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 system.

Employers or organizations with which you volunteer or intern might require or prefer that you use firm/organization accounts rather than database access through your academic account. Please understand 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 much 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, like HeinOnline, 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. 

Lexis: Your access to Lexis continues through December 2025, also with no additional registration required and with no limits on research time. Your Lexis account will automatically switch to a graduate portal in July. That portal includes access to most of the same content and features you have now, excluding public records, Protégé, Law360, and Practical Guidance. (Important: If you have Lexis Rewards and are graduating, redeem your points before they expire on June 30, 2025.) 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/.

Westlaw: To extend 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, with up to 60 hours of Westlaw use per month (compared to the 180-hour monthly cap in place for active student accounts). It can be used to gain understanding and build your knowledge of the law, increase confidence in your research skills, and prepare for the bar exam. It is not for commercial purposes, including situations when you are billing a client.

Watch for an email to your @marquette.edu account after graduation with reminders and related information from the library.

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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 or contact a reference librarian to get started. We're happy to help!

Contact: Elana Olson