Law Library of Louisiana

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The Law Library of Louisiana is located in the Louisiana Supreme Court building on 400 Royal Street in the New Orleans French Quarter. Our phone number is (504) 310-2400 or toll-free (Louisiana only) at (800) 820-3038. You can also email us at library@lasc.org or visit us online at lasc.libguides.com.

The mission of the Law Library of Louisiana is to meet the legal information needs of Louisiana’s judiciary, state government agencies, attorneys, and the general public by providing access to legal and related materials, research assistance, and instruction in the use of legal information.  Though the library’s priority is to provide legal assistance to the judiciary, especially the Louisiana Supreme Court, part of its mission is to provide public access to legal information, and the public is allowed to use the library’s resources. 

The Library not only has the most current legal materials, but it also has a rich collection of historical and international law materials.  Most of these treasures are stored in the library’s Rare Book Room, which is only open by appointment.  Historical documents such as the Siete Partidas from 1587, the French Code Civil from 1804, a full set of the Diderot Encyclopedia from the 1760s, a first edition of Blackstone’s Commentaries, and early codes used by Louisiana lawyers are but a few highlights of the Rare Book Room and international law collections.

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The Louisiana Digital Library (LDL) is composed of collections from many different institutions. Permission to publish and acquire images or requests for more information about materials that you find in the LDL should be directed to the institution that contributed the item to the LDL. To find the contact who can help you, find the field called "Contact Information" next to the image of interest to you. The Louisiana Digital Library is a service provider only and has no authority to grant permission to publish or supply high-resolution images.

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About the Louisiana Digital Library (LDL)

The Louisiana Digital Library (LDL) is the front door to Louisiana's digital cultural heritage. Members include public libraries, academic libraries, museums, and archives from arcross the state.

Currently, there are 25 participating institutions in the LDL. Each institution contributes the digital items and the descriptive text for their collections.

  • Calcasieu Parish Public Library
  • Delgado Community College
  • East Baton Rouge Parish Library
  • Law Library of Louisiana
  • Louisiana State Archives
  • Louisiana State Museum
  • Louisiana State University
  • Louisiana State University at Alexandria
  • Louisiana State University at Shreveport
  • Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
  • Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport
  • Louisiana Tech University
  • Loyola University New Orleans
  • McNeese State University
  • Nicholls State University
  • Northwestern State University
  • Southern University
  • State Library Of Louisiana
  • The Historic New Orleans Collection
  • Tulane University
  • University of Louisiana at Lafayette
  • University of Louisiana at Monroe
  • University of New Orleans
  • Vermilionville Living History Museum & Folklife Park
  • Webster Parish Library

The LDL is built with Islandora, an open source digital library system based on FedoraDrupal, and Solr.

Information about the Louisiana Digital Consortium can be found here: http://louisianadigitalconsortium.org