Law Library Textbook Kokua (LLTK) Program
The Law Library will lend first-year course textbooks for up to ten first-year law students, who are financially burdened and unable to purchase them. First-year law students may be enrolled within the in-person or online 1st year course curriculum. Please see the LLTK Form linked below to see the titles available each semester.
- The loan period will be for the entire semester.
- This collection is created for students to partially address an equity gap and work toward low-cost or no-cost access to courses.
- There is no income level that determines eligibility for students to check out materials from the LLTK collection. However, financially burdened students typically have little-to-no expected contributions from family (e.g., parents, spouse, partner) or other benefactors as part of their financial aid package for tuition and living expenses.
- We expect Richardson students to evaluate their own situation and apply for participation in the LLTK program only if they are genuinely in need as we have a limited number of textbooks to share with you.
Any first-year law student who self-identifies as in need of financial assistance for their textbook purchases may check out textbooks at the Law Library for the semester. To receive borrowing privileges, students must complete the private form below (open the form in a web browser to fill it out online). Please send the completed form to ellenrae[at]hawaii[dot]edu. This way, the process of receiving access is as private as possible.
You will be notified via e-mail at your hawaii.edu address when to pick up your item(s).
- If textbooks have been depleted, we will inform you immediately.
- When you arrive at the Law Library circulation desk, inform the circulation assistant that you have books on hold from the LLTK collection. Present your school identification card or other government-issued identification.
- For online law students only, the LLTK books can be mailed to you when they are available at the beginning of the semester. Who is eligible for mailing service?
- Richardson students who are currently enrolled in the online Law School program are considered for mailing service.
- For online students who live on the island of O'ahu, we request that you pick up the books at the Law Library (during this Fall 2024 semester, we will be open Mon-Sat from 8am-6pm, and Sun from 9am-6pm).
- For online students who live on another neighbor island, or 30 miles or more away, we will mail the books to your address through US mail or FedEx depending on your location. Please enter you address in the LLTK form.
- Shipping costs for sending books to online students are handled by the library; online students are responsible for the cost of return shipping of the item.
- We kindly ask that you do not permanently mark up or highlight these books as we intend to use them for the next entering class if possible.
Questions? Please contact ellenrae[at]hawaii[dot]edu or 956-2867.