04 May 2020
New Research Guide for Faculty Research Assistants
Are you going to be a research assistant for a faculty member this summer? Or, are you a faculty member that just hired a new research assistant? If so, then check out this …
18 April 2017
Research Assistant Training
The Law Library will be offering a training for all summer research assistants on Friday, April 28 from 1-2pm in room 267. If you're working for a professor this summer, come join us …
26 February 2014
Law Journal Rankings 2013
The Washington & Lee Law Library has recently updated its Law Journal Rankings to include data from 2013. The rankings take into account citations to journals during the last eight years, with the …
09 August 2013
Establishment Clause Incorporation
Professor Fred Gedicks' latest article, Incorporation of the Establishment Clause Against the States: A Logical, Textual, and Historical Account, was recently published in the Indiana Law Journal. For more of Professor Gedicks' articles, take …
23 May 2013
BYU Law Faculty Scholarship
A number of BYU Law faculty have posted new articles to SSRN in the last few months. It's been a busy spring, so I haven't gotten around to writing about them yet. Here's …
06 May 2013
The Importance of Legal Research
Finals are over. The Write-on is done. Now it's time for summer jobs and externships to begin. Summertime is often where students realize how important legal research is to the practice of law. …
18 March 2013
Law and Entrepreneurial Opportunities
Professor Gordon Smith has recently added his newest paper, Law and Entrepreneurial Opportunities, to SSRN. This article was co-authored with Darian Ibrahim from the University of Wisconsin Law School and will appear in …
21 February 2013
Baradaran on Int’l Law Compliance
Professor Shima Baradaran has recently posted her newest article, Does International Law Matter?, to SSRN. The article, which is co-authored by Michael Findley, Daniel Nielson, and J.C. Sharman, will be published in the …
19 February 2013
Law Journal Rankings
The Washington & Lee Law Library has recently updated its Law Journal Rankings to include data from 2012. The rankings take into account citations to journals during the last eight years, with the …
11 February 2013
Litigation Practice Materials
When you think about legal research, it's likely things like cases, statutes, and regulations come to mind. That's good because that's what we focus on in a basic legal research course in law …
05 February 2013
Nielson on Death of Law Clerk Hiring Plan
Professor Aaron Nielson, our newest professor, has recently published an op-ed in the National Law Journal discussing the D.C. Circuit's recent announcement that they will no longer follow the Federal Judges Law Clerk …
17 January 2013
Preston on Infancy Doctrine
Professor Cheryl Preston and co-author Brandon Crowther have posted their latest article, Minor Restrictions: Adolescence Across Legal Disciplines, the Infancy Doctrine, and the Restatement (Third) of Restitution and Unjust Enrichment, on SSRN. The …
