Lexis+ AI™ For Law Schools

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Canadian law students will have general access to Lexis+ AITM commencing on January 7, 2025.

We thank the law school community for all your engagement and feedback over the past few months. As we prepare with you for law student access to Lexis+ AI, some common topics and questions have arisen from the conversations we have had with your schools. Here is how are addressing them:

Every Lexis+ AI response includes a reminder that AI-generated content should be reviewed for accuracy. Students will be reminded throughout their interactions that generative AI answers should be treated as a first draft and to always verify their work product.

In addition to the in-product guidance in Lexis+, we will continue to guide students through additional popup messages delivered as they use and return to Lexis+ AI. The first of these messages will remind students that they must comply with the academic integrity policies established by their school, faculty and professors in relation to the use of generative AI tools. Schools may also choose to deliver more specific messages to their particular students or faculty.

Lexis+ AI features in-product guidance and examples for each of these legal tasks: Ask a legal question, Generate a draft, Summarize a case and Upload a document, as well as guidance on how to write effective prompts. We will continue to educate Lexis+ AI users about recommended use cases and limitations for generative AI.

Our training program for law students will continue to emphasize traditional legal research skills and principles, including primary and secondary sources, keyword and Boolean searching, legal citation and noting up. For 1Ls in particular, we will teach traditional legal research skills prior to training on Lexis+ AI.

The law student landing page for Lexis+ Canada™ will continue to feature traditional legal research tools.

Our approach to training on Lexis+ AI will focus on preparing students for legal practice, showing how lawyers are using generative AI in their work. Lexis Product Adoption trainers and Lexis Law Student Associates will demonstrate and instruct students on Lexis+ AI through in-person and virtual training sessions next semester. To arrange training sessions for your law school, contact us at training@lexisnexis.ca.

We will continue to share teaching integration ideas and materials on our faculty webpage and in our faculty guide. Next semester, we will be hosting faculty meetings and information webinars. If you have AI teaching methods or exercises to share with other law schools, contact us at lawschools@lexisnexis.ca.

Answers to more frequently asked questions are available here: https://go.lexisnexis.ca/lexis-plus-ai-faq

 

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LexisNexis Law Student Training

Our training program for law students will continue to emphasize traditional legal research skills and principles, including primary and secondary sources, keyword and Boolean searching, legal citation and noting up. These skills will continue to be taught in “Lexis+ Canada Basics” sessions being offered to all Canadian law students. To prepare for student access, Lexis trainers are available to demonstrate and instruct students on Lexis+ AI through in-person and virtual training sessions under a supervised access model. This AI session will inform students on extractive versus generative AI, FAQs on confidentiality, hallucinations and citation, prompting best practices, and recommended use cases.

Student sessions can be booked by emailing your existing LexisNexis training contact or training@lexisnexis.ca.


Personalized Training Sessions

To arrange for custom training sessions for your law school faculty, librarians, or student classes, you can reach us at training@lexisnexis.ca.


Lexis+ AI Resources

The Lexis+ AI Law School Faculty Guide provides information on faculty and student access, product information and user resources, and classroom integration tips. View or download it here.

Lexis+ AI how-to guides and videos, teaching resources, and other information related to Lexis+ AI is contained on this page.

Canadian Law School Access Dates

Lexis+ AI will be launched in stages, with law school faculty gaining access in advance of law students. If you are a registered Lexis+™ Canada law school user, look out for an email confirming the access start dates for your school. For the fall 2024 semester, access will be limited to law faculty and staff. For more information on access, contact lawschools@lexisnexis.ca.

Current Lexis+ Canada users will automatically gain access to Lexis+ AI on the access date for their school, and can login using their existing Lexis+ Canada ID.

New Account Registration

New law school users must request and obtain a LexisNexis ID registration link from an authorized person. Authorized persons include Law School Librarians and Faculty, LexisNexis Student Associates, LexisNexis Customer Service, or our LexisNexis Law School Program Manager. All new accounts must be created using a valid law school email address. To prevent unauthorized access to LexisNexis services, note that the law school self-registration page will no longer be accessible through the public LexisNexis website.

Questions?

For more information, contact your LexisNexis Canada representative or email lawschools@lexisnexis.ca