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Permitted Uses of Lexis

Lexis Policy on Use of Law School Educational Ids
Students may use their LexisNexis Law School Educational ID only for academic purposes. Academic purposes include:
* class preparation and assignments
* research associated with moot court or law review/law journal
* service as a research assistant to a professor (either paid or unpaid)
* an unpaid internship, externship or clinic for school credit

Academic purposes do not include research conducted for a law firm, corporation or other entity that is paying the student to conduct said research or that is passing along the costs of said research to a third party. These are deemed commercial purposes. See below for special summer exception or access after graduation.
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Summer Access to Lexis
See the Akron Law announcements blog or Brightspace Page - Law Student Resources (Announcements) for information on summer access to Lexis. For the past several years, Lexis permits students to use the database for non-educational use, such as working at a law firm, during the summer only. No additional steps are needed to obtain summer access.
Graduates Access to Lexis-
Students can use their Lexis passwords for 6 months after graduation. For Spring 2022 graduates access is extended until December 31, 2022
Lexis ASPIRE
ASPIRE to Support a Non-Profit This Summer or After Graduation
Your legal research support can make a difference to an organization doing good this summer. Apply for an ASPIRE ID for access to Lexis as long as your qualifying non-profit employment - 501(c)(3).

Need Help?

LexisNexis Law School Customer Support
1-800-45-LEXIS (1-800-455-3947)

Chat
When in the Lexis+ research system, click on MORE in the upper left, and select LIVE CHAT SUPPORT.

Our School's Lexis Representative:
Jennifer Durkin
jennifer.durkin@lexisnexis.com

Law Library Lexis Contact:
Sue Altmeyer
saltmeyer@uakron.edu

Tutorials, Training and Guides

Terms and Connectors for Lexis

Videos and Tutorials

Lexis Learn
Tutorials with questions.
Lexis Instructional Videos
LexisNexis Law School Youtube Channel
More instructional videos.
Fact & Issue Finder Training Video

Written Materials

When in Lexis, click on HELP in the upper right for help based upon the screen in Lexis you are viewing.

Lexis Segment (Field) Searching
Lexis Guides
Help guides.
Shepards - list of editorial phrases & their definitions
ALSO, when you are in Shepards, click Help in the upper left to get information about Shepards.

Terms and connectors and natural language on Lexis+

BOTH the big search box AND Search within Results can process natural language and terms and connectors.
If you use and, or, /p, /s, /n your search will be converted to terms and connectors. If you have some words in the search that do not have connectors, Lexis+ interprets this as a phrase (interprets it as a blank space between the words. ) Example: dna sample arrested and "serious crime" should be: dna and sample and arrest! and "serious crime" (or even better: dna and (collect! or sample or profile) and (arrest! or accus! or custody or "facing charges:) and "serious crime"
If you use quotation marks or ! it will NOT convert the search to terms and connectors. It will still be run as a natural language search. Example: "undue influence" will

Legal Research Databases

Connecting to Lexis

Permitted Uses of Lexis

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Tutorials, Training and Guides

Terms and connectors and natural language on Lexis+

Why it is important to Shepardize

Lexis and Westlaw Order of Operations

Shepards Signals