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Summer and Post-Graduation Access to Legal Databases: Lexis+

This guide outlines what and how students can access Westlaw, Lexis Advance, and Bloomberg Law during the summer and after graduation.

Permissible Use

Permissible Uses of Lexis

Lexis Policy on Use of Law School Educational IDs

Students may use their LexisNexis Law School Educational ID only for academic purposes. Academic purposes include:

  • 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 for school credit or graduation requirement

Academic purposes do not include research conducted for a law firm, corporation or other entity 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.

Summer Access

Summer access is unrestricted and automatic (commercial/firm, academic, personal use OK during summer). Acceptable use reverts to “academic use only” after summer.

Post-Graduation

Overview for Spring 2025 Graduates: the Spring 2025 Graduate Program provides recent law school graduates extended access to Lexis+, a customized version of the Law School Home Page with graduate specific content, and a choice of a graduation gift from LexisNexis.

    • Extended Access to Lexis+: spring graduates have access to Lexis+ via their law school IDs through December 31, 2025. This access can be used for any purpose.  Spring graduates have access to most of the same content and features available during law school, excluding public records, Lexis+ AI®, Law 360, and Practical Guidance.

    • Graduate Home Page: on July 10, 2025, the spring graduates’ view of the Law School Home Page will automatically switch to the graduate view. This new view provides helpful information for their careers and job search.

    • Graduate Gift: graduates can select a “Graduation Gift” from the new Graduate view of then Law School Home Page. This years’s gift choices include:

      • Intelligize (6-month from date of redemption)

      • Law360 (6-month from date of redemption)

      • Practical Guidance (6-month from date of redemption)

      • One of 13 LexisNexis eBooks
        Access to this gift will expire within the timeline noted above or on December 31, 2025, whichever is longer.

    • LexisNexis Rewards Expiration: spring graduates have until June 30, 2025 to redeem their LexisNexis Rewards points.

  • Career Resources Program: the interview preparation microsite and law school journey map provide students a variety of resources to help prepare for interviews and find legal jobs. There are several direct links to Lexis+ resources to help students up their job search game as they make their way from 1L year to graduation.