Congratulations on becoming a UW Law graduate! Below is a list of resources the law library and UW Libraries provide to newly graduated students.
Have questions regarding your library account or library resources available to you? Contact us!
UW Law Students who graduate Spring Quarter have access to the law library until the July bar exam. UW Law Students who graduate Fall Quarter have access to the library until the February bar exam. Access will be removed once the bar exam has concluded. Questions about access to Gates Hall after graduation should be directed to law facilities.
To help you prepare for the bar exam, check out our guide Washington State Bar Exam Preparation.
While your personal UW NetID is permanent, access to online resources and library borrowing privileges expire when you graduate. Upon graduation, please:
Look into ways you can continue to use library resources:
Recent Law Grads have access to Bloomberg Law, Lexis, and Westlaw for a limited amount of time after they graduate.
| Legal Database | Graduating Students |
| Bloomberg Law | Continued access for six months after graduation. |
| Lexis | Continued access for six months after graduation. Lexis IDs will stay on and will be switched from a law student account to a graduate account. Access will remain the same with the exception of Public Records (not accessible). |
| Westlaw | Continued access for six months after graduation (limited to 60 hours per month). Grads will start receiving a pop-up message when accessing lawschool.westlaw.com 3 months prior to their stated graduate date. The pop-up will continue to appear until you agree to enter the program (Grad Elite). |
If you need to transfer folders from your student account to a non-student account, consult the "Transfer My Data" or "Share Folders" options in each of the databases. Contact us and we'll be happy to help!
Expiration of access to UW IT services offered to students is based on your enrollment status. Access expires after you are not enrolled for two consecutive quarters, excluding summer quarter, which aligns with the rules for enrollment eligibility. When you are no longer a student, you can continue to sign in with your UW NetID, and you can forward your UW email address to your own personal email address.
Your personal UW NetID does not expire. Your access to specific IT services is based on your current affiliations with the UW, and access to many services —including remote access to ebooks and library databases—will expire when your affiliations change. You will occasionally receive notifications of service expiration from the UW. These notifications are for access to IT services (such as email, web publishing, etc.), and they do not indicate that your UW NetID or email forwarding is expiring. If you have questions about your service expirations, please contact the UW-IT Service Center at 206-221-5000 or email help@uw.edu.
Refer to Expiration of access to IT services to learn more about schedules and notifications for IT service eligibility and expirations.