Category: Law Library

Lexis, Westlaw and Bloomberg Law all have certification programs which will help improve your research skills, as well as give you an impressive credential for your resume.  Many of these trainings can be completed online.  Here are some links with more information:

Bloomberg Law Certifications – http://www.bna.com/blaw-cert.

Lexis Certification – http://www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/lawschool/prepare-to-practice/home.page (Includes an on-campus training.  Contact Jennifer Durkin for details)

Westlaw Certification – https://lawschool.westlaw.com/marketing/display/WT/2

 

The Law Library is conducting a survey of all Akron law students. Please take about 10 minutes to give us your feedback on the Law Library’s services, collection, and any related matters.  We will read every comment submitted, and we’ll do what we can to act on and respond to your feedback.

Take the 2016 Law Library Student Survey

For the Spring 2016 Akron Law Library Survey, we will award one prize of a $50 Amazon gift card.  After completing the survey, you’ll be able to enter the drawing for the gift card.  We will keep the survey open through Wednesday, March 30, 2016 and we plan to announce the student winner soon after this.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Did you return a book a little late? Forget what time your laptop was due? Your chance to pay off those charges and help a good cause is here! Starting Monday, March 14, and running through April 3, University Libraries and the Law Library will sponsor their semiannual Food for Fines drive for the Akron-Canton Food Bank. You can bring in nonperishable food items to pay for your fines.

One food item = one dollar toward your fines!

There is no limit on the number of items you may bring in. This offer cannot be used to pay for billed or lost items.

The food is donated to the Akron-Canton Food Bank. Food may be dropped off at the Law Library Circulation Desk, the Bierce Library Circulation Desk or the Science and Technology Library.

If you are experiencing problems printing from Lexis, this problem may be solved by ensuring that your browser is allowing pop-ups from Lexis.  Even if you allowed pop-ups in the past, a new Lexis software release on February 21 made changes to the delivery mechanism that may require you to again allow pop-ups from Lexis.

For information on disabling pop-ups in general, click here.   Information on pop-ups from LexisNexis is here (look under Are some of your Nexis features not functioning properly?).

If you continue to have problems, please let the library staff know!  The general number for the library is  (330) 972-7330 and general email is ualawlibrary@uakron.edu.  Or you can contact a specific staff member.

The library’s Health Law Guide can help! The guide links to primary sources including links to federal statutes, regulations, and agencies, Ohio Revised, Code, and other Health Care Reform Sources. Secondary sources include current awareness and articles, treatises and hornbooks, and blogs. You can always contact a reference librarian for more help with health law research. Call the reference desk, (330) 972-7330, stop by the library, or see http://law.uakron.libguides.com/librarystaff.