Continuing and graduating students--you can have your Lexis and Westlaw passwords extended for full use during the summer if you are taking part in a qualifying activity. But, you must register with Lexis and/or Westlaw to have your full access extended. If you don't register, then you will have only very limited access. Here's what counts as a qualifying activity:

Graduating Students

Both Lexis and Westlaw will extend your full access so you can study for the bar exam.

Continuing Students

Lexis and Westlaw have similar, but not identical, lists of qualifying activities. Note that Lexis has a broader list of qualifying activities than Westlaw.

Westlaw

• Summer law classes
• Law review or law journal work
• Project for a professor
• Moot court
• Unpaid, nonprofit public interest internship/externship pro bono work required for graduation

Lexis

• Class preparation and assignments
• Research associated with moot court or law review / law journal
• Research associated with pursuing a grant or scholarship
• Service as a research assistant to a professor (either paid or unpaid)
• An unpaid internship / externship or clinic position for school credit
• Clerkship for credit
• Research skill improvement for educational (non-commercial) purposes

In order to get full access for the summer, you will need to register with Lexis and/or Westlaw. You should see registration information once you log on to Lexis's and Westlaw's law school webpages. If you do not, please contact our account representatives:

• Lexis -- Jessica Bride (jessica.bride@lexisnexis.com)
• Westlaw -- Jessica Greathouse (jessica.greathouse@thomsonreuters.com)