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Law - 1L & New Law Students

Library resources, services and policies for first year law students.

Bloomberg Law, Lexis & Westlaw Support

2020 Law School Graduates To Receive Complimentary Access To Bloomberg Law  Through June 1, 2021

help@bloomberglaw.com or 888-560-2529

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800-45-LEXIS (800-455-3947)

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800-WESTLAW (800-937-8529)

Bloomberg Law

Winter 2024 Interim Representative

Stefanie (Slavens) Schuette, Esq. 
sslavens@bloombergindustry.com

LexisNexis

Representative: Shelby Janicki-O'Brien
Shelby.Janicki@lexisnexis.com

Westlaw

Representative:  Peter Lippmann
peter.lippmann@thomsonreuters.com

Obtaining Passwords

Bloomberg Law, LexisNexis and Westlaw sign-up information and registration codes will be emailed to your WSU email prior to the 1L Legal Writing Program Introduction.  Anticipated date:  Week of August 7, 2023.

If you have not received an email with your Library Research Database registration codes and links by August 18, 2023, or are experiencing difficulty with the BloombergLaw registration, please contact librarian Michelle LaLonde  (mlalonde@wayne.edu or 313.577.9381) for assistance.

Summer Access: Bloomberg Law, LexisNexis, Westlaw

IF YOU'RE WORKING FOR A LAW FIRM
Always follow Firm policies for client research.  You can use both your academic Bloomberg Law and LexisNexis accounts for your work with a Firm if needed.  Your Westlaw access is not licensed for client research.

IF YOU'RE RESEARCHING FOR A PROFESSOR, EXTERNSHIP OR CLINIC
Bloomberg Law, LexisNexis and Westlaw are all available for your use.  If you're researching Michigan law, ask a librarian about ICLE access.

Other library databases via the Article Databases tab continue to be available to you for your summer research.

TWEN

TWEN is one of the course management tools used by faculty to post syllabuses, course assignments, and other class materials.  

Activate your Westlaw registration to access TWEN.  Sign on to add the "First Week Assignments" page.  You may also access TWEN class pages from your professors once they are made available by faculty.