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Thursday, May 2, 2024

Bloomberg Law, Lexis+ & Westlaw Access for Grads & Continuing Students

 Summer 2024 & Beyond

See details below regarding continuing access to Bloomberg Law, Lexis+, and Westlaw Precision over the summer and fall.

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*Employers may prefer/require the use of the employer-issued ID & password for client work.

Graduating Students

Spring 2024 Graduates have continued access through Nov. 30, 2024. This access is automatic (no registration required) and is unlimited and unrestricted.

Continuing Students 

Continuing Students: you have continued access to Bloomberg Law over the summer. This access is automatic (no registration required) and is unlimited and unrestricted.

If you have any questions, please contact the Bloomberg Law Help Desk or our dedicated Client Service Partner, Nick Jeon.


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*Employers may prefer/require the use of the employer-issued ID & password for client work.

Graduating Students

Lexis+ Graduate Access: Spring 2024 3L graduates will continue to have access to Lexis+ on their law school ID through December 31, 2024. This extended access is automatic – no registration is required and there are no restrictions or limits on research time. Your Lexis law student account will automatically switch to a graduate account. This ongoing free use of Lexis+ includes all products and features available on a law school ID with the exception of Public Records, Practical Guidance, Law360 and Lexis for Microsoft Office. 

 Lexis Rewards Points for 3L Spring Graduates will expire on June 30, 2024. Don’t forget to spend or donate your Lexis Rewards points before that date! When you sign on to lexisnexis.com/LawSchool after July 1, you'll see your new Graduate Homepage. You'll also have a graduation gift from Lexis. Graduate gift choices include one of the following: Intelligize (6-months from date of redemption), Law360 (6-months from date of redemption), Practical Guidance (6-months from date of redemption), Lexis for Microsoft Office (6-months from date of redemption) or One of 13 LexisNexis eBooks.

Lexis ASPIRE Program: provides 12 months of free access to federal and state cases, codes, regulations, law reviews, Shepard's® Citation Service and Matthew Bender® treatises to graduates who are engaged in verifiable 501(c)(3) public interest work. Apply for ASPIRE access at: https://lexisnexis.com/grad-access/

Continuing Students

Lexis+ Summer Access: All other continuing law school students automatically have summer access to Lexis+ using their Lexis law school ID. You may use your Lexis law school ID for academic, professional and non-profit research. It may be used during work for a firm, clerkship, internship or externship, whether in a paid or non-paid position. There is no limit on the number of hours you can use Lexis to conduct research. Employers may ask you to use a different ID when researching for a client, so be sure to check with your employer. If you have any questions, you may contact our Lexis Academic Account Representative, Sarah Bigler at sarah.bigler@lexisnexis.com

Thomson Reuters Westlaw
*Employers may prefer/require the use of the employer-issued ID & password for client work.

 Graduating Students

Spring 2024 Graduates have access to Westlaw Precision, Practical Law, Practical Law Connect, Drafting Assistant and Doc & Form Builder for 18 months after graduation. Your “Grad Elite” access gives you 60-hours of usage on these products per month to meet any research needs.

To extend access logon at: www.lawschool.westlaw.com.

 Questions? Contact our Thomson Reuters Academic Account Manager, Peter Lippmann.

Continuing Students

Continuing Students: you can use 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:

Summer coursework
Research assistant assignments
Law Review or Journal research
Moot Court research
Non-Profit work
Clinical work
Externship sponsored by the school

You do not have to do anything to gain access to these tools over the summer. If you have any questions, please contact our Thomson Reuters Academic Account Manager, Peter Lippmann.