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BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER WITH LAWSCHOOL.WESTLAW.COM
 Having access to the information you need is half the battle in law school. As the leading provider of online legal resources, West Group is proud to announce a Web site that puts access to all that information together in one place. The site--lawschool.westlaw.com--is designed to help you with all your law school needs, from succeeding in the classroom and honing your research skills to finding a job and getting financial aid information.
ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN YOUR CLASSES
Class- and research-related links include
- Direct access to Westlaw. Do quick searches or perform full-scale research. Use WestClip™ to store your favorite Westlaw searches and have them run automatically.
- Access to KeyCite®, American Law Reports (ALR®), American Jurisprudence 2d (Am Jur® 2d) and the Westlaw News & Business databases.
- Course resources for 33 law school courses. These customizable course resources allow you to sign on to pertinent Westlaw databases--and order books and study aids directly from West Group.
- The West Education Network, the electronic classroom extension, allows you to interact with both your professor and your classmates.
- Online practice exams from the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI). Customize them to reflect your course topics.
REV UP YOUR JOB SEARCH
Finding a job is likely one of your biggest concerns. With links to an array of career services information, lawschool.westlaw.com can help you in your search. To view our powerful job-search resources, click West Group Career Services. Links to the following materials are included:
- AttorneyJobsOnline is one of the nation's premier online job-placement resources for lawyers. The site offers it all, from listings of positions across the United States and abroad to résumé help and interviewing tips.
- West Legal Directory contains profiles of more than 1 million lawyers, law firms, international counsel, corporate counsel and U.S. government attorneys. Search it to find attorneys and employers of interest to you.
- Announcements and materials released by your law school career services office.
GET INFO ON FINANCIAL AID, STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS AND MORE
You also have access to many other resources on lawschool.westlaw.com:
- The West Group Financial Aid Center features links to financial aid providers offering loans and tips on the most cost-effective ways to make it through law school.
- The Moot Court Information Bank provides information about moot court competitions across the country.
- The Student Organizations page links to the Web sites of national organizations of particular interest to law students, as well as to the student organization pages of law school Web sites.
- Law Student Bulletin gives often-amusing highlights of recent newspaper articles, cases, legislation and other news items of interest to law students.
- Class Actions newsletter for law students online--current and back issues.
At lawschool.westlaw.com, we want to be the key to your success in law school.
Get the Most Out of Classes with The West Education Network
 One of your classes has a stimulating debate about using the Internet for client communications--but class ends just as you are getting warmed up. On The West Education Network*, you and your classmates can continue the debate after hours.
To add fuel to your arguments, you can even search Westlaw for relevant and current news and legal articles and include the citations in a posting on The West Education Network. Or perhaps there's an Internet site that will help solidify your case--with The West Education Network, you can add a link to any Internet site as part of your message.
Available to law schools nationwide, The West Education Network is a Web-based platform that allows students and professors to communicate by electronically creating a virtual classroom. The West Education Network expands the classroom experience by allowing you to do the following and much more:
- Participate in online discussion forums
- Read and download class syllabi, announcements, assignments and practice exams
- Link directly to Westlaw and Internet content
- Communicate with expert guests from anywhere in the world
- Communicate via e-mail with other students and your professors
- Access home pages created by professors
You can even personalize The West Education Network home page by clicking The West Education Network link at lawschool.westlaw.com.
For more information about this interactive extension of the classroom, send an e-mail message to webmaster.twen @westgroup.com. (Please type student request in the subject line of your e-mail message.)
* In order for you to take advantage of The West Education Network, your professor must adopt usage of the service for your course.
| New Technologies from West Group
New westlaw.com™:
No matter where you are--at home, at school, on the road--if you have Internet access, you can use Westlaw. The Web-based version of Westlaw, New westlaw.com, provides you with access to most of the information and features that are available when you access Westlaw via WestMate® software. To access New westlaw.com, type the following URL: lawschool.westlaw.com
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