Taxation & Estate Planning

Westlaw and Lexis Summer Access
Most 1Ls are probably unaware that Westlaw and Lexis switch off law student access to most of their research systems during the summer. Only certain students qualify for continued summer access to the entire Lexis and Westlaw research systems...

Westlaw and Lexis Directories
Law students often have trouble transitioning from the "free" (flat-rate) Westlaw and Lexis access they receive in law school to using these systems at firms where charges must be justified and clients don't like to see large bills for online research...

Westlaw tab tip
Adding tabs to your Lexis and Westlaw accounts is a nice way to create shortcuts for frequently used resources, be they based on jurisdiction or area of the law. On both Lexis and Westlaw's main research pages, you can add...

Lexis Nexis v Westlaw Part 2
No sooner have you finished reading one article comparing the merits of Lexis Nexis Butterworths and Westlaw then along comes another one, rather like buses and hot sunny days. Anyway the latest comparison of Lexis Nexis Butterworths and Westlaw is in VIP Issue 56 , in it the author compares the North American products and provides some background information on the two companies...

Blogs and Lexis and Westlaw
One of the reasons why blogs are not cited that often may be because they are not in the LEXIS or Westlaw data bases. They are also, of course, a new form of scholarship. In any event, Race to the...

OJur and ALR Now Exclusively on Westlaw
This year, Ohio Jurisprudence and the American Law Reports (ALR's) are only going to be available on Westlaw. Traditional template searching to gain access to these products on Lexis will no longer work...