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Reference Desk

Reference Services Schedule
Fall 2023:

  • Monday - Thursday: 9am - 7pm
  • Friday: 9am - 5pm
  • Saturday - Sunday: 10am - 5pm

The reference desk is located on the first floor of the Law Library.

GW Law Library (Jacob Burns Law Library)

GW Gelman Library

Passwords: Bloomberg, Lexis, & Westlaw

Be sure all of your credentials are active for Bloomberg Law, Lexis+, and Westlaw Edge. If you have problems with your passwords, send an email to the following:  electronicservices@law.gwu.libanswers.com 

Be sure to include the name of the service(s) about which you are inquiring, your first and last names, and your GWid number (e.g. G12345678). Please also include your degree program (e.g. J.D., LL.M) and expected date of graduation. 

GW Law IT Help

For assistance with problems specifically related to your login accounts other than Bloomberg Law, Lexis & Westlaw, please email access@law.gwu.edu. 

Should you encounter any other technology issues please email IT at lawIT@law.gwu.edu. 

Please feel free to contact the Law School Help Desk with any questions you may have.

GW Law Information Technology
Phone:  202-994-5772
Email:  LawIT@law.gwu.edu

 

Technology @ GW Law: Information for new students

GW IT

GW Information Technology provides access to a variety of software and business applications for GW students, faculty and staff. These services allow GW community members to securely access applications and content while on and off campus, e.g., 

  • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Microsoft Office 365
  • Cisco AnyConnect (VPN access: provides for access to University systems from remote locations.)

 

Source collecting overview

Examples of typical sources cited (and how best to locate them at GW):

  1. Fair Credit Reporting Act, Pub. L. No. 91-508, 84 Stat. 1128 (codified as amended at 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. (2012)). (use HeinOnline database)
  2. Brief for Petitioner Spokeo, Inc. at 36, Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins, 136 S. Ct. 1540 (2016) (No. 13–1339). (use Bloomberg Law dockets)
  3. Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet, Report and Order on Remand, Declaratory Ruling, and Order, 30 FCC Rcd 5601, 5603–04 (2015). (use HeinOnline)
  4. Michael K. Lindsey, Public Broadcasting: Editorial Restraints and the First Amendment, 28 Fed. Comm. B.J. 63 (1975). (use HeinOnline)
  5. RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OF CONFLICT OF LAWS § 302 (AM. LAW INST.1971). (use HeinOnline)
  6. Theresa Gabaldon, Experiencing Limited Liability: On Insularity and Inbreeding in Corporate Law, in PROGRESSIVE CORPORATE LAW 111, 111–12 (Lawrence E. Mitchell ed., 1995). (use JACOB, the law library catalog; if not available, use CLS)
  7. 105 S. Rpt. 190. (use ProQuest Congressional database)
  8. MACK P. HOLT, ALCOHOL: A SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY 225 (2006). (Use the Gelman Library catalog)
  9. Virginia State Bd. of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc., 96 S. Ct. 1817 (1976). (Use Westlaw and click on "original image" PDF version)
  10. Patrick Radden Keefe, Empire of Pain, NEW YORKER, Oct. 30, 2017, at 34, 34–49 (Use the Gelman Library catalog)

Writing Competitions

Check out the following site for information on student writing competitions: AccessLex Law School Scholarship Databank

Other Publishing Options

See Levit, Nancy and MacLachlan, Lawrence Duncan and Rostron, Allen K. and Greaves, Drew and Pratt, Staci, Submission of Law Student Articles for Publication (August 23, 2021). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3909968 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3909968

Abstract:
Each year law students collectively write a large number of papers that could become law review articles but that are never published. Most law schools require students at some point during their time in law school to research and write an academic paper of publishable quality or seminar paper. Some of these are law review notes and comments that are not selected for publication. Others of these are papers written for specific substantive classes or to fulfill research and writing requirements.



Most of these student papers - even very worthy ones - will never be published or posted online. The publishing route for law students who want to publish in a venue other than their home law journal is not clearly marked. And many law reviews simply will not accept submissions from students outside their own school. Often, the publishing opportunities for non-law review members in their home school’s law review are also not well known.



The purposes of this essay are twofold. First, it offers a number of suggestions for law students (and implicitly for students in other graduate programs) who want to publish their research papers. Second, this essay presents a chart of the policies of 196 law reviews with respect to whether they will publish comments submitted by non-law review members who are students at their home school or notes, comments or articles submitted by law students from other schools. It also links to sources discussing publication in online law review supplements or pocket parts.