Lexis, Westlaw and Bloomberg Law Training

This guide contains registration tips for the Lexis, Westlaw and Bloomberg Law legal research databases, as well as vendor-provided materials and information about training sessions as they become available. 

This guide is intended for Harvard Law School students only.  Faculty, staff and other HLS affiliates should contact research@law.harvard.edu for assistance. 

• Always use your HLS email address to register for databases, as well as to sign up for tours and classes on the Research Training Calendar.  Your HLS email address identifies you to the vendor as an HLS student, and helps expedite registration. It's also where Zoom links for training classes are sent.
• Take note of the usernames and passwords you create.  The library does not have access to your usernames and passwords.  If you forget them, you will need to use the databases' "Forgot Username" or "Forgot Password" links, or contact the vendors directly.
• Phone numbers are usually optional.  If you are prompted to enter one on a registration form in order to complete your registration, but you do not have a 10-digit number, you may enter 999-999-9999.

Introductory and ongoing vendor training sessions will be posted here and on our Research Training Calendar when scheduled. Click on the links to sign up.

NOTE:  Some training sessions are geared toward a particular group (such as 1Ls) or focus on a particular topic, but anyone (LLMs, Transfers, etc) may attend.

To register for Lexis, go to https://register.lexisnexis.com/.  Enter your name and HLS student email address on the first page, along with the HLS registration code you received in your library email. On the second page, please be sure to select the radio button for “Student,” and then select your appropriate program term (e.g. 3 years).  

Once you’ve registered your Lexis+ ID, you can start using Lexis+ right away for legal research at https://plus.lexis.com.

For further assistance, contact our Lexis account representative, Christina DeSanto: christina.desanto@lexisnexis.com.

You will receive an email directly from Thomson Reuters with your individual registration codes and instructions.  To register for Westlaw, go to https://lawschool.thomsonreuters.com/register/.  

Once you've completed registration, visit lawschool.westlaw.com to start conducting legal research. 

For further assistance, please contact our Westlaw account representative, Jill Burnette-Maurice:  jill.burnette-maurice@thomsonreuters.com

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To register for Bloomberg Law, go to https://profile.bna.com/bloomberglaw-activate/.  Enter the personal activation code you received in your library email.  Be sure to register using your HLS email address. 

For further assistance, please contact our Bloomberg Law account representative, Miche Jean: mjean@bloombergindustry.com. 

Visit https://www.bloomberglaw.com/help/training-videos for training videos on various topics, including Bloomberg Law Overview (an introduction to content and tools, homepage, site navigation, and the 'go bar' search).

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