SCHOOL OF LAW

UT Law Technology Services for Law Students

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• BevoWare - BevoWare provides the software you need to protect your computer from viruses, improve the security of your connections, connect to the campus wireless network, browse the Web, read and send e-mail, use the printing system, and more. Software is available for download at no charge to current students.
  
  
• CALI -- the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction -- is a consortium of law schools that provide computer-mediated legal instruction. The CALI Library of Lessons, containing over 300 tutorials in 36 subject areas, is available to law students online or on a DVD available at no charge from the Help Desk in the Computer Learning Center A registration code is required to sign up for access to the CALI Leesons.
  
  
• Campus Computer Store - Discounted hardware, software, and computer peripherals are available at the Campus Computer Store, located in the Flawn Academic Center on the West Mall next to the Tower. Campus Computer Store also offers repair services for computer hardware still under manufacturer warranty.
  
  
• Computer Learning Center (computer lab) - Located on the fifth floor of the Law Library, the Computer Learning Center is reserved for law student use only. The facility contains 80 desktop computers, printing facilities, a classroom for hands-on computer instruction, and a Help Desk for computing assistance.
  
  
• Computer security - Use of the campus public network involves keeping your personal system free of viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. Tips on maintaining your system are available from the UT Information Security Office. Dell Computers also maintains a helpful site on securing your personal computer.
  
  
• Conference room reservations - Ten conference rooms, with seating capacities ranging from 4 to 18, are available for online reservation by law students for up to two hours per week.
  
  
• Dell laptop repair drop off - Dell laptops purchased through the School of Law's Laptop Program may be dropped off at the Computer Learning Center Help Desk for repair by certified Dell technicians.
  
  
• E-mail accounts - University Mailbox Service (UMBS) is the University's primary e-mail service for faculty, staff, and students. Each account may store up to 100MB of disk storage. UMBS may be accessed with mail clients such as Outlook and Thunderbird, as well as with any Web browser.
  
  
• E-mail stations - three desktop computers on the second floor of the Law Library are reserved for law student use in checking e-mail. The stations are located behind the catalog kiosks next to the Law and Popular Culture Collection.
  
  
• File storage - Law students may store up to 1 gigabyte (GB) of data at no charge on Webspace, the University's file storage system. Your documents are secure, backed up on a regular basis and may be shared with other individuals you authorize.
  
  
• Headphones for loan - Six headphone sets are available for loan upon presentation of a UT ID from the Help Desk in the Computer Learning Center.
  
  
• Help Desk (ITS) - The ITS Help Desk offers assistance with all aspects of campus computing. The Help Desk is located in the Flawn Academic Center lobby and is open Monday through Friday from 8AM until 6PM. You may also contact the Help Desk by e-mail, chat, or phone at 475-9400.
  
  
• Laptops for loan from the Law Library - Nine Dell Latitude D630 laptops are available for 24-hour loan from the Law Library. All are equipped with wireless and wired network cards, as well as CD-RW/DVD-ROM drives.
  
  
• Microsoft Office - Law students may bring their laptops to the Computer Learning Center Help Desk for installation of the Microsoft Office 2007 suite at no charge. Product licensing is covered under the terms of the University's Microsoft Campus Agreement.
  
  
• Printing - A variety of laser printers are located in the Computer Learning Center for student use, including a color laser printer and a résumé printer for which you supply the stationery. Laser printers are also located on the second floor of the Law Library next to the circulation desk and in the 4th floor student lounge. Personal computers must have the appropriate software installed to print to these laser printers. You must have an active Bevo Bucks account with funds deposited to print to any of the above printers.
  
  
• Scanning - An HP ScanJet scanner is available for use on station A25 in room 5.221 in the Computer Learning Center. Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop, and OmniPage Pro OCR software are installed on the station.
  
  
• Special Offers on Laptops - Dell and Apple offer special prices for UT Law students, faculty, and staff.
  
  
• Storage media - CD-R disks are available by request at the Help Desk in the Computer Learning Center.
  
  
• Texas Board of Law Examiners forms - Online versions of the Declaration of Intent to Study Law and the In-State Student Application to take the Texas Bar Examination are available on all desktop computers in the Computer Learning Center. These online versions offer the advantage of a completeness check prior to printing for signature. The forms are located in the Board of Law Examiners folder in the Start menu.
  
  
• Virus protection - Protecting your computer against viruses, Trojan horses, worms and other computer security threats is a critical aspect of computer ownership. Microsoft ForeFront (for Windows OS) and ClamXav (for Mac OS) are available for download from the BevoWare site for use on personally-owned computers.
  
  
• Web publishing - Law students have several avenues available for Web publishing. Webspace, the University's file storage system, may be used for Web publishing. There are no associated charges for the first 1 GB of data. Individual accounts may be authorized for access to the University's Unix  or Windows timeshare systems. Charges vary according to the amount of stored data.
  
  
• Web publishing policies - All pages published on University managed servers must comply with the University's publishing policies.
  
  
• Wireless public network access - Available in all areas of the Law School, as well as the breezeway and east patios. Any student with a laptop, a UT EID, and wireless network card can connect to the wireless network.

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