03 October 2023
How to Locate Supreme Court Briefs
28 September 2023
Having Problems Loading E-Books in the Aspen Learning Library?
Some people (including me) are having trouble accessing e-books on the Aspen Learning Library website. We can get into the website just fine, but when we try to open a book, all we …
20 September 2023
How to Use SSRN, a Source for the Hottest New Legal Scholarship
Publishing an article takes a long time. Editors make suggestions. The writer makes changes. Citations are double-checked. Then formatting and final edits. The entire process can take months or even years. So how …
11 September 2023
Win Some New Library Swag at the Library Fair on Thursday!
Just in: new library swag! Visit the Library Fair this Thursday September 14 to play plinko and win a prize! We will have sugary treats for all visitors (while supplies last) and helpful …
22 August 2023
Library Leadership Change: Welcome New Library Director Shawn Nevers
BYU Law Library Director Shawn Nevers We are happy to introduce Shawn Nevers as the new director of the BYU Howard W. Hunter Law Library! Shawn is a graduate of the Law School …
03 April 2023
Summer Access: Lexis+, Bloomberg Law, Westlaw, and More
It feels like Narnia's endless winter outside, but summer is almost here with its opportunities for externships, internships, summer jobs, and hopefully some outdoor fun! If you are doing research over the summer …
14 March 2023
HeinOnline Completes Indexing for All Utah Session Laws Back to 1851
HeinOnline has long been a valuable source of historical legal information. Over the years, Hein has digitized state session laws and state statutes that extend to pre-statehood materials whenever possible. These historical materials …
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