Loislaw publishes case law, statutory law, constitutions, administrative law, court rules, and other authority for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Loislaw also offers an electronic clip service, a citator (GlobalCite), and a variety of productivity features and services.  Though it has fewer databases and has a less sophisticated search capability than either Lexis or Westlaw, Loislaw, which is geared toward the solo practitioner or small firm, is also priced much differently from the other two services.

Wolters Kluwer, the company that produces the Loislaw service for computer assisted legal research, has advised us of their intention to discontinue their program of free Loislaw access for law students, effective in June of 2011.  Wolters Kluwer is developing an enhanced Loislaw product for law schools, and we in the Library will be reviewing this product when details are finalized.

In the meantime, NYLS students with registered Loislaw accounts will find that their accounts no longer provide research access in June.  Loislaw had been an electronic legal research alternative during the summer, when Lexis and Westlaw student passwords are restricted.   This will no longer be true.  For details regarding summer password extensions and other summer research options, please click here:

http://www.nyls.edu/library/for_students/extend_passwords