Drake University Law Library Hours
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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 2026 | ||||||
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| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
1 July 1 | 2 July 2 | 3 July 3 | 4 July 4 | |||
5 July 5 | 6 July 6 | 7 July 7 | 8 July 8 | 9 July 9 | 10 July 10 | 11 July 11 |
12 July 12 | 13 July 13 | 14 July 14 | 15 July 15 | 16 July 16Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 17 July 17Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 18 July 18Library Hours Closed |
19 July 19Library Hours Closed | 20 July 20Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 21 July 21Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 22 July 22Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 23 July 23Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 24 July 24Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 25 July 25Library Hours Closed |
26 July 26Library Hours Closed | 27 July 27Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 28 July 28Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 29 July 29Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 30 July 30Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 31 July 31Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | |
| August 2026 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
1 August 1Library Hours Closed | ||||||
2 August 2Library Hours Closed | 3 August 3Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 4 August 4Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 5 August 5Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 6 August 6Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 7 August 7Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 8 August 8Library Hours Closed |
9 August 9Library Hours Closed | 10 August 10Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 11 August 11Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 12 August 12Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 13 August 13Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 14 August 14Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 15 August 15Library Hours Closed |
16 August 16Library Hours Closed | 17 August 17Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 18 August 18Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 19 August 19Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 20 August 20Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 21 August 21Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 22 August 22Library Hours 10am – 3pm |
23 August 23Library Hours 12pm – 8pm | 24 August 24Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 25 August 25Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 26 August 26Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 27 August 27Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 28 August 28Library Hours 8am – 5:30pm | 29 August 29Library Hours 10am – 3pm |
30 August 30Library Hours 12pm – 8pm | 31 August 31Library Hours 8am – 8pm | |||||
| September 2026 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
1 September 1Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 2 September 2Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 3 September 3Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 4 September 4Library Hours 8am – 5:30pm | 5 September 5Library Hours 10am – 3pm | ||
6 September 6Library Hours 12pm – 4pm | 7 September 7Library Hours 1pm – 8pm | 8 September 8Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 9 September 9Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 10 September 10Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 11 September 11Library Hours 8am – 5:30pm | 12 September 12Library Hours 10am – 3pm |
13 September 13Library Hours 12pm – 8pm | 14 September 14Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 15 September 15Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 16 September 16Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 17 September 17Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 18 September 18Library Hours 8am – 5:30pm | 19 September 19Library Hours 10am – 3pm |
20 September 20Library Hours 12pm – 8pm | 21 September 21Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 22 September 22Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 23 September 23Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 24 September 24Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 25 September 25Library Hours 8am – 5:30pm | 26 September 26Library Hours 10am – 3pm |
27 September 27Library Hours 12pm – 8pm | 28 September 28Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 29 September 29Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 30 September 30Library Hours 8am – 8pm | |||
| October 2026 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
1 October 1Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 2 October 2Library Hours 8am – 5:30pm | 3 October 3Library Hours 10am – 3pm | ||||
4 October 4Library Hours 12pm – 8pm | 5 October 5Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 6 October 6Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 7 October 7Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 8 October 8Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 9 October 9Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 10 October 10Library Hours Closed |
11 October 11Library Hours Closed | 12 October 12Library Hours 8am – 4:30pm | 13 October 13Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 14 October 14Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 15 October 15Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 16 October 16Library Hours 8am – 5:30pm | 17 October 17Library Hours 10am – 3pm |
18 October 18Library Hours 12pm – 8pm | 19 October 19Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 20 October 20Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 21 October 21Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 22 October 22Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 23 October 23Library Hours 8am – 5:30pm | 24 October 24Library Hours 10am – 3pm |
25 October 25Library Hours 12pm – 8pm | 26 October 26Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 27 October 27Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 28 October 28Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 29 October 29Library Hours 8am – 8pm | 30 October 30Library Hours 8am – 5:30pm | 31 October 31Library Hours 10am – 3pm |