Academics
Summer and Post-graduation Bloomberg Law, Lexis, and Westlaw Access
For all law students: Your access to Bloomberg Law, Lexis, and Westlaw is tied to the graduation date in your account profiles for each platform. Check your account details to see if you need to make a change, and contact the vendor representatives or Professor Olson for assistance if you would like assistance.
Your employer or an organization for which you volunteer or intern might require or prefer that you use firm/organization accounts rather than database access through your academic account. Always learn about and comply with relevant practices and policies. Importantly, you must not share your Marquette-affiliated account credentials or access with anyone, including classmates or colleagues at work who have their own accounts.
Continuing students:
Bloomberg Law & Lexis: You will have automatic, unrestricted access to your Bloomberg Law and Lexis accounts this summer. There is no need to register and you do not need to limit use of these two accounts to academic purposes during the summer months. (Use of your Marquette-affiliated Lexis account must be limited to academic purposes during the regular academic school year, with permissible use expanding during the summer to include work for a firm, non-profit, clerkship, internship, or externship.)
Westlaw: You will also have automatic access to your Westlaw account this summer, but you must continue to limit use of your academic Westlaw account to non-commercial purposes. Non-commercial purposes include coursework, Research Assistant assignments, law review or journal work, moot court research, unpaid non-profit public interest work, clinical work for credit, and internships/externships for credit through the law school.
You can continue to use other databases as you would during the fall and spring semesters.
Graduating students:
Bloomberg Law: Your unrestricted Bloomberg Law access continues for six months after you graduate, with no registration required.
Lexis: Your access to Lexis continues through December 2026, also with no additional registration required. Your Lexis account will automatically switch to a graduate portal in July, with no registration required. That portal includes access to most of the same content you have now, excluding public records, Lexis+ AI/Protégé, Law360, and Practical Guidance. Though Lexis+ AI is not included in access automatically, you can enroll in the Lexis+ AI Insider Program using a new graduate link for that program. Lexis also offers the ASPIRE Program for grads engaged in 501(c)(3) public interest work. Learn more about Lexis graduate access at https://lexisnexis.com/grad-access/. (Important: If you have Lexis Rewards and are graduating, redeem your points before they expire on June 30, 2026.)
Westlaw: To continue your Westlaw access, including CoCounsel and Practical Law, register at https://lawschool.westlaw.com/authentication/gradelite if you have not already opted-in. This Grad Elite access extends for 18 months after graduation, and provides up to 60 hours of Westlaw use per month (compared to the 180-hour monthly cap in place for active student accounts).
Graduates, after classes end you will not have remote access to databases like HeinOnline that require authentication with your Marquette credentials. Many of those databases will continue to be available to you when you visit Eckstein Hall. Watch for an email to your @marquette.edu account early this summer from the library with related information, including about applying for a law library card.
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Do you have questions about access to resources or working with these and other databases? Reference assistance and research consultations are available to you throughout the summer and beyond. Just stop at the Reference Desk during Law Library Service Hours or contact a reference librarian to get started. We're happy to help!
Contact: Elana Olson2L/3Ls: Open Fall Internship Opportunities
2L and 3L students: Looking for a fall course that will provide a hands-on experience?
For fall, there are select for-credit judicial internships (such as Wisconsin Supreme Court, Wisconsin Court of Appeals) and for-credit supervised field placements (such as Disability Rights, Medical College of Wisconsin General Counsel’s Office, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Vivent Health) still available.
Contact Director Anne Kearney as soon as possible if interested.
Contact: Anne Berleman Kearney2027 Study Abroad Information
Students interested in Spring or Fall 2027 Semester Semester Exchange Programs at the University of Comillas (Spain), the University of Poiters (France), and the University of Antwerp (Belgium) will need to initiate an application at the MU Global Portal, and contact Professor Kali Murray to indicate your interest in interviewing for the Program.
Interviews will be conducted on Tuesday, August 25. Please continue to review Law News for further information.
Contact: Professor Kali MurrayFirst-day Assignments on D2L
First-day assignments for each course will be posted by faculty on the corresponding D2L course page throughout August. Please note, that D2L course pages are updated on a regular basis. If there is no assignment listed when you initially check the site, be sure to check the course page periodically. We recommend refreshing your browser each time you check the page.
To access your course pages, log into D2L.mu.edu. Click on the "waffle" icon in the upper-right hand corner to view your available course pages for fall 2026.
Contact: Office of Student AffairsDigital vs. Print Textbooks
Before ordering a digital textbook for a course, please first check with your professor's syllabus, D2L course page, or communications to ensure that an e-book is permitted for the course. Again, if you would like to order an e-book for your classes, please first confirm that your professor permits the use of a digital text in the class. Many professors will explicitly prohibit the use of an e-book, as some e-books cannot be accessed during open-book exams.
Specific textbook information is available through the Book Marq, Marquette University's official bookstore.
- When entering your courses in the Book Store's search function, please select "Law Fall 2026" as the correct term.
- You can locate your course and section numbers by signing in to CheckMarq and reviewing your fall 2026 course schedule.
- Please note your specific course section as textbooks for the same course will vary across sections.
