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Jared Correia, CEO of Red Cave Consulting and legal tech writer at Above the Law, has put together a dictionary of legal tech words that every lawyer should know. The dictionary is a …

Google Scholar profiles are becoming more prevalent with law professors. They give professors an in-depth view of data describing how their scholarly works are cited. Google Scholar allows professors to view and reflect …

BYU Law students and even alumni have access to many different study aids through the BYU Law Library. For example, we have the Examples & Explanations Series, Gilbert Law Summaries, Nutshells, Law in …

Search for caselaw without using keywords? That’s the goal of CARA AI from Casetext. Casetext, a legal research alternative to Westlaw and Lexis, uses CARA AI (Case Analysis Research Assistant, Artificial Intelligence) to …

Richard Rothstein's book The Color of Law, this semester's LawReads title, describes the causes and long-lasting socio-economic effects of racially restrictive covenants in housing deeds. Some online projects are digitizing and creating databases of …

Attendees of the Rex E. Lee Moot Court Competition Finals were encouraged  to listen to the Supreme Court oral arguments of great Supreme Court advocates like Rex Lee, Paul Clement, and Seth Waxman …

Government websites are a mixed bag.  Some are quite modern, while others look like they're stuck in the '90s.  The information on these websites is free, so attorneys and others come to them …

Tomorrow the Law School will host the Utah Supreme Court as they hear two cases in the Moot Court Room.  This is a fantastic opportunity for the students to watch the State's highest …

Yesterday the Law School was pleased to host Hannah Clayson Smith as she delivered the Honored Alumni Lecture.  Her lecture focused on religious freedom and her work with the Becket Fund for Religious …

A few weeks ago I wrote about one of my favorite government websites - regulations.gov.  Another one of my favorites also has to do with regulations - federalregister.gov.  This government website contains an …

Finals can be rough and even the most determined studier needs some breaks.  If you want to stay in the legal state of mind and still have some laughs you might want to …

Finals are underway and everyone's studying hard.  But, all studiers need a break sometimes.  If you want that break, but want to keep your mind in the legal realm you might want to …

From to time to time the Utah legislature reorganizes and renumbers certain titles in the Utah Code.  This process is known as recodification.  It's ultimate goal is to increase clarity and usability in …

As a law student it's likely that you've already had friends or relatives ask you for legal help.  It can be an awkward situation since you're not yet a lawyer and can't give …

As you may have noticed the Law Library's website got a facelift recently.  Much of the content is still the same, but we hope you'll like the cleaner look and some of the …

One area of law that we generally don't have much time to cover in our first year legal research classes is local legislation.  Municipal ordinances govern much of what we do on an …

One of the things Valentine's Day makes me think of is poetry.  That probably comes from the fact that my mom used to write us poems for Valentine's Day.  The only poetry I …