The BYU Law Library provides free access to Adobe Acrobat Pro on its computers. Here’s how to access it: Go to one of the public library computers. Anyone can use the “legal research only” computers and the computers attached to scanners. None of them are …
Come to Our Welcome Back to the Library Fair on Thursday!
BYU Law Library is holding its first ever Welcome Back to the Library Fair this Thursday from 10:45 am to 1 pm in the fishbowl! Spend a few minutes learning about library resources like digital newspaper subscriptions, the Legal Technology Initiative, research help, ILL, and …
Course Reserve is Back!
For the first time since pandemic restrictions began in March of 2020, the Law Library has reinstated a Course Reserve of print casebooks and other course materials. The current editions of all casebooks in use at the law school are available at the circulation desk …
Construction, Construction Everywhere
What's going on at the Law School and its environs? I will do my best to give you an update, but don't hold me to anything I say--things are constantly changing. Let's start with the Law School. After graduation in April, the university commenced two …
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 your first summer experience in law school. The Law Library has a …
Library Resources Available to BYU Law Alumni
Did you know BYU Law alumni have access to many law library resources after graduation? In terms of remote access to resources, we provide all alumni with the law journal library in HeinOnline. Use the HeinOnline Alumni Access link under Helpful Links at the bottom …
Access to Westlaw, Lexis, and More Over the Summer
Information on summer access to Westlaw, Lexis, Bloomberg Law, and other Law Library databases. Rising 2Ls and 3Ls Students who will be returning to law school next fall have access to Westlaw during the summer but should not use their student account for paid positions …
UniCourt Legal Innovation Contest Update: Resubmission Requirement and Deadline Change
UniCourt made two updates to its Legal Innovation Contest. If you are interested in submitting an idea utilizing their APIs, the deadline has been extended from March 31st to April 14th--so you have two more weeks to tweak your idea if you need some extra …
Winning BYU Law Hackathon Team Presents App for Preserving Evidence of War Crimes
Last weekend BYU Law School hosted a chapter of the Global Legal Hackathon, in which participants have 30 hours to come up with an innovative solution to a legal problem. Participating in the competition is a huge commitment for busy law students, but BYU students …
Enter Your Legal History Paper in the Morris L. Cohen Student Essay Competition
If you have written a paper related to legal history, or are writing a paper this semester, consider submitting it to the 12th annual Morris L. Cohen Student Essay Competition! The Legal History and Rare Books Section of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) …
Using Scholarly Encyclopedias and Handbooks as Research Tools
Legal encyclopedias don't always seem like the most helpful research tools for academic legal writing. American Jurisprudence (Am. Jur.) and Corpus Juris Secundum (CJS) provide solid background information, but often that information is too basic and we need to dig into a treatise, American Law …
Try PowerNotes When You Research
PowerNotes is a new-ish company that helps you take notes easily while doing online research and keep those notes organized. What sets them apart from other companies is that it was started by a law school grad. This means PowerNotes works hard to integrate well …
Free Download: Legal Tech Dictionary from Wolters Kluwer
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 light and sometimes funny take on legal tech terms that still manages …
Sign Up for the Immigration Clinic & Practice Prep Workshop
On Thursday, March 17th at 11am the Library will present Immigration Clinic & Practice Prep, a workshop focused on practical resources and tools for immigration law practice and service in the Community Law Clinic. The 30-minute session will be held in room 267. Takeaway boxed …
Entries for UniCourt’s API Legal Tech Competition Due March 31st
Have an idea that uses docket APIs to create a legal tech product or solve a problem? Docket and legal analytics innovator UniCourt is holding their first ever Legal Innovation contest. Entering is easy--submit a one sentence summary that pitches your idea along with a …
Use Perma.cc Links in Your Articles
Law professors and law students should use Perma.cc links in their articles! And journal editors should encourage their authors to use Perma.cc links as well! What is a perma.cc link? Perma.cc links are free to make and allow you to save a snapshot of how a …
How to Use SSRN to Perform a Preemption Check
Doing a preemption check--a search for articles that have made the same argument or used the same thesis as your paper--is a critical first step when writing any academic paper that calls for original work. SSRN has many papers that are accessible before they are …
Get Free Student Access to iPad Trial Presentation Apps
LIT SUITE is set of litigation-focused apps designed to save attorney time in and out of the courtroom, and they are available to law students to try out for free! Exclusively for the iPad, the apps include: TrialPad, the OG LIT SUITE app, is a …