What’s a preemption check? A preemption check is a careful background check of your topic to see if anyone else has used your thesis or argument in a paper before. You don’t want to go to all the trouble of writing your paper only to …
BYU Law Students: Are you doing your substantial writing requirement this semester? Or are you writing an academic paper for a class this semester? Or do you just want to write a new academic paper for fun to try to submit for publication? If you …
Big changes in the legal research industry are underway. Last week two of the largest legal research alternatives to Lexis and Westlaw, Fastcase and Casemaker, announced their merger. This news comes on the heels of ROSS Intelligence announcing it would shut down its legal research …
January 4th, 2021 marks the 125th anniversary of Utah being admitted as a state to the United States of America. Utah took a complicated journey en route to statehood. Check out ProQuest Congressional - Legislative & Executive Publications in the Law Library's A-Z list for …
If you were too busy with finals yesterday to catch Professor Aaron Nielson's performance at SCOTUS oral arguments, don't fret. You can still listen to the recording on supremecourt.gov or CSPAN, or read the transcript. Oral arguments lasted for an hour and forty-five minutes. Professor Nielson's …
Last August Justice Alito appointed BYU Law Professor Aaron Nielson, a former Alito clerk and of counsel at Kirkland & Ellis, an amicus curiae in Collins v. Mnuchin to argue that the structure of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is constitutional. The Justices occasionally …
As the holidays and finals are approaching, and you may be traveling home, remember that you can always chat with a law librarian! We strive to offer our chat services 9am to 5pm Monday through Friday. Just head on over to our website at lawlibrary.byu.edu …
Update: The deadline has been extended to December 7th, 2020. Submit your entry to the 2021 International Law & Technology Writing Competition for current law students by December 7, 2020. There is not much time left but entries are short: 1,000 words or less, blog-style …
You are probably a pretty good writer already, but writing law school essay exams is a distinct skill. A well-written exam essay will be organized and easy to grade. Law professors read lots of exams, often during the holidays, so making your answers clear is …
Sometimes your research requires you to look at newspaper articles--sometimes newspaper articles that are more recent (even the week-of) and sometimes newspaper articles that are more historical. For example, a newspaper article from the 1970s from the day after a major event can be a …
HeinOnline has added a subsection to its U.S. Presidential Library devoted to the electoral college, how it works, and efforts to reform or abolish it. Click "U.S. Presidential Library" from the HeinOnline home page, then select "Electoral College" from the dropdown menu. Curated collections like …
Generally speaking, librarians are awesome, service-oriented professionals committed to providing library patrons with the resources they need. Silent Librarian, however, is not awesome. Silent Librarian is a phishing campaign that targets students and staff at universities worldwide in an effort to obtain credentials to access …
