{"id":5459,"date":"2025-04-14T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T13:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/?p=5459"},"modified":"2025-04-11T09:10:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T13:10:14","slug":"can-i-use-my-lexis-westlaw-bloomberg-password-at-my-summer-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.richmond.edu\/lawlibrary\/?p=5459","title":{"rendered":"Can I Use My Lexis\/Westlaw\/Bloomberg Password In the Summer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"191\" data-end=\"291\">This is a question we hear often\u2014and like any good law school answer, the response is: <em data-start=\"278\" data-end=\"290\">it depends<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"293\" data-end=\"674\">First, consider <strong data-start=\"309\" data-end=\"316\">why<\/strong> you&#8217;re conducting research. If your research is academic in nature\u2014whether you&#8217;re writing a journal article, assisting a professor, completing work for a class, or simply honing your research skills\u2014you\u2019re free to use your legal research passwords. These platforms are intended for academic use, and this type of research falls squarely within that purpose.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"676\" data-end=\"808\">However, if you&#8217;re planning to use your password during a <strong data-start=\"734\" data-end=\"762\">summer job or internship<\/strong>, the answer varies depending on the platform:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"810\" data-end=\"1390\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"810\" data-end=\"1171\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"812\" data-end=\"1171\"><strong data-start=\"812\" data-end=\"839\">Westlaw &amp; Practical Law<\/strong>: These platforms <strong data-start=\"857\" data-end=\"867\">cannot<\/strong> be used in a commercial setting. Westlaw defines \u201ccommercial\u201d as any situation where you&#8217;re being paid by your employer for your work. That means if you\u2019re receiving a stipend from the Law School (and nothing from the employer), your work is considered non-commercial, and you&#8217;re generally in the clear.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1173\" data-end=\"1390\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1175\" data-end=\"1390\"><strong data-start=\"1175\" data-end=\"1200\">Lexis &amp; Bloomberg Law<\/strong>: These platforms are more flexible. Both allow law students to use their accounts during summer positions, regardless of pay. In fact, they see it as a form of promotion for their services.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1392\" data-end=\"1918\">That said, there&#8217;s an important <strong data-start=\"1424\" data-end=\"1434\">caveat<\/strong>: <strong data-start=\"1436\" data-end=\"1547\">Always get your supervisor\u2019s permission before using your school-provided accounts at your summer placement<\/strong>, especially in law firms. Many firms bill back research costs to clients. If a case or project you work on gets transferred to an associate after you leave, and that associate uses a firm account instead of yours, it could raise billing issues. Firms have reported client complaints when legal bills unexpectedly spike\u2014sometimes traced back to transitions like this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a question we hear often\u2014and like any good law school answer, the response is: it depends. First, consider why you&#8217;re conducting research. 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