To: Incoming Cornell Law Students Re: Computers and Cornell Law School From: Paul R. Weber, Director, Information Technologies Date: July 16, 2014 It is strongly recommended, but not required, that all law students own a personal computer for law school use. A significant majority of students use a laptop for taking notes, drafting papers, and writing exams. If you wish to type your exams on your laptop rather than write them by hand, your computer must meet the minimum requirements noted below. Minimum Laptop Extegrity Exam4 System Requirements: Computer hardware and operating system requirements Exam4 requires a laptop or desktop computer with: 10 MB free hard disk space (a very small amount). Network connection and/or working USB port (as required by your institution). All Apple Macintosh computers MUST have a working AirPort. A supported operating system: Windows 8.1 (Windows 8.1 RT Tablets are NOT supported) Windows 8 Windows 7 Windows Vista OS X 10.9 "Mavericks" Apple OS X 10.8 "Mountain Lion" Apple OS X 10.7 "Lion" Apple OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" (Please review the above web site before purchasing a computer as requirements may change) As with the practice of law, the business of being a law student is becoming increasingly computer based. Many of you already own personal computers and are wondering how you will use them in law school. Others are contemplating an upgrade or purchasing a computer for the first time. This memo is intended to answer some of the questions you may have at this point. Is owning a computer required? How much will I need one? Owning a computer and printer is not required by the Law School but is strongly recommended. A computer is an invaluable writing and note-taking tool. Most Law School writing assignments implicitly require close, careful, and repeated drafting and redrafting, and the editing power of the PC is a significant help. Much legal research is conducted online using services such as Westlaw and Lexis. Course documents are distributed through the Campus BlackBoard Web Site requiring students to view and print course material online. In addition, information about what is going on in the Law School is delivered electronically, and the student body makes extensive use of email as a means of communication. You may make use of the PCs and printers in the Law School’s computer lab, but the number of PCs available is limited and printing capacity sometimes creates a bottleneck. There is no
To: Incoming Cornell Law Students Re: Computers and Cornell Law School From: Paul R. Weber, Director, Information Technologies Date: July 16, 2014 It is strongly recommended, but not required, that all law students own a personal computer for law school use. A significant majority of students use a laptop for taking notes, drafting papers, and writing exams. If you wish to type your exams on your laptop rather than write them by hand, your computer must meet the minimum requirements noted below. Minimum Laptop Extegrity Exam4 System Requirements: Computer hardware and operating system requirements Exam4 requires a laptop or desktop computer with: 10 MB free hard disk space (a very small amount). Network connection and/or working USB port (as required by your institution). All Apple Macintosh computers MUST have a working AirPort. A supported operating system: Windows 8.1 (Windows 8.1 RT Tablets are NOT supported) Windows 8 Windows 7 Windows Vista OS X 10.9 "Mavericks" Apple OS X 10.8 "Mountain Lion" Apple OS X 10.7 "Lion" Apple OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" (Please review the above web site before purchasing a computer as requirements may change) As with the practice of law, the business of being a law student is becoming increasingly computer based. Many of you already own personal computers and are wondering how you will use them in law school. Others are contemplating an upgrade or purchasing a computer for the first time. This memo is intended to answer some of the questions you may have at this point. Is owning a computer required? How much will I need one? Owning a computer and printer is not required by the Law School but is strongly recommended. A computer is an invaluable writing and note-taking tool. Most Law School writing assignments implicitly require close, careful, and repeated drafting and redrafting, and the editing power of the PC is a significant help. Much legal research is conducted online using services such as Westlaw and Lexis. Course documents are distributed through the Campus BlackBoard Web Site requiring students to view and print course material online. In addition, information about what is going on in the Law School is delivered electronically, and the student body makes extensive use of email as a means of communication. You may make use of the PCs and printers in the Law School’s computer lab, but the number of PCs available is limited and printing capacity sometimes creates a bottleneck. There is no
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