Law Library Textbook Kōkua (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 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.
- Please return the book(s) at the due date communicated. Fines will be accrued if the books are not returned by the due date. If you plan to use the book(s) in the following semester, you must return the ones you borrowed, then fill out the next semesterʻs LLTK form to request to borrow more books.
- Please only request to borrow books for courses you are enrolled in for the current semester so that you do not borrow books that you do not need. This prevents other students who are actually taking the course from having access to them.
- 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.
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.
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, 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 course curriculum 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
- For online students who do not live on O'ahu island, or 30 miles or more away from the UH Mānoa Campus, the Law Library can mail the books to your address through US mail or FedEx, depending on your location.
- Online students who receive LLTK books by mail are responsible for the shipping costs to return the items back to the Law Library.
- 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. Fines will be charged for LLTK books that have been damaged and written in.
Questions? Please contact ellenrae[at]hawaii[dot]edu or 956-2867.