Posted in Law and Technology, Law Students, Legal Research & Writing on Apr 8th, 2013
This summer Lexis will allow full access for any use–academic research, internships and externships, even your job. In addition, Lexis will allow May 2013 graduates to have full access to Lexis Advance through August 1. Lexis summer access is automatic–you don’t have to do anything to extend your password. Bloomberg Law allows access for any use, [...]
Posted in Law and Technology, Law Students on Apr 12th, 2012
In order to have access to Westlaw and Lexis during the summer take a minute to extend your passwords. If you neglect to do this your access will be limited to 2 hours a month during June and July. For Westlaw summer access click here. There are separate links for current and graduating students. Current [...]
Posted in Law and Technology, Law Students on Apr 12th, 2011
In order to have access to Westlaw and Lexis during the summer take a minute and extend your passwords. If you neglect to do this your access will be limited to 2 hours a month during June and July. For Westlaw summer access click here. There are separate links for current and graduating students. Current [...]
Posted in Legal Research & Writing on May 3rd, 2010
Summer is approaching, so don’t forget to register your Lexis and Westlaw passwords for summer access. LexisNexis Summer Access Students may register for LexisNexis Summer Access by requesting access to LexisNexis using their Law School Educational ID from June 1 to August 1, 2010 for academic purposes. Academic purposes include, but are not limited to: [...]
Posted in Legal Research & Writing on Feb 3rd, 2010
Lexis presented its new product in a more low key fashion. No flashing screens or classical musicians, just a solid presentation by Lexis reps, with Microsoft engineers available to answer questions.Lexis for Microsoft Office will be introduced to law firms this spring and to the academic marketplace in the fall. It allows users to access [...]
Posted in Legal Research & Writing on Nov 17th, 2009
Via Lexis announcement, Lexis has released its first application called “Get Cases and Shepardize.” This free application allows users to retrieve cases from Lexis and Shepardize them. Users must currently have a Lexis account. The application allows users to: Find and review case instantly by reading the Case Brief – an overview of the issues, [...]
Posted in Legal Research & Writing on May 14th, 2009
This post is to follow up on our previous two posts (by Cynthia) about Lexis and Westlaw summer access. This time, let’s give it a summary and complete the list by adding Loislaw. LexisAccess to Lexis is limited beginning June 1 unless you register for summer access. Summer access is limited to academic purposes, which [...]
Posted in Legal Research & Writing on May 8th, 2009
Access to Lexis is limited beginning June 1 unless you register for summer access. Summer access is limited to academic purposes, which include 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 [...]
Posted in Legal Research & Writing on May 6th, 2009
From a Lexis press release: The LexisNexis ASPIRE (Associates Serving Public Interests Research) program allows qualified graduates to access a specified menu of LexisNexis services during the deferral period. To be eligible for LexisNexis access via this program, you must have accepted an Associate position at a law firm, but 1) are experiencing a deferred [...]
Posted in Legal Research & Writing on Feb 19th, 2009
Above the Law posted this month, law firms as well as other businesses are coping with the difficult economic environment and are looking into cutting their costs without having to fire associates. One way to cut back on cost is to look at monthly bills for legal research databases. Some firms use Lexis, some use [...]
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