Spotlight
Summer Access to LexisNexis, Westlaw & More
LexisNexis, Westlaw, Casemaker and Loislaw all have special summer access
provisions. Register now and ensure that these legal research databases
are there when you need them.
LEXISNEXIS
Continuing Students
LexisNexis offers full access privileges over the summer as long as you certify that your access will be used for one of the following:
- Summer School
- School-Related Research Assignment
- Moot Court Research
- Law Review or Journal Research
- Working as a Professor's Research Assistant
- Non-Profit Externship
- Unpaid Internship/Externship
- 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". Read the complete Policy on Use of LexisNexis Law School Educational IDs.
Register for LexisNexis Summer Access here.
If you do not register, your LexisNexis law school ID will be limited to only career materials as of June 1, 2008.
Questions? Contact our LexisNexis Representative or a Boley reference librarian.
Graduating Students
Graduating students can sign up for summer access privileges as well. Graduating IDs will be extended to August 1, 2008.
Use is subect to the same terms as continuing students face, above. Questions? Contact our LexisNexis Representative or a Boley Reference Librarian.
Continuing Students
L&C Law students may register for full Westlaw summer access as long as you are requesting access for one of the following:
- Summer law school classes
- Law Review and Journal work (including write-on competitions)
- Project for a professor
- Moot Court
- Unpaid non-profit public interest internship/externship or pro bono work required for graduation, exce~pt as stated below*
*"I understand that using my Westlaw student password to provide research for entities such as Law Firms/Government Organizations/Entities serving the District of Columbia/Corporations /Paid or For-profit Internships/Externships/Public Interest/Non-graduation required Pro Bono is not an educational purpose and is strictly prohibited. I also understand that personal use, practice and preparation for the bar exam are not educational purposes and are not valid reasons for extending my password.">
Register for Westlaw Summer Access here.
Just like with LexisNexis, summer access is subject to the terms and conditions of the Westlaw Law School Student User Agreement (pdf):
Forget to register for summer access? You will still have a total of 2 hours of Westlaw research time before it deactivates.
Questions? Contact our Westlaw Account Manager or a Boley reference librarian.
Graduating Students
Graduating 3Ls/LLMs passwords expire at the end of May. You can receive extended time on your Westlaw password this summer to study for the bar exam. All you need to do is fill out the WestlawRewards Graduate Survey. Please note, this password will not allow you to print at the Westlaw printers at school.
Questions? Contact our Westlaw Account Manager or a Boley reference librarian.
Continuing Students
Loislaw, located at loislawschool.com, is an electronic legal research system that provides low-cost access (free to L&C Law students) to state and federal case law, statutory law, constitutions, administrative law, court rules, and other authority.
Your Loislaw password remains valid throughout the summer. To sign up for Loislaw:
- You need the school's access code in order to register, available at this L&C Law student-only page (L&C Law email username & password required for access) or from a Boley reference librarian.
- Go to www.loislawschool.com and click the Register Here link (top of page)
Graduating Students
Graduating students have full access to Loislaw for six months following graduation - with no limits on commercial use. It is not too late to register for Loislaw. Just follow the instructions above.
Casemaker is the comprehensive legal research database provided to all members of the Oregon Bar now available to Lewis & Clark Law School students and staff.
Unlike Westlaw or LexisNexis, students are welcome to use Casemaker for their legal work in addition to law school-related projects. Plus, student use of Casemaker is not limited during the summer.
For more information and to access Casemaker:
- Go to our Casemaker page.
- Follow the link to the L&C Law School Casemaker login page - you’ll need your current L&C email username and password to retrieve the school’s Casemaker login and password.
Even if you do may not use your Westlaw or LexisNexis passwords this summer, don't forget about our many other databases. All of our BNA publications, RIA and CCH Tax libraries, the full-text goodness of HeinOnline's many libraries, the law review databases Legal Periodicals Full Text and LegalTrac, and many more remain available to you.
All are welcome to use these databases on campus via your own computer, the computer labs, or the research stations in the law library. Plus, continuing students may access the databases via our off-campus links.
Explore the Law Library's legal research databases, and don't forget about 360 Search and the Boley Article Finder.
For more information contact a Boley reference librarian.
