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Make sure Lexis printouts have your first and last name and not your Lexis username. Follow these instructions when printing to the Lexis printer at the Circulation Desk.
Questions? Contact Lynn Lenart, llenart@uakron.edu, 330-972-6357.
At least once-a-year law students should update their profiles on Lexis and Westlaw. Follow the instructions below to access your profiles. Check your e-mail address and make sure it is the correct address. The faculty may use the e-mail function in TWEN or Lexis Web Course to send e-mails to their students, but if your address is not correct, you will not receive the e-mail. Also, verify your graduation date. You do not want your passwords to expire prematurely.
Here is how you can update your profile on Westlaw and Lexis.
For Westlaw: Log into Westlaw http://lawschool.westlaw.com/ and on the left side of the page next to your name is the UPDATE link. Click on that link to update your profile.
For Lexis: Log into LexisNexis http://www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/ and under the Settings link at the top right corner, click on My Sign-in Profile.
Questions? Contact Lynn Lenart, 330-972-6357, llenart@uakron.edu. Office 269, Law Library, second floor.
In the fall semester we piloted a program for reserving the group study rooms online. Over the course of the semester we ran into a number of problems with it. We have discontinued using the online system. We will make the group study room reservations for you at the Circulation Desk. We will continue to look into other options for an online reservation system. Please see a member of the library staff if you have any questions. Thank you.
The University will be closed beginning Saturday, December 21 and will reopen on Thursday, January 2, 2014. This means that the Law Library will also be closed. If you plan on conducting research on Lexis during break, please do not send your print jobs to the Lexis printers in the Law Library. You may wish to print to your attached printer or download your work to your computer instead.
For more information about the Law Library’s Hours during winter break, follow this link -> http://www.uakron.edu/law/library/about/hours.dot
For questions about Westlaw or Lexis please contact Ms. Lenart at 330-972-6357 or e-mail her at llenart@uakron.edu
Have a wonderful winter break!
The Computer Assisted Legal Instructions (CALI) lessons are a valuable resource that you may wish to use to review or reinforce material covered in class.
“The CALI Library of Lessons is a collection of over 900 interactive, computer-based lessons covering most legal education subject areas. The lessons are designed to augment traditional law school instruction and can be assigned as supplemental study material or integrated with other course materials. ” (Source: CALI web site)
To use the lessons you will need to register on the CALI site and enter our law school’s authorization code. Here are the instructions for obtaining the School of Law CALI authorization code and accessing the CALI lessons:
1. Click on this link and enter your UAnet ID and university password.
2. A PDF document will open with Akron’s CALI authorization code and additional instructions on accessing the CALI website.
3. Go to CALI’s website ( http://www.cali.org ) and click on “Create New Account.” Follow the instructions on that web page and enter the CALI authorization code when prompted. Use your University email address.
You will need to use this authorization code the first time you register. During the registration process you create a custom password. In subsequent visits to use the lessons, you will just enter your email address and your custom password.
Please do not give The University of Akron School of Law CALI authorization code to anyone outside of this law school. The University of Akron is a member of the Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction and therefore has a license to the CALI exercises.
Questions? Please contact Lynn Lenart at llenart@uakron.edu or call 330-972-6357.