Florida State / College of Law / Research Center

Welcome to the College of Law Research Center. Our primary mission is to train our students to produce highly sophisticated and cost-effective legal research. Florida State Law students have 24/7 access to the Research Center. Our students can also use virtual reference provided by expert research librarians.

Our Research Center offers students:

  • one of the nation’s most comprehensive, systematic legal research training programs
  • extensive legal research offerings throughout all three years of law school
  • specialized classes, long and short, that help students to develop into expert legal researchers
  • classes and workshops taught by experienced research attorneys and law librarians

What our students say about us:

  • “Their classes and workshops are the best.”
  • “My clerking job showed me the value of the skills that I learned from the research librarians.”
  • “Their service is amazing. They’re just so responsive and helpful.”


Research Center Highlights

Off-campus access to Florida State research databases.

Law students: have a research question? Ask us online

Register for weekly lunch time workshops. View current schedule in PDF or Google Calendar.

Connect with the Research Center on Facebook and Twitter.

1L Students: discover great resources with our First Year Survival Guide

Read up on interesting legal news and issues at the Research Center Blog.

List of new titles now available at the Research Center

Wireless Printing for Laptops.