Category: Law Library

LEXIS and WESTLAW Academic Password Use

Your law school passwords for LexisNexis and Westlaw may be used for educational purposes directly related to coursework at the law school.  Other use violates the Student Disciplinary Code and constitutes a breach of our contracts with LexisNexis and Westlaw.  Using LexisNexis or Westlaw to do research in a paid position as a law clerk, intern, or clinician working for a firm, governmental entity or a nonprofit organization would violate the Student Disciplinary Code.  Also, you are not permitted to conduct legal research on LexisNexis and Westlaw for friends and family.

In addition to sanctions by theSchoolofLaw, a contract violation can result in having to pay the vendors for the services misused.  Repayment will be at commercial rates of about $5.00+ per minute.  Moreover, violators are likely to lose their privileges to use LexisNexis and Westlaw as students.  A pattern of violations at our school could result in the vendors canceling our contracts, which would have a devastating impact on all students and faculty.

For a copy of Westlaw’s and LexisNexis’ policy concerning academic passwords follow this link – http://law.uakron.libguides.com/lexis_westlaw_casemaker

Don’t Forget Casemaker

As an alternative to using LexisNexis or Westlaw, you may use Casemaker, the database available from the Ohio State Bar Association.  All Ohio law students can join the Ohio State Bar Association for free and your free membership includes access to Casemaker.  Casemaker has no academic password restrictions so you can use it to conduct research for your employer.

Questions?

Any question concerning what is proper or improper use of LexisNexis or WESTLAW should be directed to Ms. Lenart or Mr. Richert.

Ms. Lenart, Assistant Law Librarian for Reference Services

330-972-6357

llenart@uakron.edu

‘Food for Fines’ serves a good cause

Did you return your books a little late? Your opportunity to pay off fines and help a good cause is here. From Nov. 12-30 Bierce, Science and Technology, and the Law libraries are sponsoring their semiannual “Food for Fines” drive to support the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank’s “Harvest for Hunger” Campaign.

Here’s the deal: 1 food item = $1 toward your fines, and there’s no limit to the number of items that you may bring to the circulation desks at each library. This offer cannot be used to pay for items that are lost or billed to your library account. Also, we cannot accept perishable, expired, or damaged food items. Stop by for more information.

Since 2004, more than 20,000 pounds of food has been collected by UA Libraries for those in need.

The Lexis and Westlaw Prints Are Being Relocated

If you have any Lexis or Westlaw prints more than a couple of weeks old please retrieve them immediately.

In the next week or two we will be moving the location of prints to new containers below the Law Library LCD Announcement Screen at the circulation desk.

We will throw out old prints.

Where the Lexis and Westlaw prints are currently kept we will be putting the DVD containers for our collection of movies.  You can pick out a film title you want to watch and bring its container to the circulation desk to check out.  This should make it easier to see all the law themed film titles we own.

Protect Your Belongings

We would like to remind law students to never leave your valuables alone anywhere in the School of Law.  Your textbooks, book bags, purses, laptops and other belongings can be easily taken in just “30 seconds.”

We welcome visitors to the School of Law and to the Law Library, both those associated with the University and those who are not.  Having open doors, however, also means anyone can come into the building.  It would be wise to always be careful and make it a habit to never leave your belongings unattended.

If you see suspicious behavior, please notify law school employees right away.  You can call the University police yourself by dialing 330-972-2911 (if using a cell phone) or 911 if using a campus phone.

More information about campus safety is found here.

Thank you.

First year law students…Please complete your registration for Lexis Advance

This year, the registration process for Lexis was a two-step process.  All students that have completed the first step of Lexis registration should have received the Lexis e-mail with the log-in information for Lexis Advance.  You need to also register the Lexis Advance username and password.  Please take the time to complete this second step.  The deadline for registering your Lexis Advance log-in username and password is October 10th.

For problems or questions concerning your Lexis registration, see the Lexis student associates (Abby Shackelford and Amanda Lauer)  when they are working at the Lexis table or contact Jennifer Durkin, the Lexis Account Manager at jennifer.durkin@lexisnexis.com.