LexisNexis
LexisNexis is an online library of legal reference material, including legislation, cases and journals.
Through an agreement with LexisNexis, Community Legal Centres Australia and organisations in our membership network can access two LexisNexis products without charge.
- Lexis Advance, an online legal research platform, and Lexis Practical Guidance, a source of practically focussed content and tools
- Lexis Red allows users to ‘borrow’ and download titles for a specified period; our agreement allows five simultaneous users for any given title.
Our access to these products extends to all member centres and peaks. Access to these products means sector workers can use around 65 different titles online at no charge.
Community Legal Centres Australia’s agreement with LexisNexis sets out a list of titles we can access, some available in Lexis Advance and some in Lexis Red – note that there is no ovelap in the content available via Lexis Advance and Lexis Red. At this time, we are unable to consider extending the list of title available.
Currently around two thirds of centres have logins to Lexis Advance and Lexis Red, with around 700 active users across the sector. Logins are administered by Community Legal Centres Australia.
Access to LexisNexis
Access to Lexis Red and Lexis Advance is via an individual login for each person. Logins can be issued to anyone with a centre or peak organisational email address. To request login, please email us at info@clcs.org.au with the name and email address of each person who needs access – you can use this form.
Our agreement provides for a fixed number of logins, so logins that have not been used for more than six months may need to be deleted from time to time to free up capacity for other users.
Changes to acess
A few centres may still be using an older method of accessing LexisNexis called IP whitelisting. This has been mostly replaced by individual logins, which were implemented several years ago.
If your centre previously used IP whitelising, please email us to arrange individual logins.
Training
LexisNexis conducts a program of monthly webinars to help users learn how to get the best out of resources. Centres can also contact Community Legal Centres Australia, info@clcs.org.au, to arrange specific training sessions.
