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The Alexander Campbell King Law Library is the main
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of the
University of Georgia School of Law The University of Georgia School of Law (Georgia Law) is the law school of the University of Georgia, a Public university, public research university in Athens, Georgia. It was founded in 1859, making it one of the oldest American university law ...
. It is located in Hirsch Hall, one of two law school buildings on the nationally recognized historic North Quadrangle of the
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campus in
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. It also features the Louis B. Sohn Library on International Relations, located inside the Dean Rusk International Law Center, in the law school's Dean Rusk Hall. It is named after the famous Georgia jurist Alexander Campbell King, who would become a founding partner of the international law firm King & Spalding LLP, a firm with which the University of Georgia has close ties. The library holds more than a half million digital and print titles and is a leader in the provision of information in electronic formats. Its collection is particularly strong in historical legal materials and
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and
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. The library has won a number of awards and accolades over the years.


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Alexander Campbell King Law Library
official website
A Library With a View
- official blog of the library
Digital Commons@Georgia Law
- digital repository
About the Library
- description of the library and collections and policies University and college academic libraries in the United States Law libraries in the United States Libraries in Georgia (U.S. state) University of Georgia campus {{library-stub