Westlaw
Law student access in June and July goes down to two hours per month unless you apply for an extension. Extensions are permitted if you are taking summer law classes, doing law review and journal work, working on a project for a professor, participating in moot court or doing an unpaid non-profit public interest internship/externship or pro bono work required for graduation.
Graduating students are also given the option to extend their password. Extension allows graduating students 10 hours of additional access on their current password in June and July for bar exam preparation.
Use this link to the sign-on home page of lawschool.westlaw.com--Once you enter your password, you will be directed to the extension page.
Lexis
Students and faculty may use their LexisNexis Law School Educational ID only for academic purposes. Academic purposes" include, but are not limited to:
- class preparation and assignments
- research associated with moot court or law review/law journal
- research associated with pursuing a grant or scholarship
- service as a research assistant to a professor (either paid or unpaid)
- an unpaid internship, externship or clinic position for school credit
- clerkship for credit
- bar review
"Academic purposes" do not include research conducted for a law firm, corporation or other entity (other than a professor or law school) that is paying the student to conduct said research, or that is passing along the costs of said research to a third party. These are deemed "commercial purposes". As such, students’ access will be restricted to a limited menu of employment research related materials beginning June 1. These menu limitations will be lifted on August 1.
To sign up for summer access, go to the lexis law school home page and click on the rotating banner that advertises summer access. Fill out the form and you are all set.
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