Library Alumni Services
Access Policy
- Alums are granted lifetime courtesy access to the library
- Simply sign in at the circulation desk when you enter the library
Membership
A year of free membership is offered after graduation. Membership offers alumni additional services including:
- Borrowing privileges
- Interlibrary loan
- Reference Services
Westlaw Pro
- Westlaw Pro is available free of charge in the library to all alumni
- As of February 1, 2006, Pierce Law alumni have free access to WestlawPRO. No password is needed but our license restricts access to two onsite locations. We have chosen the Government Documents workstation and the Attorney Member workstation, both on the main floor of the Pierce Law Library.
- Westlaw PRO functions similarly to Westlaw for law schools:
- "Find" many primary documents by their citation or name;
- "KeyCite" documents to validate and to update;
- Choose databases by identifier or from the Directory;
- Search using "Terms & Connectors" (Boolean) or "Natural Language" (sentences);
- Search using "KeySearch" (categorized legal topics and subtopics);
- Search using West "Topic and Key Numbers" (using a 3-digit number for the topic);
- Limit or restrict searches using "Locate" and other features;
- Link from retrieved documents to documents cited in hypertext; and
- Print lists or documents to the attached printer.
WestlawPRO is not as complete a collection as Westlaw for law schools, but includes virtually all primary materials and a range of commonly used secondary sources. The specialized WestlawPRO directory depicts its contents:
Primary Materials
- WestlawPRO Primary Law Library, including federal and state case law, statutes, court rules, and administrative materials
Docket Information
- International Dockets, despite the name documents and information on dockets in all federal courts and in state courts in large states and counties
Encylopedias
- American Jurisprudence 2d
- Corpus Juris Secundum
Basic Secondary Sources
- American Jurisprudence Proof of Facts and Trials Library
- American Law Reports
- Causes of Action
- Federal Litigation Library, including Wright & Miller
- Restatements of the Law
- Major Secondary Publications, a compilation of databases from the above
Form Books
- American Jurisprudence Legal Forms 2d
- American Jurisprudence Pleading and Practice Forms Annotated
- Fletcher Cyclopedia of Corporations with Forms
- Nichols Cyclopedia of Legal Forms Annotated
Periodicals
- Journals and Law Reviews, including most American serials, but not ABA or Aspen titles
Other Secondary Materials
- Additional Jury Verdicts and Miscellaneous
Analytical, out-of-state jury instructions
- Employment Coordinator
- State Corporate Records
- State Insurance Administrative Materials by Jurisdiction, including New Hampshire
- Westlaw State Bulletins
- West Legal Directory, to find information on judges, attorneys, etc.
Topical Treatise Libraries
- Couch on Insurance
- Fletcher Cyclopedia of Corporations with Forms
- Hawkland Uniform Commercial Code Series
- McQuillan on Municipal Corporations
- Norton Bankruptcy Law and Practice 2d
- Personal Injury Damages Analytical Library
- Personal Injury Damages Library
- Real Estate Library