Lexis is providing full access to Lexis+® through students’ law school ID throughout the months of May, June, July and August.
Continued access includes tools, search history and the same exclusive content and practical guidance they have relied on all year long. Whether clerking, interning or working at a firm, students can use their law school access.
You can use Thomson Reuters products, including Westlaw and Practical Law, over the summer for non-commercial research. You can turn to these resources to gain understanding and build confidence in your research skills, but you cannot use them in situations where you are billing a client. Examples of permissible uses for your academic password include the following:
You do not have to do anything to gain access to these tools over the summer.
Students have full & continuous access through the summer.
No action on your part is required to extend summer access.
Students can use their access for any purpose, including work related research tasks.
Lexis
Graduating 3Ls have continued access to Lexis upon graduation to keep their skills up to date and use for job and interview preparation.
The Graduate Program gives extended access to Lexis+ to spring graduates via their law school IDs through December 31, 2024. This ID also grants them access to the Graduate Home Page and gives them a graduation gift.
Lexis also offers a program for graduates doing public interest work. The ASPIRE program is dedicated to graduates engaged in non-profit work. It provides 12 months of free access to federal and state cases, regulations, law reviews, Shepard’s, and Matthew Bender treatises to graduates who are engaged in verifiable 501(c)(3) public interest work.
Westlaw
Alumni have access to Thomson Reuters products, including Westlaw and Practical Law, for six-months after graduation. “Grad Elite” access gives alumni 60-hours of usage on these products per month to gain understanding and build confidence in research skills. While alumni cannot use it in situations where a client is being billed, Thomson Reuters encourages graduates to use these tools to build knowledge of the law and prepare for the bar exam.
In addition, alumni get access to job searching databases on Westlaw and TWEN for 18-months after graduation for 1-hour a month.
Extend access by logging into: https://lawschool.westlaw.com/authentication/gradelite
Bloomberg Law
New graduates will have continuous access for six months from their graduation dates.