Changes to LexisNexis Passwords

LexisNexis has made some important changes in their passwords (mainly because of the recent id thefts that have caused problems for LexisNexis and their associated companies). (For more information see the posting from Lexis below). Beginning June 29, 2005, if you have not already created a custom LexisNexis id and password, you will need to do so in order to access LexisNexis. To do this:

1) Go to the LexisNexis ID activation page
2) Choose the option beginning with “Returning law school students/faculty members:”
3) Indicate that you are faculty or a student
4) Type your LexisNexis 7-Character ID
5) Click on next.
6) You will be asked to create a custom Lexis id and password.

Note these restrictions on the custom id’s and passwords:

When creating your custom ID, remember the following:

1. The ID must consist of 6 to 25 characters, with at least one letter (a, b, c, etc.,) in it.
2. Only these four special characters: @ (at sign), _ (underscore), . (period) or - (hyphen) are permitted; do not use spaces.
3. The ID must be unique from other LexisNexis services' custom IDs or LexisNexis-assigned IDs.
4. Do not use LexisNexis product names (Lexis, Nexis, etc.,) or offensive language as a custom ID.
5. Your name (first, last, or first-and-last) cannot be used alone as a custom ID.

When creating a password for your custom ID, remember the following:

1. The password must consist of 6 to 50 characters.
2. Only these four special characters: @ (at sign), _ (underscore), . (period) or - (hyphen) are permitted; do not use spaces.
3. The password must be unique from your custom ID and all other LexisNexis IDs. 4. Do not use any LexisNexis ID in reverse order as a password.
5. Do not use LexisNexis product names (Lexis, Nexis, etc.,) or offensive language as a password.
6. Your name (first, last, or first-and-last) cannot be used alone as a password.

7) You will also need to update your registration including name and e-mail address.
8) Once you’ve submitted your updated registration (with custom id and password), you should be able to access Lexis.

Please see a librarian if you have any questions. Unfortunately, LexisNexis sprang these new procedures on Law Schools without advance notice.

(LexisNexis Posting-June 29, 2005)

“LexisNexis understands the responsibilities associated with safeguarding personal information about consumers and is implementing a customer security program for all customers. As part of these efforts, LexisNexis is implementing several ID policy changes specifically for law school customers that will go into effect today, June 29th.

First, to reduce opportunities for access to the LexisNexis services by other than authorized users, all law school IDs (student, librarian, faculty, and staff IDs) that have not been used during the 12 months will be deactivated today.

Also effective today, each current law school customer (students, librarians, faculty, and staff) will be required to register his/her 7-digit lexis.com ID and create a custom ID and password that will be used to access the LexisNexis services:

* Second and third year students and faculty members who have not already created a custom ID and password will stepped through the process of doing so when they first access the LexisNexis services on or after today (June 29th).

Those students, librarians, faculty and staff members who have already created a custom ID and password will not be affected by the above changes. However, they must use their custom IDs and passwords to access the LexisNexis services.

Please also be aware that for security reasons, LexisNexis sales representatives, Customer Support, and the main contacts at your schools will not have the ability to obtain or view any customer passwords. Law School customers that need password assistance can use the "Forgot Password" link on the Law School Home Page, or call customer Support. If you have any questions regarding our new law school ID policy, please contact your LexisNexis Account Representative or call Customer Support at 1-800-45-LEXIS."