Legal Research Resources
Bloomberg
Students have full and continuous access to Bloomberg Law through the summer. No action on your part is required to extend summer access. Students can use their access for any purpose, including work-related research tasks.
Bloomberg Resources
Lexis
Lexis is providing full access to Lexis+® through students’ law school IDs throughout the months of May, June, July, and August.
Continued access includes tools, search history, and the same exclusive content and practical guidance students have relied on all year long. Whether clerking, interning, or working at a firm, students can use their law school access.
Lexis Resources
Westlaw
You can use Thomson Reuters products, including Westlaw 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:
- Summer coursework
- Research assistant assignments
- Law Review or Journal research
- Moot Court research
- Non-Profit work
- Clinical work
- Externship sponsored by the school
You do not have to do anything to gain access to these tools over the summer.
Westlaw Resources
Tips and Advice
In the Physical Collection
Impeccable Research, a Concise Guide to Mastering Legal Research Skills by Unlike conventional legal research books that limit their focus to teaching students how to find and use the various sources of law, this book stresses a systematic, practice-oriented approach to acquiring legal-research skills. It presents a simple yet highly effective research strategy that helps students efficiently solve the types of complex legal-research problems they can expect to encounter in the workplace.
The Bridge: How to Launch Your Career Through a Legal Internship by 
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The Bridge is a blueprint for students to help in obtaining the legal internship that is best for them and using that experience to take control of their career. The book covers every angle, is endorsed by legal professionals of all experience levels and sectors, and, perhaps most importantly, addresses the issues that apply to legal interns today.
The Early-Career Guide for Attorneys: Starting and Building a Successful Career in Law by - Link opens in new window
Whether you will work in a small rural community, a medium-sized firm, or a big-city/big-law firm ("BigLaw"), the principles and disciplines contained in The Early-Career Guide for Attorneys will set you on a path to success. This book helps avoid the mistakes that partners see being made by new associates.
Excellence in the Workplace: Legal and Life Skills in a Nutshell by 
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A people-skills book for law students and new lawyers with chapters on emotional intelligence, time management, managing writing and research assignments, meeting with clients, working with your supervisor, receiving feedback, and more.
Rising Lawyer: From Summer Associate to First-Year Associate by - Link opens in new window
Based on the advice and experiences garnered from numerous practicing attorneys, Rising Lawyer offers answers to the questions you are too embarrassed to ask and the real-world advice lawyers wished they had when they were starting out their legal careers.
The Legal Career: Knowing the Business, Thriving in Practice by - Link opens in new window
A fascinating, informative read for any law student or lawyer or person hoping to learn more about today's legal landscape, the book features chapters on the structure and business of a law firm; the corporate law department; the emergence of law companies; legal technology; access to justice; employment and diversity in the legal profession; lawyer well-being; and legal education reform.
