In 2026, the Harris County Robert W. Hainsworth Law Library commemorates the 40th anniversary of WALT — the West Automated Legal Terminal — a pioneering technology that marked the Library’s entry into the world of online legal research and helped reshape how attorneys, judges, and self-represented litigants access the law.
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Ex Libris Juris - HCLL Blog
What’s behind the name? “Ex Libris Juris” is Latin for “from the books of law” and much of the information here will relate to the legal information collected and curated by the Law Library. Additionally, “Ex Libris” has long appeared on bookplates – labels appearing inside the front cover of books – and has acquired the connoted meaning “from the library of” to show ownership of the book. Using this connotation, the phrase becomes “from the library of law” and better describes the posts about digital resources, event announcements, and research tips that will regularly appear here.