UB Law
Note
The UB Law is a reference library with restricted lending. Only employees of the Faculty of Law and postgraduate students with a personally assigned long-term study space receive the authorization to borrow titles from the UB Law collection.
Book Study Spaces
Study spaces on the 5th and 6th floors can be reserved via booked:
booked-UB external users (not UZH members)
Study spaces on floors 1-4 can be used without prior reservation.
Long-term Study Spaces
To apply for a long-term workplace on the 7th floor:
- Doctoral students and Postdoctoral researchers in law with a valid certificate
- Visiting researchers in law
- Lawyer candidates
can fill out this application form: Antrag Langzeitarbeitsplatz
Rent Long-term Lockers
Locker keys can be borrowed on site. The following rules apply:
- Lockers are managed via swisscovery.
- Rental period: 6 months
- Rental fee: CHF 20.-
In 20 minutes through the UB Law
Do you want to get to know the location and its services in an uncomplicated way? We offer a short guided tour for new users, in which we explain everything you might need for your everyday library life: From booking a study space to operating the copy machines to research options, everything is included. Please register by e-mail with a desired date and time and indicate to which target group you belong (students, assistants, doctoral students, external users).
Group Visits
The UB Law has been an attraction for people interested in architecture and visitors from all over the world since its opening in 2004. It can be visited by individuals and smaller groups (up to 5 people) during opening hours without prior registration. Visits from larger groups (from 6 to max. 16 people) are possible only after prior registration and appointment. Contact person: lic iur. Maryam Soliman E-Mail.
All visitors to the library are kindly asked to to be quiet while in the library. Photography without flash for private purposes is allowed on the first floor.
Information about the Location (RAI-E-400)
The collection includes approximately 230'000 books and 600 subscribed periodicals and series. The field of collection includes mainly the national law, the law of neighboring countries (Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Liechtenstein) as well as the Anglo-American legal systems (USA, Great Britain). Publications on Swiss law are acquired as completely as possible. A separate study library, called BASIS, covers the needs of law students for current study literature.
Information on the special holdings of the UB Law (only german)