02 March 2021
Frustrated With Zero Search Results? Try Lexis Search Tree
Has this ever happened to you? You enter your keywords into a database to search for case law or journal articles only to retrieve 10,000+ search results. Then you try to narrow your …
21 April 2016
Treatises on Lexis
Often one of the best places to start legal research is with a legal treatise. This is especially true for law students who have less experience in the law and need to get …
02 February 2016
Explore Content – Lexis Advance
Yesterday Lexis Advance released its Explore Content feature which allows researchers to browse sources by subject or by jurisdiction. This is something I have been waiting on for a while as it allows …
13 August 2014
Lexis Advance Revision
Lexis is currently working on an update to Lexis Advance that will bring some big changes to how the interface looks and add some nice improvements. Unfortunately, the new release won't be available …
24 April 2014
WL/LX/BL Summer Access
Finals are over! Congrats! Now that "summer" is here, it's time to answer a question that I get often throughout the school year. Can students use Westlaw or Lexis during their summer work? …
05 March 2014
Lexis Advance Enhancements
A couple of weeks ago, Lexis released some changes to Lexis Advance. I wanted to run through a couple of them that I thought might be useful to you. The first is the …
13 February 2014
Westlaw or Lexis?
One of the questions students frequently ask me is whether they should use Westlaw or Lexis. My answer is the always frustrating "both." Why? The fact is that you simply don't have much …
19 August 2013
No Westlaw Printers
As summer comes to an end it's time for us to get you caught back up on what you missed while you've been away. One of the things we announced early on in …
26 June 2013
Farewell Westlaw Printers
As we've mentioned before, Westlaw has decided to discontinue student printing and remove its Westlaw printers from the law school. While we do not yet have a specific date for their removal, it …
24 June 2013
Lexis.com Passwords Deactivated
Since Lexis Advance debuted, Lexis users have had separate passwords for Lexis.com and Lexis Advance--which has been a pain. In order to move to a one-password system, Lexis deactivated all Lexis.com passwords last …
21 May 2013
Finding Treatises on Lexis Advance
As students head out to work this summer we see fewer and fewer around the library. But, that doesn't mean we're not busy helping with research. In fact, as students start getting research …
18 April 2013
Westlaw Printers
As we announced earlier this school year, Westlaw will be removing its printers this summer. We're still figuring out an exact date, but it will be around June 30. We wanted to give …
10 April 2013
Lexis/Westlaw/Bloomberg Summer Access
The last legal research classes of the semester will be held today. While that's likely welcome news for many, it means that the next research you'll do is for your jobs and externships …
07 March 2013
Lexis Advance This Summer
Lexis has just announced that law students will have unlimited access to Lexis Advance this summer. That means you can use Lexis Advance for any type of legal work you will be doing …
12 June 2012
Lexis Advance
By now most of our students should be aware of Lexis Advance, Lexis's newest iteration and competitor to WestlawNext. In an attempt to get students to be more familiar with Lexis Advance, Lexis …
10 May 2012
The Citator Gap
Using Shepard's or KeyCite to make sure the cases you rely upon are good law is an essential part of the research process. These citators, however, aren't perfect and I was reminded of …
13 April 2012
Westlaw/Lexis Summer Access
Many of you have asked about access to Westlaw and Lexis over the summer. Each company's rules regarding use of your student account this summer are provided below. Generally speaking, your student IDs …
06 January 2012
