Lexis Loves You Event – Feb. 13

On Tuesday, February 11, 2018, join your Lexis reps in the Akron Law Atrium for the “Lexis Loves You” event!  There will be treats and a raffle.  To get in the raffle, students will have to have completed Professional Research Certification and/or completed either Tip of the Week 3 (this week) or Tip of the Week 4 (next week).  Students can have multiple entries. There will be ten winners who will choose one of ten balloons, which will have pieces of paper with prizes inside. The prizes will be Starbucks cards, Lexis points and one larger prize.

Please contact our Lexis rep, Jennifer Durkin, with any questions.   (jennifer.durkin@lexisnexis.com)

Free Outlining Software for Akron Law Students

GavelNote is now available to Akron Law Students for free! GavelNote was created specifically for law students (by law school graduates) to eliminate the drudgery of outlining your courses.

Capturing, compiling, and organizing your class notes, case briefs, statutes, and black letter law into a useful outline is a very time-consuming process. GavelNote offers you a way to automate that process, eliminating busywork and freeing up more time for actual studying.  Sharing notes is easy with GavelNote’s sophisticated sharing feature that lets you decide what to share and who to share it with. Plus GavelNote stores your notes safely in the cloud. For more information about the benefits of GavelNote, visit: http://www.gavelnote.com/tour/

Register now for your own personal account at: http://www.gavelnote.com/signup/. You must register with your UA email address.

West Academic Study Aids App Now Available

Access the West Academic study aids on your mobile device without an Internet connection. Find the West Academic Library app in the Google Play Store or Apple App store.  The app will ask you for a email address and password.

You must first go to http://ezproxy.uakron.edu:2048/login?url=https://subscription.westacademic.com and create a personal account to get a password.  From this link, you will also need to pull up the study aid you want to see on your mobile device and put a check in the box “Available Offline”.

The ability to download audio books coming in March 2018.

More information on the West Academic Study Aid is here.