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 Olson