Don’t miss the the new fall semester FCIL Lunch and Learn series! These sessions are designed to give you hands-on experience with the key research tools for all things foreign and international law! This semester our sessions will focus on treaty research, …

By Kristen Kellems This summer, I visited some of The Hague’s best-known legal institutions. Seeing them up close was a useful reminder that “international court” is not one job description. These institutions were created at different moments, hear different kinds of cases, …

Studying abroad or traveling internationally over the summer is more than just a chance to see new places! It can also be an opportunity for law students to explore how legal systems operate outside the United States. From constitutional structures to courtroom …

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 …

Say hello to the Reference Assistant Team for the Winter 2026 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 …

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 …