose State University Library
150 East San Fernando Street
San Jose, CA 95112
(408) 808-2000
Online  Catalog
SJSU's King Library is open to the public.

Stanford

Jonsson Library of Government Documents
Green Library, Bing Wing, First Floor
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, CA 94305-6004
Online Catalog 

Legal Assistance for Public Patrons

Your Public Law Library
Includes links to a wide variety of resources for public patrons seeking legal research assistance, including the AskNow law librarian service.  AskNow is a free service that allows public patrons to ask live law librarians legal research questions on the Internet.

 Date of Last Update:  March 2, 2012