{"id":98422,"date":"2022-05-13T16:06:49","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T20:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/?p=98422"},"modified":"2022-07-13T16:07:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T20:07:00","slug":"summer-database-access-for-continuing-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2022\/05\/13\/summer-database-access-for-continuing-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Database Access for Continuing Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lexis:<\/strong>
\nAccess to Lexis+ will continue during the summer.\u00a0 As long as you are registered for Lexis+ you do not have to do anything to continue using Lexis+ this summer.\u00a0 You may use Lexis+ for work or school during the summer.\u00a0 In the fall, usage reverts back to academic use only.<\/p>\n

Westlaw<\/strong>
\nYou can use Thomson Reuters products, including Westlaw\u00ae and Practical Law over the summer for non-commercial research. You can turn to these resources to gain understanding and build confidence in your research skills, but you cannot use them in situations where you are billing a client. Examples of permissible uses for your academic password include the following:<\/p>\n

Summer coursework
\nResearch assistant assignments
\nLaw Review or Journal research
\nMoot Court research
\nNon-Profit work
\nClinical work
\nExternship sponsored by the school<\/p>\n

You do not have to do anything to gain access to these tools over the summer. If you have any questions, please contact our Thomson Reuters Academic Account Manager Peter Lippmann at peter.lippmann@thomsonreuters.com<\/p>\n

Bloomberg Law<\/strong><\/p>\n

Access to Bloomberg Law continues over the summer.\u00a0 You may use your Bloomberg Law password for any purpose during the summer as well as year-round.\u00a0 The court dockets and transactional resources may be particularly useful to those working at law firms over the summer. Be aware of the per-person limits of 15,000 pages for dockets.<\/p>\n

Other databases accessible over the summer:<\/strong><\/p>\n