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LexisNexis and Westlaw all have special summer access provisions. Register now to ensure that these research databases are there when you need them.

LexisNexis

Student access to LexisNexis is available on Lexis.com and the new research system, Lexis Advance, based on an academic subscription plan maintained by New York Law School.  Students may use their LexisNexis Law School Educational ID only for academic purposes. "Academic purposes" include, but are not limited to:

- 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
- Bar review
- Research skill improvement for educational purposes (online tutorials, running searches on training scripts, exploring the research system, re-doing ELR class searches, and the like).

Please note that your academic ID may not be used for any paid summer employment, including court or government employment. Students who use their LexisNexis IDs over the summer months for commercial purposes risk forfeiture of their IDs.

Lexis.com IDs will change to a limited menu of career sources June 1st and will revert to the complete menu automatically on August 1, 2012

Summer access to Lexis for educational purposes is available only on the Lexis Advance Research System (see exceptions below).  Students simply need to have a registered Lexis Advance ID; there is no longer a summer access registration requirement. Students must complete a short one-time registration to create a Lexis Advance account to use the system uninterrupted and at full menu throughout the summer with no further action.  Students who have registered for Lexis Advance need not do anything further for continued access.

Registration information was emailed to each student beginning in Fall 2011. If you cannot find the registration directions, please contact our LexisNexis representative, Nejat Bumin, Esq. (email: nejat.bumin@lexisnexis.com; 800.437.8674 ext. 7287). 

Lexis.com Summer Access Exceptions: Students who need special content not available on Lexis Advance and available on Lexis.com will be considered for full Lexis.com summer access on a case-by-case basis. Please contact our LexisNexis representative above.  Please follow this link for more information on summer access:

http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/content.aspx?articleid=850&topicid=32

Summer access is both for returning students as well as graduating 3Ls whose IDs will expire July 31. Students who have changed their expected graduation date since first issued a LexisNexis ID their first year must contact LexsiNexis Customer Service (800-45 LEXIS) to change their graduation date on the LexisNexis system.

LexisNexis ASPIRE (Lexis.com menu): Continuing students who work directly for a non-profit or charitable organization may be eligible to access selected LexisNexis resources through the ASPIRE program. Please contact Nejat Bumin , Esq. (email: nejat.bumin@lexisnexis.com; 800.437.8674 ext. 7287) to apply to the ASPIRE program.

Please contact our LexisNexis representative, Nejat Bumin, Esq. (email: nejat.bumin@lexisnexis.com; 800.437.8674 ext. 7287) or the Reference Desk (212.431.2332; reference@nyls.edu; AIM, Google Talk and Yahoo Messenger: NYLSLIB) with any questions.
 

Westlaw

Students have the option of extending full access to Westlaw over the summer if they meet one or more of the following educational purposes (see Westlaw's web site for specific restrictions):

• Enrolled in summer law school
• On law journal or moot court
• Working as a research assistant for a faculty member
• Working at an unpaid, non-profit, public interest internship/externship or pro bono work required for graduation, provided you are not being paid for your research and your employer is not being paid for Westlaw research you conduct for your employer.
   

http://lawschool.westlaw.com/registration/summerextension.asp
 

Bloomberg Law

To request a password, follow the instructions at:

http://www.bloomberglaw.com/activate

You MUST use your student email address.

After you submit the form, Bloomberg Law will send you access information.

Graduating students: For May 2012 graduating students, you retain access for 6 months after graduation.

More information about Bloomberg Law.

Fastcase

Remember, you always have access to our many, many other legal and non-legal databases. To see a list of the more than one hundred such databases, go to our Electronic Resources page.

All students are welcome to use these databases on campus via their own computer, or the computer labs. You may access the databases via our Electronic Resources page. Explore the Library's legal research databases, and don't forget about  E-Journals A to Z.

For more information, contact the Reference Desk (212.431.2332; 917.300.1933 (text) reference@nyls.edu; AIM, Google Talk & Yahoo Messenger: nylslib) with any questions.