
Library & Legal Resources News

Why Research Historical Utah Statutes? While the most recent version of Utah statute is the only version that is currently binding law, attorneys frequently must answer questions about the legality of actions taken years ago, when the law may have been different. Additionally, …

Meet the Winter 2025 Reference Assistant Team
20 February 2025
Say hello to BYU Law Library's Reference Assistants! These great law students are happy to help you with any of your reference questions. They are hired and overseen by Professor Annalee Hickman Pierson, and they work alongside the law library faculty members …

New Resources for Foreign, Comparative, and International Law Research
11 February 2025
It can be challenging to know how to begin legal research in a foreign or international jurisdiction. BYU Law Library's new vLEX Vincent AI platform uses AI (generative and rules-based) trained on vLex’s global repository of statutes, case law, and secondary sources. …

New U.S. Civil Rights Database
30 January 2025
BYU Law Library has a new Civil Rights database, Trends & Policy: U.S. Civil Rights. This database is designed to be an easy-to-use tool that brings together different types of sources, including statutes, executive orders, hearings, and other primary sources along with …

Become an Innovation Fellow!
06 August 2024
Position Overview The BYU Law Library is seeking to hire 1-2 students as Innovation Fellows. This role offers students a chance to participate in developing and refining the Library’s Legal Tech Initiative and to conduct research on legal technology topics. Students will …

Summer and Graduate Access to Lexis, Westlaw, and More
22 April 2024
The end of the school year is here! That means it is time to share information about accessing library databases and other resources while school is out for summer. If you are a not graduating this April, most of your access database …

Celebrate National Library Week With Us!
09 April 2024
We are celebrating national library week with fun giveaways from April 8 - April 11. Stop by the desks at the second or third floor library entrances to grab a treat! Monday: Smart Pop Day. Start your week off on a smart …

Accessing Xchange in the BYU Law Library
12 March 2024
The Law Library has access to Xchange, which is a Utah-government-owned and created database that provides access to Utah state district (trial) court dockets and documents, including traffic citations in Utah. It is to Utah law what PACER is to federal law, …

Construction Update: Accessing Materials in the Reserve Room
08 March 2024
The second-floor Law Library Reserve Room will be closing soon for construction. We are moving most study aids and bar review materials to the course reserve area behind the circulation desk, where they can be checked out for two hours. Most other …

New Faculty Scholarship Display (the FSD)
16 February 2024
Have you seen it yet? The new faculty scholarship display (FSD) in the Memorial Lounge? It's right by the fireplace and is on the way to the law student kitchen by the Student Commons! The FSD was created by the BYU Law …

Utah Secondary Sources
06 February 2024
Secondary sources can be a helpful resource when doing legal research for a class, memo, court document, or paper. Law students, law faculty, attorneys, and pro se patrons can all benefit from secondary sources! These types of sources are not the law …

The Reference Assistant Team for Winter 2024
30 January 2024
Say hello to the Reference Assistant Team for the Winter 2024 Semester! These great law students are happy to help you with any of your reference questions! They are hired and overseen by Professor Annalee Hickman Pierson, and they work along side …

Law Students Participating in Clinics Should Check Out This New Resource on Lexis+
25 January 2024
While we spend a little time in 1L legal research talking about practice materials, it isn't really enough to do the topic justice. But it's worth your time to take a look at Lexis's practice-oriented resource, Practical Guidance, which you can select …

Resources in the Law Library’s Reserve Room
23 January 2024
Location The BYU Law Library Reserve Room is located on the main floor (which is the 2nd floor) of the library, in room 280 (near the Circulation Desk). It is surrounded on two sides by glass walls and is located directly behind …

Zoom Booths in the BYU Law Library
19 January 2024
Despite the cat-astrophe of the lawyer who accidentally turned himself into a cat for his court appearance, the legal field (along with everyone else, it seems like) has determined that Zoom and other video conferencing softwares are just too convenient to get …

Text-A-Librarian!
16 January 2024
Alert! You can now text the law librarians! If you’re like me, you would much prefer to send a text than make a call or send an email. It’s less formal, quicker, and more convenient. If you are also like me, then …

You Can Customize Bloomberg Law’s New Homepage
10 January 2024
The next time you log into Bloomberg Law, you will notice a brand-new homepage. The purpose of the new page is to provide users with a custom experience. Instead of a pre-selected slate of resources, you can populate the page with the …

Law & Tech Writing Competition Deadline Extended Until January 1st
29 November 2023
The deadline for this year's International Law and Technology Writing Competition sponsored by vLex has been extended to January 1, 2024. This competition seeks short, blog-style entries on one of the following topics: Technology and ImmigrationTechnology and Large Language Models (LLMs)Technology and …