The last day of class is a week away, so it\u2019s time to start thinking about whether you\u2019ll need your law school Lexis and Westlaw accounts this summer.\u00a0 Full access to Lexis and Westlaw is turned off May 31 and does not reactivate until August 1.\u00a0 However, if you meet one or more conditions you can extend your password for the summer.\u00a0 These conditions cover various non-commercial activities, including public interest work, working as a faculty research assistant, journal or moot court research, and bar review.\u00a0 New this year is an additional Lexis extension criterion that allows students to maintain access for \u201cresearch skill improvement for educational purposes.\u201d\u00a0 This permits all students to extend their Lexis passwords, but keep in mind that commercial use is prohibited.<\/p>\n
Passwords must be extended by May 31.\u00a0 Basically, you need to complete an online form indicating to Lexis\/Westlaw why you need full access during the summer.\u00a0 Complete extension details for both Lexis and Westlaw are provided here: http:\/\/library.lawschool.cornell.edu\/WhatWeDo\/HelpStudents\/Student_Summer_Access.cfm<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The last day of class is a week away, so it\u2019s time to start thinking about whether you\u2019ll need your law school Lexis and Westlaw accounts this summer.\u00a0 Full access to Lexis and Westlaw is turned off May 31 and does not reactivate until August 1.\u00a0 However, if you meet one or more conditions you […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[316],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":303,"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions\/303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.law.cornell.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}