Mission

The Library serves the court’s mission by using the knowledge and experience of its staff to provide and facilitate the use of legal materials and information resources through research assistance, helping with opinion publishing, contributing to the court’s website design and development, collecting and preserving Court documents and history, and presenting training events.

Through these activities, the Library also fosters awareness in the wider legal, government, and public communities of the court’s work, rules and decisions.

Access

The Circuit Library serves the research needs of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and the Office of Special Masters.

Authorized users are limited to:

1. Judges of the courts
2. Staff of either court
3. Members of the bars of either court
4. Unrepresented parties with pending cases in either court
5. Attorneys employed by the United States
6. Employees of the Administrative Office of the United States and the Federal Judicial Center

• Understanding the Federal Courts (external)
• Code of Federal Regulations (external)
• Congress.gov (external)
• Congressional Record (external)
• List of Federal Courts (external)
• Federal Register (external)
• Rules of Practice & Procedure (external)
• United States Code (external)
• U.S. Government Information (external)
• United States Reports – Official opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court (external)