Class & Exam Preparation
We know how much reading, briefing and outlining you do each day, and how important it is to your success as a law student. There are ways to make this work easier; saving you time and helping you to get some sleep.
1L Survival Guide
Sign in to the Home Page for the 1L Survival Guide that is full of tips and tools to help you hit the ground running and make it through your first year of law school successfully.
Making Class Preparation Easier Video
How many times do you read a case before you understand it? Watch the Making Class Preparation Easier video and learn how to extract the important points of law from any case in one reading.
Create Strong Outlines for Exams
Exam preparation starts with a good outline based on your case briefs, class notes and important points of law for each subject. Sign in to the Home Page and start using NoteMap® and our shell outlines to get started.
Exam Preparation Game
The Think Like A Lawyer case law game helps you become a better issue spotter with real cases from the core law school curriculum. A skill you'll be using on exams very soon. Play now, and you just might have some fun while you study!
Get Rewarded
The LexisNexis® Rewards Program
When you opt into the Rewards program you earn points for what you normally do in law school: on-campus training, interactive tutorials, webcasts and other opportunities throughout the year. Redeem your points on the Rewards website for thousands of items, or gift cards to use on Amazon.com and other sites and locations.
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1Ls – Earn a quick 1,200 points—worth a $15 Amazon.com* card—just for completing Steps 1 and 2 of registration (800 points) and taking the video tutorial, Making Class Preparation Easier (400 points).
2Ls/3Ls – If you’re not yet registered for Lexis Advance, contact your Account Executive to get your temporary ID and password.
Ready to get rewarded?
1Ls: You must complete Steps 1 and 2 of registration and opt into Rewards to earn and redeem Rewards Points.
2Ls/3Ls: If you haven’t opted into Rewards, do it now!
*Amazon.com is not a sponsor of this program. For complete gift card terms and conditions, see www.amazon.com/gc-legal. ©,®,™ Amazon.com Inc. and/or its affiliates, 2012.
Learn On-Demand
Do you need to know the finer points of Shepardizing™, or do you just need a quick research refresher? Use our on-demand resources to learn basic and advanced legal research techniques any time, any place. Every on-demand resource is designed to complement our on-campus training sessions.
YouTube Videos
The LexisNexis Law Schools YouTube Channel has more than 20 short videos to help you improve your research skills.
Webcast Recordings
Sign in to the Home Page to watch more than 20 Webcast Recordings on topics ranging from cost-effective legal research to using social media to find employment opportunities. Register for upcoming webcasts.
Interactive Tutorials
If you want to do more than just watch, sign in to the Home Page for Interactive Tutorials that walk you through research issues as you learn.
Research PDFs
Sign in to the Home Page to read, download and print Lexis Advance™ research guides to help you conduct legal research more efficiently.
Training at Your School
Save hours of time researching by attending on-campus training classes or scheduling one-on-one training with your LexisNexis® Account Executive. Check out the information in the Training Calendar for your school.
Sign in to the Home Page for a detailed training class schedule and to sign up for training classes visit your school's Training Calendar.
Learn On-Demand
Do you need to know the finer points of Shepardizing™, or do you just need a quick research refresher? Use our on-demand resources to learn basic and advanced legal research techniques any time, any place. Every on-demand resource is designed to complement our on-campus training sessions.
YouTube Videos
The LexisNexis Law Schools YouTube Channel has more than 20 short videos to help you improve your research skills.
Webcast Recordings
Sign in to the Home Page to watch more than 20 Webcast Recordings on topics ranging from cost-effective legal research to using social media to find employment opportunities. Register for upcoming webcasts.
Interactive Tutorials
If you want to do more than just watch, sign in to the Home Page for Interactive Tutorials that walk you through research issues as you learn.
Research PDFs
Sign in to the Home Page to read, download and print Lexis Advance™ research guides to help you conduct legal research more efficiently.
Exam Preparation Game
The Think Like A Lawyer case law game helps you become a better issue spotter with real cases from the core law school curriculum. A skill you'll be using on exams very soon. Play now, and you just might have some fun while you study!
