Facilities

Willamette University is located in the heart of the Willamette Valley in historic Salem, the state capital. The College of Law is housed on the beautiful 65-acre campus of the University in the award-winning Truman Wesley Collins Legal Center. The college is situated in close proximity to the state Capitol, the Oregon Supreme Court and the Oregon Court of Appeals and is only a few blocks from the state archives building. Legislative offices and state agencies are located nearby and offer dozens of clerkship and externship opportunities for law students.

The school offers all the cutting-edge amenities a student would expect from a top law school. Bright, modern classrooms provide comfortable, professional environments for learning and include a state-of-the-art wireless network. Both the Collins Legal Center and the law library are accessible to law students on an honor system 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Law Library

The J.W. Long Law Library, which anchors the north end of the Collins Legal Center, is designed to facilitate ease of use and comfort. Its 296,000 volumes and microform equivalents include state and federal primary law sources, as well as the leading treatises, periodicals and other secondary sources that are vital to a full understanding of the law. The library, a Selective Federal Government Repository, houses special collections in public international law, tax law and labor law. Professional reference librarians are available to assist law students with all aspects of legal research, including use of electronic databases; the Hatfield Library Consortium online catalog; the library Web site, www.willamette.edu/wucl/longlib; and other research applications on the law school network.

Willamette law students also have available to them, within several blocks, the collections of Willamette University’s Mark O. Hatfield Library, which maintains a strong liberal arts and graduate business collection; the State of Oregon Law Library, which houses briefs of the Oregon Supreme Court and the Oregon Court of Appeals and contains rare historical Commonwealth materials; the Oregon State Library, the official state government documents depository; and the Oregon State Archives, which houses all historical Oregon legislative documents.

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University Facilities

Law students also have access to all the facilities of Willamette University, including the Goudy Dining Commons and The Bistro, University Center, the Willamette Store and much more. The Sparks Physical Education and Recreation Center is one of the finest athletic facilities in the region, housing a swimming pool, handball/racquetball courts, weight room, gymnasiums and shower and locker facilities. The University's Hallie Ford Museum of Art is the third largest art museum in the state. The G. Herbert Smith Auditorium hosts the Oregon Symphony's performances in Salem. The recently completed Mary Stuart Rogers Music Center offers state-of-the-art acoustics for small performances of jazz, choral music, chamber music and recitals. The campus provides intramural sports, cultural offerings, student organizations, special events and lectures, as well as the stimulation of 2,100 other Willamette students.