Study aids—including those from CALI and the LexisNexis Digital Library—never substitute for your own work during law school. You must develop the mental muscles necessary to analyze and apply the law. Rely on study strategies you learn through the Academic Success Program and on information from your professors, considering study aids only to supplement or test your understanding. Some study aids, like the Examples & Explanation series or the Questions & Answers series are good sources of hypotheticals. Consult our Study Guides for 1Ls and Study Guides for 2/3L Courses research guides for suggestions for specific courses.
Many of the study aids in the law library's collection are available to Marquette law students online through the LexisNexis Digital Library. Study aids in the Digital Library can be checked out even if other students are using the same study aid. You can access the following series through the Digital Library:
Mastering
Questions & Answers
Skills & Values
Understanding
Log in to the Digital Library using the link above. You might be prompted to enter your Marquette username and password.
CALI study aids are written by practitioners and law professors to assist students in the review of points of law discussed in class. To access CALI, click on the CALI link on the law library's Databases and Subscriptions page. Click on “Register” in the upper right-hand corner of the resulting screen. The first box requires an authorization code; contact a reference librarian for our school's access code. Fill out the rest of the registration form so that you can use the lessons and see results. You will create your own username and password, so this will be an individual account.