Law Library Summer Resources

No matter what you’re doing this summer the Law Library has your back!

Got a summer job? 
Great! Need access to the legal research databases you’ve come to know and love like Bloomberg Law, Lexis, and Westlaw? Fortunately, they all offer summer access to current students! To get the details about permissible uses of these databases, visit our summer access page. 

In addition, other databases will be available to current students this summer. Find all RWU Law licensed databases in our Digital Resources guide and log in using Single Sign On. 

Graduating?
Will you soon be saying goodbye to law school? Now you can take your good friends, Bloomberg Law, Lexis Advance, and Westlaw Edge with you wherever you happen to go. We have obtained extended access for these legal research tools for our recent grads. Visit our website for more information about post-graduate access to these databases.

The Law Library also permits alumni to check out library materials and provides free access to HeinOnline’s Law Journal Library.  Our RWU Law Alumni Services page provides more details about both services.

Questions about Legal Research?
Do you remember the 10 minute rule? The 10 minute rule still applies while you’re taking summer classes or working on summer jobs and externships or even after you graduate. The 10 Minute Rule is, if you cannot figure out how to do some legal research that you need to do within 10 minutes, contact a law librarian and ask for some help. Writing to  lawlibraryhelp@rwu.edu will send a message to everyone on the Law Library reference staff. Remember, you are not bothering us when you ask for help, we get paid to provide you with research training and assistance. It is very quiet in the library in the summer, so we hope you will reach out.  We are also available by telephone, online chat, and a new exciting post-covid option—in person.

Visit our Ask a Librarian page for all the various ways to connect with the Law Library.

Have a wonderful summer!