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Every accredited American law school is required by the American Bar Association to have a law library meeting certain minimum specifications with respect to quantity and quality of materials available.

Some law school libraries are kept in the same building as the general library, but many are either in the law school's building, or in a separate facility altogether.

Most courthouses also have a law library ; the United States Supreme Court building houses one of the most extensive in the world, rivaled by the Law Library of Congress.

Some larger law firms maintain a private library for their own attorneys, but many firms in college towns and larger cities with universities simply dispatch their attorneys to local law schools to do legal research.

In some U. S. states, like California, all counties are required by state law to maintain a public law library for the benefit of the general public.