For decades, law students have received free access to Lexis and Westlaw as a perk of being a student. Lexis and Westlaw offer this free access to further students’ education and, presumably, to get each new generation of lawyers hooked on their services. Of course, both services understandably limit students’ free use to “educational” or “academic” purposes and specifically prohibit students from using the free service in connection with employment outside of law school.
Last month, the Legal Skills Prof Blog reported that, in the state of Utah, “numerous students have reported that practicing attorneys have conditioned initial or continuing employment as a law clerk upon the students agreeing to use their free Lexis or Westlaw access to perform the firm’s work.”
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