News & Announcements
May 2008
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Encore Searching Comes to the Pence Law Library
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Library policy regarding carrel reservations and the summer 2008 lottery registration form for eligible students
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Attention Dean's Fellows! Sign up for the Library's Annual Summer Dean's Fellow Workshop, June 11 @ 6pm
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Library Summer 2008 Hours
April 2008
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The Pence Law Library will restrict access to WCL and AU Main Campus students, faculty and Washington College of Law alumni from April 22 to May 10, 2008.
The Pence Law Library will restrict access to WCL and AU Main Campus students, faculty and Washington College of Law alumni from April 22 to May 10, 2008. Persons requesting the use of the Federal Depository Collection will be allowed to enter and use those materials under supervision. Interlibrary loan service will be available as usual. Please contact the Access Services Librarian at jasmith@wcl.american.edu for further information.
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Summer Access to Lexis and Westlaw: Law Students, including graduating students, needing summer access to these research databases must register for a summer password extension.
Students who graduate will have full Westlaw access through May 31, 2008 (or the end month during which they graduate).
Graduating students may apply for a free password to use while studying for the bar. Graduating students will be receiving an email with the link to register for Bar Study password. The passwords will be good for 10 hours or through July 31, which ever comes first.
Students have access to career service databases for one year after graduation. Access to Law Students/Attorney Jobs Online is not included in the career service database access.
Continuing students hours are reduced to two hours in June and two hours in July. All student passwords are returned to full access August 1 of each year.
However, students who are taking summer school classes, working for a professor, are conducting law review & journal work, or are moot court members may extend their passwords for the summer. In addition, students who are working in an unpaid, non-profit public interest (non-governmental) internship/externship or pro bono work required for graduation may also extend their passwords.
LexisNexis Summer Access Program
LexisNexis is pleased to offer you the opportunity to extend your full access privileges during the summer to August 1, 2008. In order to do so you must register for summer full access through the Summer Access Registration link: www.lexisnexis.com/lawschool/help/saccess.asp
The registration process requires you to certify a legitimate use over the summer to be granted full access:
Legitimate Uses
Summer School
School-Related Research Assignment
Moot Court Research
Law Review or Journal Research
Working as a Professor's Research Assistant
Non-Profit Externship
Unpaid Internship/Externship
Bar Review
If you do not register, your LexisNexis law school ID will be limited to only career materials as of June 1, 2008.
Graduating students must register for summer access to extend their IDs to August 1, 2008.