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Summer Access Details - For Returning Students:
Your Lexis ID stays on automatically (no need to register, can be used for any purpose during summer—work or academic use—for unlimited hours).

Lexis+  Details - For Graduating Students:
Your Lexis ID stays on automatically through 12/31/2024; use for any purpose:

• studying for the bar
• working
• sharpening skills
• researching employers

Note: graduating students must spend their Lexis points by 6/30/24; Starting 7/1/24, any graduating student who has verifiable employment with a non-profit organization can apply via the Lexis ASPIRE program for 12 months of free Lexis access. Students can visit the Lexis ASPIRE program link for details on either of these offers.

Questions? Please contact UB's Lexis Representative, Celine Conway <celine.conway@lexisnexis.com>

Short video: Lexis+ Summer and Graduate Access (1 min. 01 sec.)

LEXIS LAW SCHOOL PORTAL

SPECIALIZED RESOURCES

• Lexis Practical Guidance Resources:

                   Lexis+ Practical Guidance Summer Survival Guide (from law firm authors)

                   Lexis+ Practical Guidance SEARCH: Summer Associate Resource Kit

                   Lexis+ Practical Guidance SEARCH: First Year Associate
 

• Prepare to Practice – Summer
  On-demand training, tips and resources for prospective summer associates
  • Learn Practice Area Research
    Prepare to Practice Webinars
    2021 Practice Area Webinars:
           Bankruptcy
           Tax
           M&A
    2020 Practice Area Webinars:
           Labor & Employment
           Litigation Webinar
           Intellectual Property
  • Be Ready For the Common Tasks
           Sign on to Lexis+ and click the diamond icon at the top right of the page to display PRACtasks.
  • Practice-Ready Certification
           Module 1 - Thorough Statutory Research
           Module 2 - Utilizing Analytics
           Module 3 - Drafting & Analyzing Documents
  • Summer Associate Survival Guides And Tips
         Accepting or Declining an Offer
         Feedback and Performance Review Tips
         Office Etiquette and Fashion
          Pro Bono Tips
         Summer Associate Survival Glossary
         Summer Associate Survival Guide
         Summer Associate Practice Area Resource Kits
         View all 54 summer associate tip articles here.
  • Planning to go solo?
         A sampling from the LexisNexis Small Law Resource Center:
              How to Draft a Law Firm Business Plan
              Five Ways Solo Practitioners and Small Firms Can Upgrade Their Legal Technology
              Artificial Intelligence: The Not-So-Secret Weapon of the Small Firm Attorney
              Stress Management Tips for Solo Practitioners
              Six Budget-Friendly Marketing Tips for the Small Law Firm
              How to Change Your Practice Area and Get Up to Speed
  • Working at the Federal Government
    On-demand recording of  the Working at the Federal Government webinar:
    (Choose "SUNY Buffalo Law School" on the registration page)
    • US. Courts (first 20 minutes)
    • Department of Justice (second 20 minutes)
    • Federal Agencies (last 20 minutes)   
  • Quick Links To Public Interest And Practice Area Resources
    •     Equal Justice Practice Center
    •     Voting Rights Resource Kit
    •     Protestors’ Rights Resource Kit
    •     Racial Equality & Police Reform
    •     Law360 Access to Justice
    •     ABA Public Interest Career Assistance
    •     Equal Justice Works
    •     PSJD
    •     Lexis+ Practice Centers

• More Webinars (on-demand recordings)
  • Litigation: Problem Solving vs. Researching (4/2/20) on-demand 30 minute webinar; walks you through a typical litigation assignment and the tools litigators use to solve problems for their clients. Very practical and useful.
     
  • Prepare to Practice Webinars
    (Bankruptcy, Tax, Corporate M&A, Labor & Employment, Litigation, and Intellectual Property)
     
  • Courtlink on Lexis+  (from the LEXIS+ homepage, click on the grid at the top of the page and select CourtLink)
    • Researching dockets with new CourtLink on Lexis Advance (29 minute On-Demand Recording)
      Simplify your research with this docket research tool.

PRINT RESOURCES

• Lexis+Help Manual
• Lexis+ Law School Resources
  • Lexis+ Reference Guides
  • Researching on Lexis+
    • Rely on Secondary Sources First
    • Research in Three Steps
    • Shepardizing on Lexis+
  • Lexis+ Overview
    •     Lexis+ Overview
    •     What’s New on Lexis+
      •     Legal Research
      •     Lexis Answers
      •     Search Term Maps
      •     Shepard's At Risk
      •     Missing and Must Include
      •     Search Tree
      •     Brief Analysis
      •     Practical Guidance

HELP

• 24x7 Customer Support including research assistance is available at 1-800-543-6862.
• Live Chat is available 24 hours a day, Monday through Friday EST.
• Lexis+Help Manual

• Advanced Help Guides
  • Lexis® for Microsoft® Office Support
  • Lexis+ CourtLink Help
• Celine Murphy (UB Lexis Representative)
  • Email: celine.murphy@lexisnexis.com
  • Phone: 716-438-8593
• UB Law Reference Librarians (chat, phone, email)