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Student Summer Research: Westlaw, Lexis & More

Rising 2Ls, 3Ls, and 4Ls You have unlimited access to your Bloomberg Law and Lexis accounts to do research over the summer, whether for a paid position, a paper, a professor, a co-curricular, an externship, or a non-profit. Check with your employer on their policy …

by Iantha Haight

14 April 2021

  Electronic Resources
  graduates | Summer research

Why I Think All Law Students Should Subscribe to Westlaw’s Daily Docket

Westlaw finally released a legal news product last December called Westlaw Today. You can find Westlaw Today using the dropdown menu next to the Westlaw logo in the upper-left of the screen (where you access Practical Law). The delay was a bit of a head-scratcher …

by Iantha Haight

31 March 2021

  Electronic Resources
  Westlaw | legal news

Scales of Memory and Comparative Constitutional Law Research

BYU Law School is hosting a virtual book launch event today for Professor Justin Collings' new book, Scales of Memory published by Oxford University Press. According to OUP, the book: "Explores how the constitutional courts in the United States, Germany, and South Africa have invoked …

by Iantha Haight

26 March 2021

  Electronic Resources, Law School News, Research Tips
  comparative constitutional law

A Bird’s-Eye View of Tax Research Databases

Tax law is among the most complex and technical legal fields, complicated by the fact that it is constantly changing. This article provides a quick overview of commercial databases that specialize in tax research for law students planning on careers in tax law. Every database …

by Iantha Haight

23 March 2021

  Electronic Resources
  tax

AILALink’s New Feature Identifies ‘Frozen’ Provisions in the CFR

Courts enjoined or vacated many regulations enacted by the Trump administration. However, those rules still show up in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) despite not being in effect. Even a good researcher who updates their CFR research using the List of CFR Parts Affected …

by Iantha Haight

16 March 2021

  Electronic Resources
  immigration law

Federal Administrative Law: What is the eCFR and the List of Statutes Affected?

The Government Printing Office (GPO) and the Office of the Federal Register (OFR) in the National Archives and Records Administration  (NARA) are developing a continuously updated, electronic version of the Code of Federal Regulations called the eCFR. Now, new regulations that take effect immediately will be incorporated …

by Iantha Haight

11 March 2021

  Electronic Resources

Frustrated With Zero Search Results? Try Lexis Search Tree

Has this ever happened to you? You enter your keywords into a database to search for case law or journal articles only to retrieve 10,000+ search results. Then you try to narrow your results by adding a couple of terms, but when you hit enter, …

by Iantha Haight

02 March 2021

  Electronic Resources
  Lexis | research tips

Get Better Results When Searching Multiple Libraries in HeinOnline

There's a lot more to HeinOnline than just law journals. HeinOnline has many libraries of content, ranging from U.S. Congressional and Executive documents to foreign and international law and subject-based collections like the new COVID-19: Pandemics Past & Present collection. Searching exactly the content you …

by Iantha Haight

25 February 2021

  Electronic Resources, Research Tips
  HeinOnline | research tips

New Diversity, Equity & Belonging Audiobook and E-book Collection

Just in time for Black History Month, the Law Library has created a new collection in the LexisNexis Digital Library to support BYU Law School’s efforts to promote diversity, equity and belonging. We know law students are busy, so we purchased as many audiobooks as …

by Iantha Haight

11 February 2021

  Electronic Resources, Law Library News
  e-books | LexisNexis Digital Library

Bloomberg Law Podcast Series: Black Lawyers Speak

Bloomberg Law created a five-episode series of podcasts on the experiences of African American lawyers in the United States and the current state of diversity & inclusion efforts. Bloomberg Law Executive Editor for Strategic Initiatives Lisa Helem and Senior Producer Adam Allington interviewed African Americans …

by Iantha Haight

08 February 2021

  General News
  podcasts | Black History Month

New ProQuest Trends & Policy: U.S. Immigration

We have a new electronic resource for immigration research! ProQuest Trends & Policy: U.S. Immigration is a great place to explore paper topics and start your research if you are doing your substantial writing or a law review article on immigration. You can review topics …

by Iantha Haight

03 February 2021

  Electronic Resources
  immigration law

Self-Help Materials for Utah Law

A unique self-help resource in the BYU Law Library is a set of recent booklets about Utah law. We receive the booklets (which were originally CLE, or Continuing Legal Education, materials) from the Utah Bar. These are the most recent and Utah-specific materials we have. …

by Annalee Hickman

01 February 2021

  Buried Treasures, Practice Materials, Research Tips, Utah Court of Appeals, Utah Supreme Court
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