The Library at Washington and Lee School of Law

The 2022 Washington and Lee Law Journal Rankings are now available at go.wlu.edu/lawjournals.

Maintained by the W&L Law Library, the Rankings are a world-recognized resource for identifying and comparing law journals by subject, country of publication, or rank across several categories relevant to scholars and publishers.

Data for 2022 includes the top 400 U.S.-published law journals and the top 100 law journals published outside the United States, based on citation counts and publication statistics for a 2018-2022 survey period.

New Rankings are released annually based on data up through the preceding calendar year. Historical data from the 1996-2003 to 2017-2021 survey periods remains accessible on the site for reference and comparison.

For more information about W&L Law Journal Rankings, please visit the the How to Use and Methodology pages of the site. Questions and comments are welcome at LawJournalRankings@wlu.edu.

The W&L Law Library is delighted to introduce Meescan, a system that lets users easily check out items anywhere in the Library using a mobile phone app.

Following recent rollouts in the Leyburn and Telford libraries on Front Campus, a new Meescan self-service unit at the Law Library Circulation Desk now allows 24/7 checkout of library materials with a swipe of your W&L ID card or email address.

The self-checkout computers previously in the Reserve Room and in the Level 1 and 1A stacks have also been removed. Instead, enjoy the convenience of simply scanning an item straight from the shelf using the Meescan app on your phone to read the item’s barcode.

The Meescan app is available for both iOS and Android (Apple App Store and Google Play). Look for signs around the Library with a QR code to download it directly; also below:

We hope you find Meescan to be a quick and convenient way to checkout your library materials! If you have any questions, please email us at LawRef@wlu.edu.

W&L Law Library is pleased to announce access to Labor and Employment: The American Worker on HeinOnline.

Launched in February 2023, this comprehensive database is dedicated to all the ways America works: the history of organized labor in the United States, its influence on labor law, and the many ways people work for a living

It contains thousands of books, documents, and articles about the American workplace, from the labor rights movement in the 19th century to the struggles of today. Topics include the establishment of a minimum wage and the 40-hour workweek, collective bargaining, contracts, workplace hazards and safeguards, as well as efforts to make the workplace equitable for all. New scholarly articles and content are added each month.

Labor and Employment: The American Worker and other HeinOnline content is accessible to all current W&L students, faculty, and staff, as well as all University alumni through the Friends of the Library program.

For more information about the new collection, see HeinOnline’s LibGuide or watch their brief video. Also feel free to reach out to a librarian at LawRef@wlu.edu for guidance or research assistance.

Just in time for holiday food and festivities, the W&L University Library and Law Library are pleased to announce complimentary access to New York Times Cooking.

Accessible at cooking.nytimes.com, New York Times Cooking is a leading online kitchen resource that helps home cooks of every level discover, save, and organize both classic and innovative recipes and learn to become better cooks.

To access NYT Cooking, you must have a current NYT individual digital subscription, which is also free for current W&L students, staff, and faculty. To sign up, log in to https://library.wlu.edu/restricted/nyt-cooking.php with your WLU username (not your full email address) and password and follow the instructions.

Happy holidays and happy cooking!