This year, I took a closer look at the BYU Law Library’s Foreign, Comparative, and International Law (FCIL) collection to better understand its shape—where it’s strongest and where it could grow.re it could grow. A quick look at the heat map makes …
Don’t miss the Winter International Criminal Law Research Seminar Series! These sessions are designed to give you hands-on experience with the research tools used by international courts, tribunals, and practitioners working in global justice! Seminar Two: Researching War Crimes, Genocide & Crimes …
Don’t miss session one of the Winter International Criminal Law Research Seminar Series! These sessions are designed to give you hands-on experience with the research tools used by international courts, tribunals, and practitioners working in global justice.Seminar One: Researching the International Criminal …
Last summer, the latest edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation was published. As the most recent edition, it now governs how you should structure you citations in legal memos, briefs, and papers. The law library has several copies available …
Did you just write a paper for a class during the Fall 2025 semester? If so, do more with it! You've worked all semester long on your paper and may have spent more time researching that topic than you did reading all …
The year 2025 brought about the new edition of The Bluebook--the 22nd edition! The last time a new edition came out, it was 2020, so it doesn't happen too often. You can read the preface from the editors to the 22nd edition here, …
The law library has a subscription to a variety of AI resources for students, including Large Language Models (LLMs). Students have access to free general use LLMs and several legal-specific LLMs. Here is a list of some options and their offering and …
All rise for holiday cheer, Christmas is almost here! If you love reading as much as we do, you’re going to love this year’s “Season’s Readings” list! Here are our favorite cozy books (legal and otherwise) to enjoy this holiday season! 1. …
Thinking about a clerkship? I recommend it. You get to see good legal research and writing, sometimes BAD legal research and writing, and practice those skills themselves. Clerks learn what judges look for when ruling on a case or motion, discover what …
Don't miss the last FCIL Fall Seminar! This seminar will help you learn key resources for researching human rights treaties, conventions, protocols, and customary law. We will instruct you on how to navigate tribunal websites and how to use Oxford reports …
The law plays an important role in Harry Potter. There's crime. There's prison. There's bureaucracy. Those things could not exist without law. Most of the law in Harry Potter remains in the background, not explicitly mentioned. But sometimes the law comes up: …
Don't miss the FCIL Fall Seminar for this week! This seminar will help you learn how to navigate United Nations research tools, explore UN official documents, and gain hands-on experience with Eur-Lex, the European Union's legal database. Don't miss out on this …
Jus AI is your arbitration agent! Don't hesitate to uncover these insights that others will miss. Learn how Jus Mundi can give you an edge in moot court research, arbitration internships, and international law careers! Zoom Link Just in case it asks …
Don't miss the FCIL Fall Seminar for this week! This session will give an overview of UN research tools and will explore UN legal research in depth. Through this seminar you will learn how to navigate the UN official documents database and …
Are you taking a class on human rights or maybe thinking about researching a human rights topic for a paper? The resource you've been looking for is the Elgar Online ebook Essentials of Human Rights Collection! You can access these ebooks in …
Don't miss the FCIL Fall Seminar for this week! This session will dive into treaty research and related international legal documents. You'll gain hands-on experience with locating and interpreting treaties, international agreements, and diplomatic communications—key resources for anyone working with international law. …
All law students have access to the digital NY Times through the BYU Law Library. Right now you might be thinking, "I didn't know that! How do I access my account?" New law students should have received an email from the New …
"If you see something, save something." Perma.cc is now required by the new Bluebook 22nd edition, so let’s get you set up! Did you know that the BYU Law Library has an organization subscription on Perma.cc and can sponsor you an account …
