Skip to Main Content

Library Services and Resources for the USD Legal Clinics

Librarians are here to help!

This guide is a collection of the library resources students may find helpful when working at the USD Legal Clinics. Click the side tabs for clinic-specific resources.

Librarians are available to assist with your clinic legal research via chat, email, or Zoom, M-Th 9am-6pm, Fri 9am-5pm, and Sun 12pm-4pm.

To reach us via chat, click the chat widget on the lower right corner of this screen. You may To send us a question over email, or to schedule a Zoom research consultation, please email the LRC Reference Department at lrcrefer@sandiego.edu. 

Librarians also hold weekly reference office hours at the clinics during the semester. These hours are listed on the LRC Reference @ Legal Clinics calendar.

LRC Research Presentations

Librarian slide presentations for the Legal Clinics are available on the LRC's website.

Quick Links for Clinic Research

Will I be doing the same type of research for the clinic as I did for my Legal Writing & Research class?

Not exactly.

In addition to the resources for searching case law and statutes that you have already mastered, you will be using general and specialized practice materials:

  • Litigation materials
  • Local court rules and forms
  • Arbitration information
  • Client materials
  • Government web sites and forms
  • Investigatory materials
  • Consumer credit materials