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Entrepreneurial Law Research

This guide provides an overview of legal resources and tools for researching entrepreneurial law at UNC School of Law.

General News and Current Awareness

Entrepreneurial law also involves paying attention to news, politics, trends in business, and other factors. The UNC Library and UNC Law Library offer access to several major newspapers, as well as many legal news sources.

The UNC Law Library is now offering digital subscription access to the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal to UNC Law students, faculty, and staff.

The digital subscriptions are paid by the UNC Law Library, but each interested reader will need to register directly with the newspaper in order to have access. To properly register with each newspaper, use the following instructions:

  • New York Times: Follow the instructions in My Carolina Law to create your account.
    • Length of Subscription: Your registration will remain active for a full year. At the end of the year, you must follow these instructions again and re-register to "renew" your subscription.
  • Wall Street Journal: Follow the instructions in My Carolina Law to create your account.
    • Length of Subscription: One additional requirement for WSJ access is that to keep your digital subscription active, you will need to login through the My Carolina Law WSJ link at the beginning of each semester (fall, spring, and summer).
  • Financial Times: Follow the instructions through My Carolina Law to create your account.

If you have any questions or would like assistance setting up the NYT, FT, or WSJ digital subscriptions, please contact Donna Nixon (dnixon@email.unc.edu). Faculty members can also contact their library liaisons.

  • Washington Post: Login with your ONYEN here.
    • UNC libraries offer digital access to the Washington Post for UNC students, staff, and faculty. This service is not available to those outside the UNC community. This subscription includes access to archives going back to 2005.

If you have trouble accessing the Washington Post, please contact the library reference desk.

Legal News and Current Awareness

  • Bloomberg Law News
    • Availability: Bloomberg Law News is accessible online through the Bloomberg Law database. It is not available in print. 
    • Brief Description: Bloomberg Law Reports consist of individual legal news publications that focus on a variety of practice areas, and the online database allows users to search for specific titles or browse within practice areas. Some of the practice areas that are covered include: antitrust, banking, corporate, criminal law, intellectual property, labor/employment, and tax, among others.
  • Law.com
    • Availability: Electronic access is available through the UNC Law Library. Some of the law journals and magazines provided through Law.com are also available in print at the Law Library, so be sure to check the law library catalog.
    • Brief Description: Provides access to several ALM law journal and magazine titles including: National Law Journal, American Lawyer, Legal Times, and the New York Law Journal.
  • Law360
    • Availability: Electronic access is available through the UNC Law Library. There is no print access to these materials.
    • Brief Description: Law360 covers litigation, policy developments, corporate deals, and legal news in multiple practice areas and jurisdictions.
    • Law360 is also available through Lexis+.