As you start preparing for finals, remember that the BLS library has an extensive collection of study guides. The Lexis Digital Library hosts the popular Understanding series as e-books which you can easily access through your Lexis+ account. Just go to the homepage, click on the small dots to the left of the Lexis+ logo and select Digital Library. Use your BLS credentials to log in and navigate to Browse Library on the left.
Good luck studying!
See:
Bloomberg Law, Health: In Focus: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Bloomberg Law also allows subscribers to receive alerts from its legal newsletter: Coronavirus Outbreak
Health Affairs, click link: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION > Topic: COVID-19
Lexis+, Complimentary Coronavirus Resources
Westlaw, Covid-19 Legal Materials & News
The New York Times, The Covid-19 Pandemic
Also, members of the BLS community who choose to create FT.com accounts can receive FT Coronavirus Business Update.
If you are asked to draft an agreement (a.k.a contract), there are some great tools to help you get started. Each of Lexis, Westlaw, and Bloomberg have specialized databases dedicated to corporate lawyers. In these databases you will find millions of sample agreements that you can use to draft your own agreement.
On Westlaw, first select Practical Law from the Westlaw homepage:
Then, select your practice area (e.g. if you are drafting an employment agreement, select Labor & Employment):
Now, select from Sample Documents, Sample Clauses, and other resources to help you draft your agreement (such as Practice Notes, Checklists, Toolkits, and more):
Lexis users can use Practical Guidance to find similar resources:
Bloomberg Law aficionados have plenty of corporate drafting tools to choose from but probably the best place to start when drafting a corporate agreement is Practical Guidance:
If you have any questions about using these corporate transactional resources, or would like to discuss search strategies with a reference librarian, contact the reference desk. You can reach us by email at askthelibrary@brooklaw.edu, by chat from the library homepage, or drop in during our Zoom Office Hours (M-W-F: 1-3pm; Tu-Th: 3-5pm).
The library has dozens of study aids available to help you ace your finals! Just come to the circulation desk and you can check out a study guide to help you create an A+ outline. Did you know that the library also has study aids in the ebook format? For example, if you want to borrow a study aid from the “Understandings” series, you can go here: http://brooklyn.law.overdrive.com/A277C1C7-3692-4CF7-BE2A-4E65154FAC2F/10/1334/en/Default.htm.
To find out more about the study guides BLS library has available for you, visit here:http://guides.brooklaw.edu/c.php?g=330909&p=2222538
The library held its Seventh Annual Databases Research Fair on October 3, 2018, in the third floor Phyllis & Bernard Nash Reading Room. Representatives from Bloomberg Law, EBSCO, Fastcase, Lexis, Westlaw, and Wolters Kluwer came to showcase their legal research platforms to students. BLS librarians were also on hand to demonstrate HeinOnline and research tools available on the BLS Library website.
The mix of 1Ls and upperclass students enjoyed stopping by vendor tables, learning about the latest database features while picking up swag like portable wireless speakers, coffee mugs, tote bags, and pens. Students who had visited at least 5 vendors also qualified to enter the raffle. For the prizes, BLS Library and the vendors contributed gift cards ranging from $10 to $100, with a total value of $385. Congratulations to the nine lucky students who won the raffle gift cards!
Finally, it must be noted that the research fair was organized, as always, by Associate Librarian Linda Holmes. After 37 years with the library, Linda’s last day at BLS was today, October 5. We wish her a very happy retirement! It speaks to the success of the event, and to Linda’s superb organization, that on the day of the research fair a 3L student told us “The day of the research fair is my favorite day of the school year.” And the next day, after she received an email from Linda notifying her that she had won a raffle prize: “I was so happy, I did a little dance.”
The three legal research databases, Bloomberg Law, Lexis & Westlaw, are available to Brooklyn Law School students this summer. There is also continuing access for May 2018 graduates. See the details below:
Bloomberg Law: Provides unlimited and unrestricted access over the summer. Student accounts will remain active and available all summer. Graduating students have continued access for six months after graduation.
For questions, contact Julia Perdue, Client Success Manager, jperdue@bloomberglaw.com, 646-701-3831
Lexis Advance: Students will have continuing access during the summer for all legal and news content on Lexis. During the summer months of May, June and July, the permissible uses of your Lexis educational ID are expanded to include use at any law firm, government agency, court or other legal position, internship, externship or clerkship.
May 2018 graduates have continuing access to Lexis for six months after graduation to study for the bar exam, prepare for employment, improve research skills, etc.
For questions, contact Mary Beth Drain, Research Consultant, marybeth.drain@lexisnexis.com, 845-598-3203.
WestlawNext: Students can use Thomson Reuters products, including Westlaw, Practical Law, and the Practice Ready solutions over the summer for non-commercial research. You can turn to these resources to gain understanding and build confidence in your research skills, but you cannot use them in situations where you are billing a client. Examples of permissible uses for your academic password include the following:
You do not have to do anything to gain access to these tools over the summer.
Students who are graduating can use Thomson Reuters products, including Westlaw and Practical Law, for eighteen months after graduation. Your “Grad Elite” access gives you sixty hours of usage per month, with no restrictions against using them for professional purposes.
Extend access by logging into http://www.lawschool.westlaw.com, where a pop-up window will appear once you sign on.
For questions, contact Stefanie Efrati, Academic Account Manager, stefanie.efrati@thomsonreuters.com, 646-223-4918.
BLS Library held its 6th Annual Research Fair yesterday, September 28, 2017. Representatives from Bloomberg Law, EBSCO, Lexis Digital Library, Lexis, Westlaw, and Wolters Kluwer were on hand to showcase their databases. Library Director Janet Sinder and Associate Law Librarian Linda Holmes also provided students information about Fastcase and HeinOnline. The turnout was excellent. Students stopped by vendor tables, chatting with vendor and student representatives, They picked up free mugs, tote bags, and pens, while learning about the latest database services and features.
The event also served as an occasion to showcase the library’s new collaboration/reading room on the 3rd Floor. Faculty and staff members came by to check out the space and the Research Fair. Many 1Ls were introduced to the space through the event. 2Ls and 3Ls who were visiting the collaboration room for the 1st time marvelled at how the 3rd Floor had been transformed over the summer.
The Research Fair was a success. Students said that they enjoyed learning about new research resources and would start using them right away. The cookies, candy, and other light refreshments provided by the library helped perk them up after a long week of classes. At the end of the Fair, Janet and Linda conducted the raffle drawing for students who had visited at least five vendors. Congratulations to the six lucky students who won $50 gift cards courtesy of BLS Library and participating vendors!