Services for Recent Graduates
24/7 Lack Reading Room Access
During your time studying for the bar, you will continue to have 24/7 access to the Lack Reading Room. Just swipe in with your student ID. Library accounts also remain active until July 31, allowing recent grads to check out bar-study materials from the reserves collection or access ebooks from the Aspen Learning Library Bar Prep Materials.
Continued Westlaw Access
The library pays for all graduates to have 60 hours per month of Westlaw Precision access for 18 months after graduation. Your “Grad Elite” access doesn't have restrictions against using them for professional purposes. If you receive a warning that you are almost out of hours, don't panic! Your hours will reset the following month.
In order to continue using Thomson Reuters products, including CoCounsel and Practical Law, YOU MUST OPT IN TO GRAD ELITE Access:
1) Go to www.lawschool.tr.com; Log in; Use the drop-down menu by your name to go to Grad Elite Status
2) Or Click on this link: https://lawschool.westlaw.com/authentication/gradelite
Continued Lexis Access
Lexis allows students graduating in the Spring to continue using their student Lexis accounts until December 31 of the same year.
Continued Bloomberg Access
Bloomberg allows students to continue using their student Bloomberg accounts for six months after they graduate.
CEB Pro Access
CEB provides attorneys admitted to the State Bar within the last two years a complimentary six-month subscription to CEB Pro. Students who register for OnLaw Pro prior to graduation automatically receive 18 months of post-grad access. CEB Pro will give you free access to an unbeatable set of legal solutions, including CEB’s primary law search engine, case citation application TrueCite®, secondary sources, and unlimited Continuing Legal Education (MCLE/CLE compliance).
Contact Customer Service at 1-800-232-3444 or customer_service@ceb.ucla.edu.
Request access at www.ceb.com/aba Contact reference@lls.edu for Law School Code.
Network access
Loyola Law School students retain network access to their LLS accounts for 24-months post graduation. This includes access to the LLS portal, email, and printing accounts. After that period, accounts are deprovisioned and deleted. The law school provides alumni with lifetime email forwarding service. Additionally, the library offers complimentary printing, copying, and scanning services to alumni. See more resources, below.
More Resources
No matter how long ago you graduated, you will always be welcome at the library to use selected databases, check out books, and get research advice. Please see our page on Services for Alumni for details.