LAW LIBRARY RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS ON COOP

Whether you are working on Coop in Massachusetts, in an out-of state firm, or a foreign country, the Law Library can help you with your research. There is a range of services, databases and resources avaiable to you.

Library Services (research help at the reference desk, interlibrary loan, access to other libraries)
Westlaw/Lexis Use on Coop
Databases
Law Library Legal Links

Services

Research Help at the Reference Desk

The NUSL Law Library provides research help to NUSL's Coop students. You can contact us in person, on the phone, or by email.

Inter-library Loan

Materials not available at the Northeastern University Law Library may be borrowed from other libraries through inter-library loan. Inter-library loan request forms are available at the circulation desk. Books from selected academic libraries may also be borrowed through the Boston Library Consortium’s Virtual Catalog at www.lib.neu.edu/gateway/vc.htm.

Access to Other Libraries

Members of the School of Law community have access to all the resources at Snell Library which serves the general Northeastern University community. Students can also borrow material from the University’s John D. O’Bryant African-American Institute Library.

The library’s membership in the New England Law Library Consortium and the Boston Library Consortium offers our students access to area law libraries and research facilities. Consult a reference librarian for detailed information about access to other libraries.

Usage of Lexis Westlaw Passwords on Coop

WESTLAW:

While on Coop, Northeastern Law School students may use their Law School
Westlaw passwords for:

• public interest externships/internships not including federal,
  state, or local government and courts
• pro bono and public service program activity required for
  graduation
• research for a law professor, or for a law school course, clinic,
  or moot court
• Students may not use their law school Westlaw passwords for
  research for a court, government office, law firm, or any job
  where a client would be charged for the students’ work.

LEXIS:

While on Coop, Northeastern Law School students may use their Law School
Lexis passwords for:

• public interest externships/internships including federal, state,
  local government and courts
• pro bono and public service program activity required for
  graduation
• research for a law professor, or for a law school course, clinic,
  or moot court
• If they are working for a firm, organization or any other entity which
  charges a client for the students’ time or research performed, then
  use of the academic ID would be in violation of the academic use
  rules.

Databases (Available to Coop Students)

BNA's E-Alert's

The Law Library is pleased to announce that all Northeastern University School of Law faculty, students, and staff may individually register to receive BNA’s U.S. Law Week email service. BNA’s e-alert provides email highlights and reports to NUSL for BNA’s U.S. Law Week and BNA’s Supreme Court Today. The U.S. Law Week e-alert is sent every Tuesday. Supreme Court Today e-alerts track the latest developments in the current Supreme Court term. Please click the BNA link for self-registration email sign up.

BNA Databases

Many Bureau of National Affairs ("BNA") databases are now available to all Northeastern University Law School students, faculty, and staff. BNA publications provide in-depth news and analysis of current events along with applicable statutes, administrative regulations and decisions, and cases. Please click on a database below to access the BNA resources available to NUSL.

 

ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct

Antitrust & Trade Regulation Report

Criminal Law Reporter

Electronic Commerce & Law Report

Environment Reporter - Current Reports

Family Law Reporter - Current Reports

Health Law Reporter

International Trade Reporter

Labor and Employment Law Library - Labor Relations Reporter

Labor and Employment Law Library - Labor Arbitration Decisions

Patent Trademark & Copyright Journal

Securities Regulation & Law Report

Tax Management Portfolios - Federal Collection: US Income; Estates Gifts and Trusts; and Foreign Income

TM Compensation Planning Journal

TM Estates, Gifts, and Trust Journal

TM International Journal

TM Memorandum

TM Real Estate Journal

TM Weekly Report

United States Law Week

United States Patents Quarterly/Intellectual Property Library

P Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI)

The CALI Library of Lessons is a collection of over one hundred interactive, computer-based lessons covering twenty-seven legal education subject areas. Access is restricted by license to Northeastern University School of Law students, faculty, and staff. Authorized users may request a password from a law library reference librarian.

 

Law Library Microform Consortium's Digital Collection

This resource is available to the Northeastern University community. It is a searchable database of documents and decisions from Federal Legislative, Judicial and Executive bodies.

LegalTrac

By license agreement, this resource is available to all Northeastern University students, faculty and staff and to Northeastern University School of Law alumni. If you are on campus click here. If you are off campus click here.

 

 

National Center on Poverty Law

Website of the National Center on Poverty Law, a non-profit organization. The Center carries out legal and policy research and provides legal services to low-income clients. The “Clearinghouse Review” area has scholarly articles in the area of Poverty Law and is the electronic version of their print journal. Materials such as cases and articles are also available. By license agreement, this resource is available to Northeastern University students, faculty, and staff.

Snell Library's Subscription Databases

Search for information through Snell Library's electronic databases. Access restricted to Northeastern University students, faculty, and staff.

Social Law Library's On-line Databases

You do not need to reconfigure your browser to get remote access to this database. Includes administrative and court decisions, regulations, rules of court, statutes, constitution, and budget. By license agreement, this resource is only available to Northeastern University School of Law students, faculty, and staff.

  U.S. Law Week

By license agreement, this resource is only available to Northeastern University School of Law students, faculty, and staff.

• If you are in the law school building (Knowles and Cargill), please use this link to U.S. Law Week
• If you are outside the law school building, please use this link to U.S. Law Week

Other Law School Databases

Search for more information through the Law Library's other electronic databases. Please note that some of these databases are for your personal, educational, non-commercial use. Most of the resources are licensed for use by the Northeastern University School of Law community and are subject to legal restrictions. Please read the relevant license agreement for a database before you use it.

Other Research Starting Points

Law Library Legal Research Links
Law Library Research Guides
Law-Related Advocacy Organizations