By: WL

WL — Sat, 24 May 2008 02:09:50 +0000

To clarify Chris’ point, use of law student Westlaw/Lexis is only a violation of the user license if the student uses it as part of paid employment (summer fellowship/scholarship money exempted). This is made clear when students have to register for summer access by checking from a list of allowable uses, which also include research for faculty, law review editing, etc.
More to Carolyn’s original point, are there any consortia of small/solo firms out there that pool together for the purpose of hiring summers? It would give students the ability to “one shot” their resume and it would consolidate the cost and time demands of interviewing. Probably an idea for a local bar association? Even if solos don’t want to go as far as coordinating and pooling interviews, something like a NALP directory of small/solo firms in a county or region would be extremely helpful to students, and can help raise the profile of the solo.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:52:09 +0000

I am a recent law school graduate. We were always told that the use of Westlaw/Lexis outside of school was in direct violation of the law school’s user license. Hence, using the student’s Westlaw/Lexis account at work was strongly frowned upon. I suppose that as long as you’re not billing clients for the usage, an argument could be made for your point of view.

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