14 March 2023
HeinOnline Completes Indexing for All Utah Session Laws Back to 1851
02 March 2023
Casetext Launches New AI Legal Assistant Based on Same Technology as ChatGPT
Casetext made a huge announcement yesterday--the release of "the first AI legal assistant" based on OpenAI's natural language processing model. Click here to view the press release. The tool, named CoCounsel, is based …
17 February 2023
Understanding How Congressional Bills Are Numbered
When locating the original text of Congressional bills, it is important to understand how Congressional bills are numbered. Each bill is assigned a number in sequential order when it is introduced into Congress. …
06 February 2023
Shortcuts for Creating 50-State Surveys
A 50-State survey is a compilation of state laws on a narrow topic gathered for the purpose of comparison. Scholars use these surveys to analyze and understand the law. Corporations use them to …
18 January 2023
New Year, New Database: Jus Mundi for International Arbitration
We are excited to announce the addition of a new database to our collections: Jus Mundi for international arbitration research. Jus Mundi has an extensive collection of cases for investment arbitration, commercial arbitration, …
11 January 2023
Westlaw Precision Has Launched. How Is It Different?
If you logged into Westlaw today you probably noticed that it looks a little different. Westlaw rolled out their new Precision platform today for all law students and faculty across the United Sates. …
09 November 2022
vLex International Law & Technology Writing Competition Open Until Dec. 1st
Want to enter a writing competition but don't have a lot of time? The vLex International Writing competition is a good one to participate in because submissions are short and informal--in blog style …
10 October 2022
Westlaw Precision Coming January 11
Prepare for your Westlaw to look a little different. Legal research system providers are constantly trying to improve their systems. Four years after the release of Westlaw Edge (the Westlaw version we currently …
06 October 2022
Study Rooms Are Available Again!
Construction is finally wrapping up on the fourth floor and faculty are moving out of library study rooms and back into their offices. We have really enjoyed seeing our wonderful faculty more often …
03 October 2022
SCOTUS To Continue Live Streaming Oral Arguments
The United States Supreme Court is opening its doors to the public for the first time since March 2020 (for oral arguments only), but in a win for transparency, the Court has announced …
28 September 2022
New Collection for Researching Water Law
Water law is a big deal here in the Western United States, and HeinOnline just released a new tool for researching it. Editors at Hein have pulled together primary and secondary sources from …
15 September 2022
Thanks for Attending the Library Fair and Congrats to Our Winner!
A big thank you to all of the students who attended the Welcome Back to the Library Fair last Thursday! We were really excited to share with you about our library services. We …
06 September 2022
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 …
31 August 2022
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 …
16 August 2022
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 …
13 April 2022
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 …
07 April 2022
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. …
05 April 2022