LexisNexis & Westlaw Student Summer Access

LexisNexis and Westlaw provide only limited access to students during the summer between late June and August 1st. However, students wishing to use their LexisNexis and Westlaw student accounts for a qualifying academic purpose may register to extend their access through the summer. Full access for continuing, non-graduating students will be restored on August 1st. LexisNexis and Westlaw strictly prohibit the use of student accounts for commercial purposes.

LexisNexis Summer Access

Once signed on to lawschool.lexisnexis.com, look for the summer access promotion or go here LexisNexis Summer Access to register. You must certify one of the following academic uses to be granted full summer access:

• 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; or
• Bar review.

If you do not register for summer access, your LexisNexis student ID will be limited to career materials as of June 30th. Graduating students may extend their accounts to August 1st. Graduating students whose employment has been deferred or who are pursuing public interest employment should considering applying for access through the LexisNexis ASPIRE program.

If you have any questions about LexisNexis summer access or the ASPIRE program, please contact Cristen Cozart Lebel, our LexisNexis account representative.

Westlaw Summer Access

Register for Westlaw summer access by signing on to lawschool.westlaw.com and following the summer access link or go here Westlaw Summer Extension. You may extend your Westlaw student password for summer use for the following academic purposes:

• Summer law school classes (use for law review competition, written work requirement, LLM paper or SJD dissertation);
• Law review or journal work;
• Project for a law school professor;
• Moot Court; or
• Unpaid non-profit public interest internship/externship or pro bono work required for graduation (does not include courts and government agencies).

Graduating students who need to complete their papers, journal or law review articles or other assignments during the summer should contact Kimberly Kenneally, our Westlaw account representative, before registering for summer access.

If you have any questions about Westlaw summer access, please contact Kimberly Kenneally, our Westlaw account representative.

Questions?

Please contact the Langdell reference desk, (617) 495-4516, located just off the reading room on the fourth floor of Langdell Hall with any questions.