Visiting the Library
Members of the general public with current photo identification are permitted to use the library collection and have access to services for visitors after signing in with the guard at the entrance to the building.
Library Entrance:
500 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, Maryland
Location
The University of Maryland School of Law is located in downtown Baltimore,
six blocks northwest of the Inner Harbor and four blocks north of Oriole
Park at Camden Yards, in the University Center district.
The Thurgood Marshall Law Library and the School of Law share a common
building. The entrance to both the law library and the law school is located
at 500 W. Baltimore St, between Greene and Paca Streets.
Directions
From I-95 take Route 395 (downtown Baltimore) and exit onto Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., staying in the right lane. At the fourth traffic light, turn right onto Baltimore Street. Turn left at second traffic light onto Paca Street (get into right lane) and enter the Baltimore Grand Garage on your right. This garage is across the street from the Law Library.
Access Policy
After 8:00 p.m. on weekdays and after 5:00 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, access to the School of Law building is granted only to: faculty, staff, and students of UMB or of one of the University System of Maryland campuses; attorneys; and School of Law alumni.
Attorneys should present a current bar association photo identification card.
Alumni without bar association photo identification will be asked to show a valid driver's license to the security officer at the main entrance. The officer will check the name against a list of University of Maryland School of Law alumni.
Current students, faculty, and staff of other University of Maryland System campuses may enter upon presenting current photo identification from one of the following:
- Bowie State University
- Coppin State University
- Frostburg State University
- Morgan State University
- Salisbury University
- St. Mary's College of Maryland
- Towson University
- University of Baltimore
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
- University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP)
- University of Maryland, Eastern Shore (UMES)
- University of Maryland, University College (UMUC)
Visitors without any of the above affiliations are welcome to use the resources of the Law Library only for the purpose of conducting legal research or using government databases or print materials. Current government-issued photo identification is required for entrance. If the request for entrance is granted by the security officer, a photograph of the visitor will be taken and the identification card will be scanned.
