Westlaw, Lexis, & BloombergLaw Summer Access

WESTLAW:

Current UC Hastings students may register for full Westlaw summer access to support:

• Summer law school classes
• Law review and journal work
• Projects for a professor
• Moot court
• Unpaid non-profit public interest internship/externship or pro bono work required for graduation

Your law school password MAY NOT be used for law firms, government agencies, corporations, or any entity that is paying you to conduct research or passing the costs of your research to a third party. If you have questions, contact our Westlaw Representative.

Graduating students’ passwords expire on May 31, 2012, but can be extended for bar preparation.

LEXISNEXIS:

If you have already registered your Lexis Advance password, you don’t need to do anything to continue access over the summer.  If you haven’t registered yet, click here to register.  For summer access to “classic” Lexis, click here.  You may only use Lexis Advance and classic Lexis for education uses, which include:

• Summer course preparation and assignments
• Research associated with moot court, law review, or law journal
• Research associated with pursuing a grant or scholarship
• Services as a research assistant to a professor, whether paid or unpaid
• An internship, externship or clinic position for school credit or graduation requirement
• Study for the bar exam
• Research skill improvement for educational purposes

See LexisNexis’ Policy on Use of Law School Education IDs for more information, or contact our LexisNexis Representative.  Students and graduates who provide public service, paid or unpaid, for credit or not-for-credit, may apply for the LexisNexis ASPIRE program and gain full access to Lexis Advance.  Contact our LexisNexis Representative for more information.

BLOOMBERGLAW:

There are no restrictions on your BloombergLaw account over the summer.  If your workplace has its own BloombergLaw account, however, you are expected to use it.  To sign up for a BloombergLaw account, just email a request to our BloombergLaw representative, Tracey Broadhead Frith at tbroadheadfr@bloomberg.net.

Trouble Downloading from Westlaw?

Have you had difficulty downloading documents from Westlaw?  When you click on the “Download” icon in the top right corner, does nothing happen?  The security settings on your internet browser probably need to be changed.  Here’s what to do*:

For Internet Explorer

1. Click on Tools and select Internet Options
2. Click on the Security Tab
3. Select Trusted Sites (assuming you’ve added westlaw.com as a trusted site already)
4. Click on Custom Level
5. Scroll down to the Scripting section (a little more than 3/4 of the way down the list)
6. Under Allow Programmatic clipboard access, select enable and click on OK
7. Click OK, next screen also click OK.

For Mozilla Firefox

1. Click Tools on the menu bar and select Options.
2. Click the Content Tab and check the box Block pop-up windows.
3. Click Exceptions to the right of Block pop-up windows.
4. Type print.westlaw.com under Address of web site.  Click Allow.
5. Type web2.westlaw.com under Address of web site.  Click Allow.  Click Close.  Click Okay.

For Google Chrome

1. Go to Options.
2. Click the Under the Hood tab.
3. Click Content settings, select “Pop-Ups”.
4. Click on Exceptions button and add web2.westlaw.com
5. Refresh the page

 

*Thank you to the Seattle University Law Library for providing this information!

Reserve a Study Room in the Library

Study rooms are now available in the library for groups of three or more UC Hastings students during exams.   You can reserve a room for your group by following the directions on the SIC office website .

During the exam period, Study Room 412 is available on a first-come-first-served basis when it is not reserved for Dog Therapy sessions.  Dog Therapy sessions are Monday through Friday, 10:30am – Noon and 2:00pm – 3:30pm; Room 412 is cleaned M-F 5:00pm – 5:30pm.

Crash Course on Legal Research

Have a job? Need to brush up on your legal research skills? Hastings Law Library is offering a Crash Course on Legal Research focused on the practice skills you need to get you started on your first assignments. Handy tips, expert advice, and useful handouts. 1Ls, 2Ls and recent graduates welcome. 

May 18, 2012	10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.	Room H, 198 Bldg
May 23, 2012	Noon to 1:30 p.m.	Room H, 198 Bldg

There is no need to reply – just come on by.  Contact Hilary Hardcastle at hardcast@uchastings.edu for more information.

SPCA Dog Therapy Program Returns to the Library

Dog therapists on holiday

The SPCA Dog Therapy program is coming back to the Law Library during finals time! Dog therapy is designed to be a fun stress-reliever for our busy students, a gift of some happy-go-lucky play with a furry friend as relief from studying. So take a break and let one of these trained, friendly dogs help you forget all about the law for a few minutes.

Our doggie “therapists” will be located on the fourth floor of the 200 McAllister building in the Library. Students are welcome to sign up for 10-minute stress break sessions. All dogs are friendly and trained and accompanied by experienced SPCA volunteers. Sign-up sheets and more information can be found at the Library circulation desk.

Dogs therapy is being offered at the following times:

Monday, April 23:
10:30 am-12:00 pm (“Denver” Golden Doodle)

Tuesday, April 24:
10:30 am-12:00 pm  (“Jackson”Yellow Lab)
2:00- 3:30 pm (“Elvie” Pekingese mix)

Wednesday, April 25:
10:30 am-12:00 pm  (“Buddy” Golden Doodle)
2:00 – 3:30 pm (“Omar” Afftenpinscher)

Thursday, April 26:
10:30 am-12:00 pm (“Freddie” Petit Bassett / Terrier)
2:00-3:30 pm (“Senge”  Shih Tzu)

Monday, April 30:
10:30 am-12:00 pm (“Hank”)
2:00-3:30 pm (“Popeye” American Bulldog)

Tuesday, May 1:
10:30 am-12:00 pm  (“Buddy”)
2:00- 3:30 pm (“Boudreaux” Tibetan Terrier)

Wednesday, May 2:
10:30 am-12:00 pm  (“MotC”  Golden Doodle)

Thursday, May 3:
10:30 am-12:00 pm (“Ridley” Jack Russell Terrier)
2:00-3:30 pm (“Freddie”)

Monday, May 7:
10:30 am-12:00 pm (“Memphis” Shepard/Husky Mix)
2:00-3:30 pm (“Boudreaux”)

Tuesday, May 8:
10:30 am-12:00 pm  (“Hank”)
2:00- 3:30 pm (“Omar”)

Wednesday, May 9:
10:30 am-12:00 pm  (“Hank”)
2:00 – 3:30 pm (“Popeye”)

Thursday, May 10:
10:30 am-12:00 pm (“Buddy”)
2:00-3:30 pm (“Blaise” Yellow Lab)

Contact:

Chuck Marcus
UC Hastings College of the Law Library
library.uchastings.edu
415-565-4838
marcusc@uchastings.edu

Google’s New Privacy Policy

Here’s a link to a good explanation from The Scientific American on the changes to your Google based accounts (Gmail, Youtube, Google+)  from Google’s new privacy.  The US Congress also wants some explanations.  They’ve sent a letter to Google CEO, Larry Page requesting clarification.

Early JSTOR Journal Articles Are Now Free

JSTOR just announced that it is making its early journal content (published prior to 1923 in the United States and prior to 1870 elsewhere) FREE to anyone. This includes nearly 500,000 articles from more than 200 journals. To search this free early content, just go to http://www.jstor.org, select the “advanced search” option, enter your keywords, and then check the “only content I can access” box. For more information and a tutorial, go to http://about.jstor.org/participate-jstor/individuals/early-journal-content.