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Career & Practice Guide: Alumni Resources

This LibGuide is an overview of a new collection at the Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law Legal Research Center.

LRC Resources

Access to Legal Research CenterShow Drexel Alumni card to access the Legal Research Center during all open hours.
BorrowingYes. Alumni/ae may borrow circulating books from the library collections (up to 20 books at one time). Please note that borrowing privileges do not extend to course reserve materials, or study rooms, due to the specific needs of current Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law students.
ID Needed for BorrowingValid Drexel Alumni card with University Library barcode attached.
Monographs28 days. Limited to 20 items.
Database searchingOnsite only, with the exception of electronic resources such as Westlaw and Lexis that are limited by license to law faculty and students.
Remote Access To Electronic Resources: No.
Reference ServicesYes. Please feel free to take advantage of our reference services by using our chat reference service, contacting us by phone (215.571.4772), or sending us an email (lawlib@drexel.edu).

To request an Alumni Card call the Office of Alumni Relations at 1.888.DU.GRADS.

Lexis Access

LexisNexis provides 6 months of free access to Lexis+ for all graduates. You may continue to use your law school username and password to access Lexis+.

Their ASPIRE program provides 12 months of free access to federal and state cases, codes, regulations, law reviews, Shepard's® Citation Service and Matthew Bender® treatises to graduates who are engaged in verifiable 501(c)(3) public interest work. To sign up for ASPIRE, go to https://www.lexisnexis.com/grad-access/.

For questions about either of these programs, contact Melissa Gorsline (melissa.gorsline@lexisnexis.com; 609-969-1826).

 

Westlaw Access

Westlaw provides 6 months of access to Westlaw Precision after graduation. Sign up for Grad Elite Status to access the benefit.

Westlaw also maintains your access to lawschool.westlaw.com, lawschool.thomsonreuters.com, TWEN and job searching databases on Westlaw through the end of the 18th month after your graduation.

For questions about these benefits, call Westlaw at 1-800-850-9378 or contact Jingchi Chen (Jingchi.chen@thomsonreuters.com).