19 October 2020
Cybersecurity Threat: Silent Librarian
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
New Collaborative Learning Space Coming Soon to the Library!
Not only were we busy in the library this summer trying to come up with a sensible, practical plan for this strange school year, we were busy with a new construction project on …
17 June 2020
Remote Westlaw Access While We Are Closed
BYU Law Library patrons who are not students or faculty of the Law School can now access Westlaw by creating a personal, individual account that is good for up to 20 hours or …
05 May 2020
Participate in History: Live Supreme Court Oral Arguments and SCOTUS Blog Seminars
We are already in the middle of a historic week in which Supreme Court oral arguments are being broadcast live for the first time. Yesterday was also historic because it was the first …
30 April 2020
Summer and Graduate Access to WL/Lexis/BL and More
Here's the rundown on access to the major legal research databases for students over the summer, and for our 2020 graduates. Summer Access for Current Students Lexis, Bloomberg, Fastcase & Casetext: Continued access …
21 April 2020
LawMeets 2020 Boot Camp Signup
Looking for some transactional law experience this summer? LawMeets, an M&A competition in which BYU Law students have participated in and performed well in the past, is putting on a virtual boot camp …
23 March 2020
Now Available For This Semester: Online Casebooks and LexisNexis Study Aids
Two legal publishers, LexisNexis and Wolters Kluwer, are making electronic versions of law school casebooks and study aids available for free to law students through late May. Check the two lists below to …
04 March 2020
A Rundown on Legal Radar
You may have seen emails lately advertising the news-feed service Legal Radar. Legal Radar is being described as a “progressive web app” that is “ideal for … all legal professionals who want to …
26 February 2020
Blast to the Past: Research in Older Versions of the U.S. Code
Recently for a project I needed statutes governing the now-defunct Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC). Immigration regulation in the U.S. has a fascinating history, but suffice it …
29 January 2020