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My Lawlex
Accessing Lawlex
My Account Details
IP fixed address

 
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The purpose of this guide is to provide you with information about how to get the most from your Lawlex subscription. As a Lawlex Enterprise Administrator, you will also have access to extra functionality which enables you to manage users within your organisation. This Guide provides you with information about how easy it is to:

 

1) create and modify a Legislative Alert Profile so that you can track amendments to specific legislation as well as be informed about new legislation falling within your areas of interest;
2) create and modify a SH&E Monitor Update profile
3) select regulatory Newsfeeds you wish to receive;
4) conduct legal research across the whole of Australia;
5) access comprehensive information about legislation;
6) create and manage users within your organisation;
7) manage passwords; and
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advise on how to get the best from your Lawlex subscription.

The Guide also provides you with links to extensive additional information about the Lawlex.

 
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The My Lawlex web site is your entry point for Premium Research & Alerts, Regulatory Newsfeeds and the SH&E Monitor.

http://my.lawlex.com.au

You can access the services you want from My Lawlex by running your cursor over the banner headings along the top toolbar, or by using the various service panels.

 
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User Name and Password Congratulations! To be reading this, you must have already successfully signed into My Lawlex. Your name will appear in the top left hand corner once you have signed in, or it will say Guest if you are not logged in using your unique User Name and Password.To leave Lawlex, simply close your browser.

Do not
click on Sign Out. If you simply close your browser, then each time you return to Lawlex, you will still be logged in as yourself (your name in the top corner is evidence of this).

 

Password access allows you to set up your own Alert Profile and provides you with access to all the Premium Research features of Lawlex.

Your User Name and initial Password will be sent to you when your account is first created either by Lawlex or your internal Administrator. Your User Name is generally your email address. Your Password is usually your first name. It is up to you to manage your own password (more about that later).

Sign in by clicking on the Sign In tab at the top of your screen. As stated above, as long as you don't click on Sign Out, you will automatically be logged in as yourself each time you return to the Lawlex site.

If you forget your password, add your email address to the User Name field in the Sign In box on the right and click on "> Click here". Your password will be sent to your email inbox.

You can reset your password by going to My Profile.

You will see here that it is easy to change your User Name and Password. We recommend that you change your password quickly after receiving notification that you have been set up in the system.

After you have clicked on this, the My Account Details tab will appear on the right.

 
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The My Account Details tab appears under the Profiles tab at the left hand end of the top banner. All your individual details are displayed in this table and you can edit them if required. You will note that many of the fields are mandatory.

You will see here that it is easy to change your User Name and Password. We recommend that you change your password quickly after receiving notification that you have been set up in the system.

 
 IP Fixed Address Contents  
 

If your organisation has an IP fixed arrangement with Lawlex, when you go to http://my.lawlex.com.au, you will be presented with 3 options for access.
1. Gives you access to simply conduct research with no account changing options;
2. Allows you to log in using generic account details (available from your internal Lawlex account manger); and
3. Allows you to set up your own Alert profile.For help with this service, please contact the Lawlex Helpdesk.