Welcome / Mission

Welcome to the University of San Francisco School of Law's Dorraine Zief Law Library! Our primary goal is to serve our patrons effectively and efficiently in the highest tradition of excellent library service.

Law Library Mission Statement

The USF Law Library staff provides legal information resources, instruction and an environment designed to enable the USF Law School Community to pursue excellence in education, build a supportive, open learning community, and contribute to social justice as we strive to educate minds and hearts to change the world.

• Information Resources
The USF Law Library Staff selects from, describes, organizes, creates, preserves, maintains and delivers information resources in a variety of media to ensure that the USF Law School Community has access to relevant legal and interdisciplinary information.

• Instruction
The USF Law Library Staff instructs, directly and in partnership with USF Law Faculty, and guides students, faculty and staff in practical skills and research techniques to foster critical thinking and independence in the evaluation and use of legal and interdisciplinary information.

• Environment
The USF Law Library Staff provides a supportive and flexible atmosphere that balances community and study. In this environment, the USF Law Library Staff furnishes the most appropriate tools to enable the USF Law School Community to best utilize information and accomplish its educational goals. To create this setting, the Law Library Staff plans, anticipates, explores and provides the most current, efficient and cost-effective information resources, technologies and facilities.

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