Sydney Lewis Hall
Sydney Lewis Hall is the home of the school of law on the historic campus of Washington and Lee in Lexington, VA. Lewis Hall was built in 1977 with a $9 million gift from Best Products founder Sydney Lewis and his wife Frances of Virginia. In addition to lecture halls, classrooms, and offices for faculty and staff, Lewis Hall houses the 150-seat Millhiser Moot Courtroom with the accompanying Robert E. Stroud Judge's Chambers and the Roger D. Groot Jury Room. Lewis Hall also has a cafeteria for students, staff, and faculty called the Brief Stop, which serves food, snacks, and drinks. As part of its newly initiated $35 million campaign, "Honor Our Past, Build Our Future," the School of Law plans on renovating and expanding Lewis Hall with a new wing which includes an identifiable front entrance and foyer for motorists; instructional space; a professional development wing; new space for consolidated clinics, including ease of access for clients; an improved faculty lounge; group study/interview rooms; faculty offices; new third-year workspace, and a trial court room.
Lewis Hall's cornerstones are the Wilbur C. Hall Law Library and Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Wing. The 58,155-square-foot (5,402.8 m2) Wilbur C. Hall Law Library includes a separate faculty library, a rare book room, and an audio-visual media center and is open 24-hours a day. The library houses more than 439,347 volumes and is unique in offering each student personally-designated work and storage space. The Powell Wing was built in 1992 to house the professional and personal papers and archives of the United States Supreme Court Justice and noted W&L alum as well as other manuscript collections, rare books, and archives of the law school. The Powell Wing includes an expanded main reading room space, in addition to stack area and work space for the papers. The archives are managed by full-time staff and are open to researchers, faculty, and students. Woods Creek Apartments, across the street from Lewis Hall, serve as on-campus residence apartments for law students, though about 90% of law students choose to live off-campus.
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