Career Resources
Start preparing for your legal career now with professional resources that have been developed in conjunction with legal recruiters. Sign in to the Home Page to access the resources below that will help you gain confidence in your job search:
Students who use our networking tools and career tutorials tell us what a great help they are in their job search. One student told us,
“I really liked seeing the sections on interview tips and legal resume suggestions. I need to implement more of these in my own resume.”
Sign in to the Law School Home Page to access a wealth of legal career resources.
Teaching Tools
Quick access to documentation and videos to supplement and enhance your training and teaching efforts. To access additional teaching tools including Tutorials and Webcast recordings, please enter your Custom ID and Password in the Home Page Sign In template and select the Teaching Tools tab.
LexisNexis® Documentation: A variety of pdfs available for instructional use:
Lexis Advance™:
Lexis.com®
Videos
Short, instructional videos on our YouTube channel.
Tutorials, Webcast Recordings and more...: Please enter your Custom ID and Password in the Home Page Sign In template and select the Teaching Tools tab
Web Courses
LexisNexis® Web Courses is a FREE online course management option for professors to post their course materials, distribute announcements, create online tests and quizzes, and much more. Based on the industry leading Blackboard platform, you'll find it easy to create a course and make materials available for your students 24-7. LexisNexis Web Courses also includes the popular plagiarism-checking program, SafeAssignTM.
To get started and create your first course, sign on to the Home Page and use the "Create a New Course" link under the Web Courses tab.
WebCourses Resources:
Web Courses Support:
- Contact your local LexisNexis Account Executive
- Call toll-free 800.45.LEXIS (800.455.3947) , Option 3
Faculty Resources
We have a variety of products and services to help you save time in your scholarly work, course preparation and teaching. For access to literature, webcasts, tutorials and other on demand training and teaching tools related to Lexis Advance and Lexis.com, click on the Teaching Tools tab.
Law School Book Information Central
Lexis Advance™ Research: Lexis Advance is the new innovative research platform from LexisNexis®. Lexis Advance makes your class preparation and scholarly research even easier with a variety of features resulting in more comprehensive and relevant results. Log in with your custom ID and Password at www.lexis.com/lawschool or contact your LexisNexis Account Executive to obtain an ID.
Lexis.com Research: Log in with your Custom ID and Password or contact your LexisNexis Account Executive to obtain and Id.
Mobile Solutions: Get essential legal, news and business insights wherever you are, wherever you go. Download apps for your iPad, iPhone, and Android here .
Lexis® for Microsoft® Office: Conduct Research & Cite Check in Microsoft Word Use Lexis® for Microsoft® Office for your scholarly work and evaluating/grading student assignments. This free and time saving tool lets you research, write, Shepardize® and check citation format within any Word document. Sign in with your Lexis ID and Password to learn more and download the software for free. Sign in to the Home Page to learn more.
Interactive Citation Workstation (ICW): An innovative print-and-electronic approach to learning citation format from LexisNexis® using the ICW Workbook and ICW online exercises.
TimeMap® is a timeline graphing tool used to graphically depict and analyze the timeline of facts and evidence uncovered throughout the case analysis and litigation workflows. Sign in to the Homepage to learn more about TimeMap download the software for free and access related training tools.
NoteMap® is a dynamic, user-friendly outlining tool used to create and edit outlines. Its simplicity and versatility make it the ideal tool to help law students create outlines for their drafting assignments or course outlines that they can develop and edit with ease over the course of a semester. Sign in to the Home Page to learn more about NoteMap, download the software for free and access related training tools.
TextMap® : is our searchable transcript summary tool that's designed to work with CaseMap, our case analysis application. Use TextMap to create a database of electronic transcript files from depositions, examinations, and other proceedings. Sign in to the Home Page to learn more about TextMap, download the software for free and access related training tools.
LexisNexis® Web Courses is an easy to use online course management tool available to Faculty at no charge that utilizes the popular Blackboard™ platform. You can post your course materials, create assignments that students can receive and submit, schedule appointments, communicate easily with your students, and allow them to collaborate with each other. LexisNexis® Web Courses includes the popular plagiarism-checking program, SafeAssign™. Sign in to the Home Page and get started today.
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