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Extended ID Card Access
Drake Law students and employees may access the Law Library and Cartwright and Opperman Halls using their Drake ID seven days a week between 6 a.m. and 12 a.m.
Contact Public Safety at 515-271-2222 if the card reader won't accept your ID.
Library Hours
Fall and spring semester hours:
Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
Friday, 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Saturday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Sunday, 12 p.m.-8 p.m.
Summer hours:
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday, Closed
See the calendar view on this page for changes in hours due to breaks and holidays.
Reference Assistance Hours
A Reference Librarian is available Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Law Library Staffed Hours
| July 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Library Hours Closed | 5 Library Hours Closed | ||
6 Library Hours Closed | 7 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 8 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 9 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 10 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 11 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 12 Library Hours Closed |
13 Library Hours Closed | 14 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 15 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 16 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 17 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 18 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 19 Library Hours Closed |
20 Library Hours Closed | 21 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 22 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 23 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 24 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 25 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 26 Library Hours Closed |
27 Library Hours Closed | 28 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 29 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 30 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 31 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | ||
| August 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
1 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 2 Library Hours Closed | |||||
3 Library Hours Closed | 4 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 5 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 6 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 7 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 8 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 9 Library Hours Closed |
10 Library Hours Closed | 11 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 12 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 13 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 14 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 15 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 16 Library Hours Closed |
17 Library Hours Closed | 18 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 19 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 20 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 21 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 22 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 23 Library Hours 10am – 3pm |
24 Library Hours 12pm – 8pm | 25 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 26 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 27 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 28 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 29 Library Hours 8am – 5:30pm | 30 Library Hours 10am – 3pm |
31 Library Hours 1pm – 5pm | ||||||
| September 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
1 Library Hours 1pm – 8pm | 2 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 3 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 4 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 5 Library Hours 8am – 5:30pm | 6 Library Hours 10am – 3pm | |
7 Library Hours 12pm – 8pm | 8 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 9 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 10 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 11 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 12 Library Hours 8am – 5:30pm | 13 Library Hours 10am – 3pm |
14 Library Hours 12pm – 8pm | 15 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 16 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 17 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 18 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 19 Library Hours 8am – 5:30pm | 20 Library Hours 10am – 3pm |
21 Library Hours 12pm – 8pm | 22 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 23 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 24 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 25 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 26 Library Hours 8am – 5:30pm | 27 Library Hours 10am – 3pm |
28 Library Hours 12pm – 8pm | 29 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 30 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | ||||
| October 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
1 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 2 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 3 Library Hours 8am – 5:30pm | 4 Library Hours 10am – 3pm | |||
5 Library Hours 12pm – 8pm | 6 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 7 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 8 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 9 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 10 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 11 Library Hours 10am – 3pm |
12 Library Hours 12pm – 5pm | 13 Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 14 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 15 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 16 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 17 Library Hours 8am – 5:30pm | 18 Library Hours 10am – 3pm |
19 Library Hours 12pm – 8pm | 20 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 21 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 22 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 23 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 24 Library Hours 8am – 5:30pm | 25 Library Hours 10am – 3pm |
26 Library Hours 12pm – 8pm | 27 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 28 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 29 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 30 Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 31 Library Hours 8am – 5:30pm | |