{"id":341,"date":"2017-09-12T15:55:27","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T19:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/library\/?page_id=341"},"modified":"2026-03-11T08:59:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T12:59:59","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/library\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Law Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The mission of the Georgetown Law Library is to support fully the research and educational endeavors of the students and faculty of Georgetown Law, by collecting, organizing, preserving, and disseminating legal and law related information in any form, by providing effective service and instructional programs, and by utilizing technology to enhance collections and services.<\/p>\n<h2>Edward Bennett Williams Law Library<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-182 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/07\/wms-exterior-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Front of the Edward Bennett Williams Law Library taken with a wide-angle lens.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/07\/wms-exterior-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/07\/wms-exterior-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/07\/wms-exterior-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/07\/wms-exterior-500x334.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/07\/wms-exterior-740x494.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/07\/wms-exterior-980x654.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/07\/wms-exterior-1220x814.jpg 1220w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/07\/wms-exterior-1440x960.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>111 G Street, NW<br \/>\nWashington, DC 20001<\/p>\n<p>Circulation Desk: 202-662-9131<br \/>\nReference Desk: 202-662-9140<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/library\/about\/edward-bennett-williams\/\">About Edward Bennett Williams<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/library\/about\/john-wolff\/\">About John Wolff<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/library\/about\/robert-oakley\/\">About Robert Oakley<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Law Library Staff<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"\/library\/staff\">View the law library staff directory<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mission of the Georgetown Law Library is to support fully the research and educational endeavors of the students and faculty of Georgetown Law, by collecting, organizing, preserving, and disseminating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":13,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-341","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3523,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/341\/revisions\/3523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}