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.…
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…
Stata
Is data science a necessary part of research or a project you are doing? The library now has Stata, which is a software for statistics and…
Two Self-Paced Language Learning and Supplementary Language Support Programs
Pronunciator Pronunciator teaches 80 world languages, including TESOL, from 50 language interfaces. This program is a great tool for…
Goodbye Loislaw… Hello Fastcase!
Loislaw will no longer be accessible after November 30, 2015. Fastcase has partnered with Wolters Kluwer to help provide former Loislaw…
Celebrate National Library Week
“Unlimited Possibilities @ Your Library” Honorary Chair of National Library Week 2015: Best-selling author David Baldacci Events Monday…
BYU Law #38 in Alums to Partners
BYU Law School was recently ranked #38 in the National Law Journal's ranking of associates promoted to partner in 2014 (BYU Law School…
Y Mountain and the Law
A bill that allows the sale of land near the Y to BYU passed Congress recently and is now headed to the President's desk. Congress Passes…
Jimmer and the Law
As the NCAA tournament rolls around I'm always reminded of a 2012 D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals case in which Judge Thomas B. Griffith…
Acquisition Agreements MOOC
You may or may not have heard of a MOOC before, but that may not last long. The National Law Journal reports (registration required) that…
Sequestration Explained
First it was the "fiscal cliff," now "sequestration" is the buzzword of the hour surrounding Congress and the President. If you're not yet…
Supreme Court Challenge
Think your SCOTUS-prediction skills are top notch? Put them to the test in Bloomberg Law/SCOTUSblog's Supreme Court Challenge. The…
October’s First Monday
Until I came to law school I never realized that the first Monday in October was any different than other Mondays--October or otherwise.…
Welcome Class of 2015!
It's the first day of orientation and we want to welcome our new 1Ls and LLMs. We're excited that you're here and we look forward to…
Mandatory e-Filing in Utah
The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the Utah Judicial Council recently approved a new rule that requires mandatory electronic filing in all…
Y Mountain Trail in Congress
On April 24 Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz introduced a bill to the House of Representatives (H.R. 4484) that would enact the `Y Mountain…
Religious Freedom Student Writing Competition
Law students interested in religious freedom may be interested in the Religious Freedom Student Writing Competition being sponsored by the…
BYU Law on Least Debt List
The U.S. News and World Report has released a list of 10 Law Schools that Lead to the Least Debt and BYU Law is a member of the club. The…
Real Cougar
BYU Law gets a shoutout by alum Steve Young in this new BYU commercial (which also contains the obligatory swipe at lawyers).
Chief Justice Durham and Constitution Day
Saturday, September 17 is Constitution Day, which celebrates the signing of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787. To celebrate…
Drexel Law Library
Every summer many of the law librarians from BYU attend a conference put on by the American Association of Law Libraries. This year the…
Writing Tips from the Supremes
Legal writing is an area where law students and lawyers can always improve. After my first year of law school I had the opportunity to…
Want to Clerk for Congress?
Clerking for Congress may become a real possibility for law school graduates according to the National Law Journal. There are still some…
Buses and Statutory Interpretation
I thought this was an interesting story from the Wall Street Journal Law Blog on statutory interpretation. The Case of the School Bus, the…