12 March 2024
Accessing Xchange in the BYU Law Library
The Law Library has access to Xchange, which is a Utah-government-owned and created database that provides access to Utah state district (trial) court dockets and documents, including traffic citations in Utah. It is …
16 February 2024
New Faculty Scholarship Display (the FSD)
Have you seen it yet? The new faculty scholarship display (FSD) in the Memorial Lounge? It's right by the fireplace and is on the way to the law student kitchen by the Student …
25 January 2024
16 January 2024
Text-A-Librarian!
Alert! You can now text the law librarians! If you’re like me, you would much prefer to send a text than make a call or send an email. It’s less formal, quicker, and …
10 January 2024
You Can Customize Bloomberg Law’s New Homepage
The next time you log into Bloomberg Law, you will notice a brand-new homepage. The purpose of the new page is to provide users with a custom experience. Instead of a pre-selected slate …
10 November 2023
2024 International Law and Technology Writing Competition Now Open
The seventh annual vLex International Law and Technology Writing Competition is accepting entries now until December 1, 2023 23:59 pm GMT (4:59 PM MST). The grand prize is 1,500 English pounds and publication …
28 September 2023
Having Problems Loading E-Books in the Aspen Learning Library?
Some people (including me) are having trouble accessing e-books on the Aspen Learning Library website. We can get into the website just fine, but when we try to open a book, all we …
20 September 2023
How to Use SSRN, a Source for the Hottest New Legal Scholarship
Publishing an article takes a long time. Editors make suggestions. The writer makes changes. Citations are double-checked. Then formatting and final edits. The entire process can take months or even years. So how …
30 August 2023
How to Find Forms
If you are looking for a form to copy and/or use as a jumping off point for a court document or transactional document that you need to write, you may come into the …
15 August 2023
03 April 2023
Summer Access: Lexis+, Bloomberg Law, Westlaw, and More
It feels like Narnia's endless winter outside, but summer is almost here with its opportunities for externships, internships, summer jobs, and hopefully some outdoor fun! If you are doing research over the summer …
14 March 2023
HeinOnline Completes Indexing for All Utah Session Laws Back to 1851
HeinOnline has long been a valuable source of historical legal information. Over the years, Hein has digitized state session laws and state statutes that extend to pre-statehood materials whenever possible. These historical materials …
18 January 2023
New Year, New Database: Jus Mundi for International Arbitration
We are excited to announce the addition of a new database to our collections: Jus Mundi for international arbitration research. Jus Mundi has an extensive collection of cases for investment arbitration, commercial arbitration, …
11 January 2023
Westlaw Precision Has Launched. How Is It Different?
If you logged into Westlaw today you probably noticed that it looks a little different. Westlaw rolled out their new Precision platform today for all law students and faculty across the United Sates. …
10 October 2022
Westlaw Precision Coming January 11
Prepare for your Westlaw to look a little different. Legal research system providers are constantly trying to improve their systems. Four years after the release of Westlaw Edge (the Westlaw version we currently …
28 September 2022
New Collection for Researching Water Law
Water law is a big deal here in the Western United States, and HeinOnline just released a new tool for researching it. Editors at Hein have pulled together primary and secondary sources from …
12 September 2022
13 April 2022
Prepare for a Summer – or a Career – at a Law Firm
Beginning work at a law firm can cause uncomfortable feelings of culture shock and not belonging, especially if you are like me and haven't had much prior exposure to law firm life before …
