Middle Temple Library possesses one of the largest collections of American legal materials outside the United States.  This collection is located on the third floor of the Library. The Middle Temple has always enjoyed a close relationship with the United States and we have links that go back to Elizabethan times.  Five of the original signatories to the Declaration of Independence were Middle Templars and our ties continue to be maintained through the American Bar Association and through the United States Ambassadors - each of whom has been made an Honorary Bencher of the Inn.

The collection aims to provide practitioners with quick access to US case law within the precincts of the Inns of Court and with basic supporting material.  It contains a fine collection of many of the earlier nominate reports, including a copy of the first Supreme Court Report.  A major part of the current collection is comprised of law reports, mainly consisting of the National Reporter System.  Each title consists of the law reports of several states which are linked by geographical proximity.

Prominent titles held include Corpus Juris Secundum, which is the US equivalent to Halsbury's Laws.  Textbooks include many single volume authoritative titles on areas of law such as family law, civil procedure and insurance law, and some major multi-volume works such as Wigmore on Evidence and Williston on Contract; also other subjects that will be of particular significance to British lawyers, such as works on scientific evidence and homeland security which cover the latest material on DNA and terrorism - which do not currently have comparable publications in UK law, but will soon have a bearing on it.  The library also holds several law journals, including the Harvard and Yale reviews.