University of Houston Law Library

✨Employee Spotlight: Lanna Morris✨

Meet Lanna, our Library Business Administrator 💻🧾

She works with the administration team to ensure invoices are paid and supplies are ordered as well as process any travel for our Librarians. Lanna is always will to assist when needed in any department. Lanna has worked for the University for 14 and has now been a part of our UHLC Library staff for over 8 years.

Outside of the Library, Lanna enjoys hanging out with her two boys, coloring, attending games and singing. 🖍️🏈🎶🎧

Lanna’s Library Tip:
In house notary available for UH students and staff.

The University of Houston Law Center Law Library was thrilled to host delegates of the International Association of Law Librarians for a tour of the beautiful John O'Quinn Law Center building and a reception on our terrace to enjoy our beautiful views of downtown Houston. Such a treat to visit with law librarian colleagues from all over the world!

Prof. Drake recently published in the Buffalo Law Review.

Citation: Alyson Drake, Legal Research Instruction in the NextGen Era, 72 Buff. L. Rev. 1309 (2025) (with Amanda Watson).

Link in Bio

The University of Houston, including the law library, will be closed on Tuesday, January 21st due to expected hazardous winter weather conditions. A decision regarding Wednesday's operations will be made by noon on Tuesday. !Stay safe and warm

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Join us today at our table for Mental Health Week!

The Library will have FREE COFFEE all week!

Join us for lunch and this week's research lab. We will be covering jurisdiction and court hierarchy!

Need reference help this summer while you clerk or internet? Our reference librarians are here all summer, so get in touch. Our summer hours are 10-3 Monday to Friday, but you can also submit a chat outside these hours on the library website (linked in bio) and a reference librarian will get to you at the beginning of the next reference shift. We're here to help!

Need a quiet place to prep for exams? Reserve a study room using the link on the library website's homepage or by using the QR code at the Circulation Desk.

Link to the library website is in the bio.

In our latest scholarly spotlight, checked out Prof. Aman Gebru's latest article, "Communal Authorship," posted in the University of Richmond Law Review. It explores communal authorship, a subset of mass-authored works, that has unique qualities that make these works harder to protect from appropriation.

Check out Prof. Leah Fowler's most recent article, Social Media Is Influencing Contraceptive Choice, published in the Journal of Women's Health. Link in our bio!

Happening today and Wedbesday! AI will have an impact on legal research, so stop by our workshop to learn how to use these tools effectively before you start your summer job!

2Ls/3Ls/LLMs: today at noon in Room 210
1Ls: Wednesday at noon in Room 102B