- If purchasing textbooks through vendors other than the Book Marq, please also pay close attention to the edition of the text required by your specific professor. The ISBN number should correlate with the correct edition.
All students are expected to have their textbooks in advance of the start of the semester so they can complete first-day reading assignments. If a textbook is sold out at the bookstore, please contact your professor to make alternative arrangements.
Contact: Office of Student AffairsEarly Access Electronic Textbooks
Students in courses utilizing textbooks from Aspen Publishing or West Academic have the option of accessing e-book versions of their textbooks for the first two weeks of classes. Please note, some professors--including some listed below--do not allow students to utilize digital textbooks in their classrooms. For those professors' courses, please only utilize this early online access as a supplement to, rather than a replacement for, owning the hard-copy text. To learn more about professors' e-book policies, review this linked Law News post and check each professor's syllabus.
Below are the following courses which are utilizing textbooks from Aspen Publishing or West Academic:
Aspen Publishing
- Administrative Law (Murray)
- Alternative Dispute Resolution (Donaldson)
- Amateur Sports Law (Mitten)
- Business Associations (Grossman)
- Contracts (201, Rofes)
- Criminal Process (Giron)
- Law and Religion (Idleman)
- The Law Governing Lawyers (101, Blemberg)
- Torts (201, Lemann)
- Trusts and Estates (101, Caponigri)
- Trusts and Estates (102, Murray)
- W: Appellate Writing & Advocacy (105, Petrashek)
- W: Contract Drafting (101, Schwartz)
- W: Contract Drafting (102, Baker)
- W: Contract Drafting (103, 701, Tyksinski)
- W: Mediation Advocacy (Sopha)
- W: Trial Advocacy 1 (701, Vaccaro)
Marquette Law School's Aspen Access page can be found here. For detailed instructions on accessing your trial of Aspen materials for the above classes, please click here.
West Academic
- Antitrust Law (Chabot)
- Business Torts (Mitten)
- Contracts (101, Anzivino)
- Contracts (301, Sandrik)
- Creditor-Debtor Law (Anzivino)
- Criminal Law (101, Giron)
- Evidence (Scoville)
- Federal Income Taxation of Estates, Gifts, & Trusts (Lindsey)
- Federal Criminal Procedure (Deitrich)
- Labor Law (Olson)
- The Law Governing Lawyers (Rofes)
- Legislation (Chabot)
- Local Government Law (Fox)
- Privacy (Boyden)
- S: Jurisprudence of Sport (Oldfather)
- Torts (101, 301, Robinson)
- W: Appellate Writing and Advocacy (103, Fahl)
- W: Appellate Writing and Advocacy (105, Petrashek)
- W: Interviewing and Counseling (Donaldson)
West Academic's digital bookshelf can be found here. For detailed instructions on accessing your trial of West Academic materials for the above classes, please click here.
Contact: Rebecca RueschFall 2026 Classroom Assignments Now Available
Classroom assignments for all Fall 2026 classes are now available and visible in your CheckMarq schedule.
Please review your schedule before the first day of class and take note of your assigned classrooms.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Registrar Nicole Toerpe Mason.
Contact: Nicole Toerpe MasonSports Law Program Orientation and Welcome Mixer
Thursday, August 27, 2026 - 5:00pm • Lubar Center (room 144)On Thursday, August 27, all first year and transfer students with an interest in the sports law program are invited to attend the program's Annual Orientation and Welcome Mixer. 2L and 3L Sports Law Program students can skip the orientation and join us for the Welcome Mixer at 5:40 p.m.
The Orientation meeting will begin at 5 p.m. in the Lubar Center, room 144. During the orientation meeting, Professor Paul Anderson (Director, Sports Law Program), and Professor Aaron Hernandez (Director, National Sports Law Institute) will provide an overview of the sports law program including its purpose and your first year in law school, the Sports Law Certificate program and the process of earning the Certificate, early planning for the Sports Law Certificate Internship Program, the purpose for the National Sports Law Institute, fall 2026 sports law events, and the JD/MBA in Sports Business program.
After the orientation meeting, the Sports Law Program's Peer to Peer Network will host a Welcome Mixer for new students on the patio outside of the Tory Hill Cafe until 7 p.m. Student leaders from the Sports Law Program's student organizations will join to welcome new students to Sports Law at Marquette University Law School.
Register for this event by visiting the webpage here.
Contact: Prof. Paul AndersonSports Law Speaker Series: Introducing the Sports Law Faculty
Thursday, September 3, 2026 - 12:00pm • 433On Thursday, September 3, as part of the Sports Law Speaker Series the Sports Law Program invites you to meet members of the sports law faculty.
This event is intended for first year students and other students who have not taken sports law classes, or any student who wants to meet the members of our sports law faculty in an informal setting to learn more about who they are, what they do in their professional career, and the courses they teach (click here for a full list of sports law courses currently available). During this event students will have the opportunity to rotate to different tables to meet different members of the sports law faculty.
Attendees will be listed soon. The event will start at noon in room 433. Lunch will be provided to all attendees.
Visit the event webpage here to learn about participating faculty and to register for the event.
Contact: Prof. Paul Anderson