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Westlaw™ Public Access Guidelines

Westlaw Use

The Wise Law Library offers Westlaw on one public access computer.  offers Westlaw on one public access computer. The computer is the center computer terminal on the counter located near the Reference Desk.

1. The computer is available on a first come, first served basis for a period of 60 minutes.
2. If no one is waiting to use the computer, a patron may continue using Westlaw for more than 60 minutes.
3. If another patron is waiting, the first patron may continue using the computer:
   * for the remainder of their 60 minutes, or
   * for a further 15 minutes in order to close their research.

Westlaw Contents

Our public access Westlaw subscription contains many databases, including:

* Colorado State and Federal Cases  (CO-CS-ALL)
* Colorado Lawyer  (COLAW)
* Colorado Statutes Annotated from 1989 to present (CO-ST-ANN)
* Colorado Court Rules (CO-RULES)
* Federal Rules (US-RULES)
* Colorado Administrative Code (CO-ADC)
* 10th Circuit Cases (CTA10)
* United States Code Annotated (USCA)
* KeyCite

Help

If you need assistance using Westlaw, there are many resources published by Westlaw User Guides.

Other Sources

Please note that much of the same content is available from other databases accessible from any computer in the law library, especially LexisNexis Academic and HeinOnline. Colorado statutes are publicly available from any internet computer via the Colorado Legislature's web site.

Printing

Printing costs 10 cents per page, or 19 cents for a double-sided page. For more information about printing go to the Student Print Services (SPS) webpage.

Connecting from outside the law building

You appear to be [ off campus. If you are a CU affiliate, please activate your VPN connection.]

Most databases are available to CU affiliates from off campus. The first step to using databases from off-campus is to activate the CU VPN client on your computer. [why?]

Some databases are only available to law school affiliates, so you will need to visit the law library if you are not a law student or faculty/staff member. Non-law users will not be able to use these databases from outside of the law building.

A few databases need an institutional password to login - contact the Reference Desk (303-492-3522) for details.

Finally, a few databases are only available by personal password to law affiliates.