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The Zief Law Library Welcome Guide

The University of San Francisco School of Law Library Welcome Guide: Use this guide to learn more about resources offered at the Dorraine Zief Law Library.

What Does The Building Offer?: Floor Plans and Study Spaces

Photograph of the Zief Law Library exterior from Fulton Street.

Photograph of the Zief Law Library exterior from Fulton Street.

Floor Plans

Library floor plans are shown below. On the first floor, you will find the Circulation Desk, research librarian offices, the conversation study area, law stacks, the computer lab, and three group study rooms (107 Main Floor, 108 Main Floor, and 110Main Floor). 

On the second floor, you will find quiet study areas, the Silent Study Room ("Club 59"), law stacks, and an event space named the Terrace Room. 

The lower library level (not pictured) offers additional quiet study areas, law stacks, faculty offices, law classrooms, and group study rooms (009 LL, 010LL, 026LL, 027LL, 028LL, and 037LL). 

Study Spaces

The Dorraine Zief Law Library offers a variety of study spaces accessible to students depending on their personal study preferences. Whether you choose to work independently, collaboratively, silently, or with noise, Zief has the space for you!

Our first floor features an open floor plan for conversation and collaborative study, a wall of individual study carrels, large tables for spreading out, and three group study rooms (107 Main Floor, 108 Main Floor, and 110 Main Floor). The Lower Level and the Second Floor are both quiet study areas for individual study. The Lower Level also offers group study rooms. On the Second Floor, you will find the Silent Study Room ("Club 59"). 

Photograph of the Zief Law Library second floor study carrels. 

(Second Floor Study Carrels.)

Photograph of the Zief Law Library second floor silent study room.    

(Second Floor Silent Study Room, "Club 59.")


For more information on our Group Study Rooms, visit the 1L Library Welcome Guide page titled "HOW TO: Study Rooms and Printing."

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