Inner Temple Library

Inner Temple Library
The Inner Temple Library, c. 1895, Herbert Railton, illustrator
Map
LocationInner Temple
London, EC4, England
TypePrivate
ScopeLaw
Establishedc. Henry VII era; original building in existence by 1506
Collection
SizeOver 70,000 volumes[1] of English law
Access and use
Access requirementsWritten application to the Librarian, to use material not available elsewhere
Population servedBarristers, judges, and student members of the Inns of Court
Other information
DirectorRobert Hodgson (Librarian and Keeper of Manuscripts)
Websiteinnertemplelibrary.org.uk

The Inner Temple Library is a private law library in London, England, serving barristers, judges, and students on the Bar Professional Training Course. Its parent body is the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, one of the four Inns of Court.

Its law collections cover the legal systems of the British Isles (England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) and also Commonwealth countries. There are, in addition, extensive non-law collections covering such subjects as history, topography, biography and heraldry, and an important collection of legal and historical manuscripts.

  1. ^ Inner Temple Library Archived 2010-01-15 at the Wayback Machine – Welcome page – accessed 22 January 2010