Tag: LexisLibrary

LexisNexis Student Rep. Vacancy for 2016-17

An opportunity has arisen to increase your legal research skills and work for a major legal publisher. LexisNexis is looking for an enthusiastic GDL or final year LL.B student to act as a representative on campus for LexisNexis Online Services.

Salary is £8 per hour/£40 a week plus expenses. 

Full training will be given and on-going regular support will be provided. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United Kingdom. The contract will be for 9 months starting on 1st September 2016.

Your application should consist of  a covering letter and a copy of your C.V. Please state “Student Associate, University of Law, Guildford” in the subject line of your email to studentassociates@lexisnexis.co.uk. Interviews will be held by Skype during May and June 2016.

All applicants must be available for a three day training course to be held in London weeks commencing 15th and 22nd August 2106.

Westlaw & LexisLibrary database training sessions

We’ve arranged for external trainers from the Westlaw and LexisLibrary databases to deliver weekday training sessions at Guildford.

  LexisLibrary

Thursday 22 and Friday 23 October

 Westlaw

Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 November

Go to ELITE> Student Hub> Events, Activities & Sign-ups to find the full list of dates and times of the sessions, all of which will take place in LRC IT Room 217. To add your name, select a session and click on Sign up.

These sessions are popular and get filled very quickly, so you’ll need to sign up as soon as possible to guarantee your place.

Lexis ‘Secret Advantage’

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Posted on behalf of Annie Chauhan, LexisNexis student rep

ATTENTION LPC STUDENTS

Lexis are running the ‘Secret Advantage’ programme again. They have mapped LexisPSL content to the complete syllabuses for the three compulsory LPC subjects that all LPC students will be studying at University of Law Guildford, including the criminal and insolvency sections of litigation and business law.

Register for updates of when the week’s links are available to view.

http://blogs.lexisnexis.co.uk/secretadvantage/

 

Don’t forget to keep up to date with LexisNexis at Guildford by liking the Facebook Page!

https://www.facebook.com/lexisnexisguildford?ref=bookmarks

 

LexisNexis Halloween Quiz

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Posted on behalf of Annie Chauhan, LexisNexis student rep

Dear students,

This year LexisNexis at Guildford are running a Halloween Quiz, the FIRST PRIZE is a KINDLE EREADER!!

To enter please pop into one of the Lexis drop in sessions next week to collect the quiz or contact annika.chauhan61@law.ac.uk.

 

FB: https://www.facebook.com/lexisnexisguildford?ref=bookmarks

 

LexisLibrary ‘most used’ guides

For those of you attended the lexis training yesterday with lexis trainer, Gemma Hamshar,  Gemma has sent over some of the key user guides to reinforce her training messages to those who attended.

These guides will also help anyone using Lexis.

Please find below a list of links to the most used guides for Lexis Library:

Lexis Library – Case Overview

LexisLibrary – Finding Cases

LexisLibrary – Finding Legislation

LexisLibrary – Working with Legislation

LexisLibrary – Connectors

Introducing your Lexis Student Rep

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Sent on behalf of Annie Chauhan, Lexis Student Rep 2014/15

Dear Law Students,

I’m Annie Chauhan, your Lexis Rep for this academic year 2014/2015. My role as a student associate is to assist you in using LexisNexis, taking advantage of all it has to offer. I am going to be offering both group and one to one sessions throughout the year, for those who would like to be trained on LexisLibrary.

I would like to stress that Lexis is used by the majority of Law firms and Chambers worldwide, so it is vital you know the ins and outs of the software!

I will be at the law fair THIS THURSDAY … you will be able to sign up for email updates, certification sessions and receive news about upcoming competitions! If you are unable to attend the law fair this Thursday, then feel free to contact me over the LexisNexis Guildford Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/lexisnexisguildford/info

Thanks, Annie C.”

Introducing your LexisLibrary student rep

Posted on behalf of Emem Aylett:

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Hello everyone,

My name is Emem Aylett. I am your Lexis-Rep at the University of Law Guildford.

I am sure you have all heard of LexisLibrary and you know the purpose but I will briefly reintroduce it to you. LexisLibrary is an online legal-research database that helps professionals and students search for reliable legal materials.

It ensures that your work is current because materials are updated frequently. For example cases are updated daily. You can even set a case-tracker to notify you of new developments- this very useful for dissertation and research reports.

LexisLibrary is used by majority of law firms, universities and judges in the UK so getting the LexisLibrary certification looks good on your CV. LexisLibrary is an evolving tool; these days you can download ‘lexis-check’ to check your citations and download apps to your iPhones.

I will be running weekly clinics in IT Room 217 on Mondays @ 12:05-13:05 and Thursdays @ 16:05-17:05. If you have any concerns about LexisLibrary or even other stuff, do not hesitate to contact me (emem.aylett10@law.ac.uk). I would love to hear from you and I am paid to help!

Please like and join the LexisLibrary University of Law Guildford Facebook page and keep up-to-date with training sessions, competitions and table day information.

https://www.facebook.com/lexisnexisguildford#!/lexisnexisguildford

Use this early stage in the course to practise navigating your way around LexisLibrary and get certified!

 

Ø LexisLibrary Certification:

It is really simple to do, just click on the below link, register and then select ‘basic’ or ‘advanced’ and take the test. When you pass, you will be sent an e-mail with a link which will go to your certificate which you can then print off. You can take the test at any time and can sit it as many times as you like until you pass. If you complete the ‘basic’ or have done in the past, you can go straight on to the ‘advanced’ test. I think that is all your questions answered but if you have any more please let me know.
This is the link: http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/lawschool/certification/

 

Ø Download LexisCheck for citation:

LexisCheck will find every case and legislation citation on your reading list. At the click of a single button in your Word…or IE toolbar, it will automatically provide you with a link to exactly that case or section of an Act in LexisLibrary. http://www.lexischecklife.co.uk/

 

*** For iPhone users only (unfortunately) ***

Ø Halsbury’s™ Legal Terms:

Covering a wide range of legal topics, you can find the meaning of a legal term, the legislation where that term was defined and read the key cases about that definition. You can also find links to related terms.https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/halsburys-legal-terms/id489935627?mt=8

Ø LexisLibrary On The Case:

Review cases instantly by reading the Case Brief – an overview of the issues, rules, and reasoning, written by LexisNexis legal experts.https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/lexis-library-on-the-case/id489937537?mt=8

LexisNexis Student Survey

(Posted on behalf of Mary Dancer, LexisNexis student rep)

I hope as many of you as possible can spare 10 minutes or so to complete this year’s LexisNexis Student Survey.  The survey asks questions about students’ legal research methods, awareness of online research providers etc.  It is a genuine market research survey – there is absolutely no sales nor marketing involved, and all responses are completely confidential.

The deadline for completing the survey is 16th March, and all students who complete it will be entered into a prize draw to win £1,000 of Virgin vouchers.  Ten runners-up will each receive £100 of Virgin vouchers.

You can find the survey at the link below:

LexisNexis Student Survey

Good luck!

Mary Dancer, LexisNexis Student Associate