20 January 2021
How To Do a Preemption Check
11 January 2021
Fastcase and Casemaker Merge; ROSS Intelligence Closes Its Doors
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 …
04 January 2021
The 125th Anniversary of Utah Statehood
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 …
10 December 2020
Press Coverage of Prof. Nielson @ SCOTUS
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 …
02 December 2020
Hear Professor Nielson Argue at SCOTUS Next Week
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 …
18 November 2020
Enter the International Law & Technology Writing Competition
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 …
12 November 2020
Exam Prep: How to Write Law School Essay Exams
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 …
02 November 2020
New HeinOnline Content: Electoral College
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 …
19 October 2020
Cybersecurity Threat: Silent Librarian
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 …
13 October 2020
Judge Griffith Pens Essay on Religion and Judicial Decision-making for U.S. Law Week
Recently retired D.C. Circuit judge, BYU alum and former BYU General Counsel Thomas B. Griffith published a piece yesterday in United States Law Week on the role religion should play in the work …
15 September 2020
It’s Newspaper Time! Student Access to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post
Fall (and a lot of smoke) is in the air, meaning it's newspaper time at BYU Law! As a BYU Law student, you have digital access to several major newspapers. I encourage you …
24 August 2020