Library is the central information resource for students and faculty members at the Faculty of Law. Located on three floors in the core of the Josephine Spencer Niblett Law Building, the Law Library houses approximately 180,000 volumes and 45,000 microforms. More than $600,000 is invested in the collection each year. Primary materials include a comprehensive collection of Canadian legislation and law reports, the principal British and American legal sources, and growing holdings in European and other international materials. The Law Library has an excellent collection of legal treatises and periodical literature. In addition, it provides access to a broad range of legal databases including Quicklaw, WestlaweCARSWELL, LexisNexis, HeinOnline, and Maritime Law Book's National Reporter System. Full-text legislation sources and legal literature indexes are also available online. The Law Library has seven full-time staff members - four librarians and three library assistants - plus several casual and part-time staff. Instructional support for the print and electronic resources is a key responsibility of the Law Library staff. Through orientation sessions and ongoing workshops, graduate students will get hands-on experience reviewing and refining technologies for finding and evaluating legal research resources. Individual reference assistance is available for students requiring in-depth assistance. Students have access to the entire University of Western Ontario library system, which includes the D.B. Weldon Library and six division/professional libraries. Students may also use the London Public Library system, which administers a central library and fifteen branches. Should students require materials not held by the Law Library or elsewhere on campus these can usually be obtained expeditiously from other institutions through the document delivery / interlibrary loan service. A wireless network operates in public areas throughout the Law Building, including classrooms, student lounges and everywhere in the Law Library. LL.M. students with suitably equipped notebook computers can browse the web, send and receive email without being tied to a specific location. AC power outlets for plugging in notebook computers are found in virtually all classrooms and in many locations in the library. It is recommended, but not required, that graduate students own personal computers. Housing for graduate students may be found both on and off campus. Information on housing services at Western may be found on the UWO Housing web site
www.uwo.ca/hfs/
The Manager
The Off-Campus Housing Services is located in Room 109, Elgin Hall, and provides a listing service of housing accommodation available in London by the following categories: Room only, Room and board, Room with cooking facilitites, Accommodation to share, Apartments and Houses Further information may be obtained from the Off-Campus Housing Office at (519) 661-3550. Student Health Services is located in the University Community Centre. Students may make use of several facilities for general medical care, including the Medical Centre, Room 12 (661-3030), the Counseling Service, Room 22 (661-3771), and other services. Students from outside Canada are not eligible for Ontario Health Insurance but must apply for private insurance coverage (University Health Insurance Plan - UHIP) under a plan developed by the universities of Ontario and Welton Beauchamp Inc. Further information about UHIP may be obtained from the UHIP web site. Application should be made to the Office of the Registrar, Room 190, Stevenson-Lawson Building as soon as possible after arriving in Ontario. Further information and assistance may be obtained from the Office of the Registrar, Stevenson-Lawson Building, London, ON N6A 5B8, (519) 661-2100. All full-time graduate students are covered by a supplementary health plan through the Society of Graduate Students. A full-time student who is injured, hospitalized, or needs prescription drugs (excluding contraceptives) may make a claim to the insurance company which holds the policy through the SOGS Office, Room 260, University Community Centre. Counselling on psychological, career, or academic matters is also available without cost at the Student Development Centre in the University Community Centre (519 661-3031).
LL.M. Program
Graduate Student Resources
Library Resources
The John and Dotsa Bitove Family Law
Office Space
A graduate student office, which has key-coded entry, is located on the second floor of the Law Library. The graduate student office has carrel space that provides shared computing facilities. Graduate students may also apply for carrel space at the D.B. Weldon Library each term.
Computing Resources
All faculty and students enjoy access to quality computing facilities. The Law Library contains two computer labs (the teaching lab and the research lab) as well as computer-equipped carrels on two floors. Approximately 60 desktop personal computers are available in total, running Windows 98 or Windows 2000. All workstations are connected to the Internet via the campus backbone network for web browsing, email and research. LL.M. students are provided with network and email accounts and personal disk space. All users have access to standard office applications, e.g. the Corel and Microsoft Office suites, as well as specialized legal research applications. Laser printers and scanners are provided, as is technical assistance from qualified staff.
Society of Graduate Students
All graduate students at the University of Western Ontario are members of the Society of Graduate Students (SOGS), which has represented the interests and concerns of both part-time and full-time graduate students at the University of Western Ontario for more than 35 years, making it one of the oldest autonomous graduate student organizations in Canada. For more information, visit the
SOGS web site.
Housing
Applications for residence accommodation on campus may be directed to:Residence Admissions Office
Room 102, Elgin Hall
The University of Western Ontario
University Drive
London, ON N6A 5B9
Ph: (519) 661-3547
Applications for Married Student Housing (60 1-bedroom and 144 2-bedroom apartments, 136 2-bedroom and 60 3-bedroom townhouses) may be directed to:
Platt's Lane Estates Inc.
536 Platt's Lane
London, ON N6G 3A8
Ph: (519) 679-4561
Health Services
Health Insurance
Health insurance offered by the Ontario Health Insurance Plan is the only form of basic hospital and physician insurance permitted in Ontario. It is the student's responsibility to obtain the necessary coverage under OHIP. Students are reminded that if they do not hold hospital services insurance and are required by reason of accident or illness to enter hospital, they may incur very costly daily charges. Students from other provinces who already have health insurance are urged to ascertain, before coming to Ontario, if their policies will be honoured in Ontario and for how long.
Counselling Services
Career and academic counselling is available through the office of the Graduate Programs Coordinator within the Faculty of Law.
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