Leading Research Facilitation in Law

We are a national resource for legal researchers supporting and facilitating research students at universities across the UK and in the University of London.
 

The IALS Library Click, Collect & Return book loan service resumes from Wednesday 13th January and the book a study desk service resumes from Wednesday 20th January.  More details at https://ials.sas.ac.uk/library.

Institute of Advanced Legal Studies

Join over 100 students and researchers studying alongside internationally renowned academics and visiting fellows.

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Be a part of a legal research hub to foster and conduct research in areas related to legal education and legal skills.

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Access a library with over 300,000 legal texts, online databases and focused legal research projects.

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IALS is active in a number of partnerships with other libraries and organisations in the UK and overseas.

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  • The Bluebook explains how to cite the law of more than 40 different foreign jurisdictions.

  • The IALS Student Law Review (ISLRev) is an online open access peer-reviewed law journal edited by IALS research students. Submit an article.

  • IALS Library offers guidance on OSCOLA referencing. We have an online guide and onsite training sessions.