31 March 2021
Why I Think All Law Students Should Subscribe to Westlaw’s Daily Docket
26 March 2021
Scales of Memory and Comparative Constitutional Law Research
BYU Law School is hosting a virtual book launch event today for Professor Justin Collings' new book, Scales of Memory: Constitutional Justice and Historical Evil, published by Oxford University Press. According to OUP, …
23 March 2021
A Bird’s-Eye View of Tax Research Databases
Tax law is among the most complex and technical legal fields, complicated by the fact that it is constantly changing. This article provides a quick overview of commercial databases that specialize in tax …
16 March 2021
AILALink’s New Feature Identifies ‘Frozen’ Provisions in the CFR
Courts enjoined or vacated many regulations enacted by the Trump administration. However, those rules still show up in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) despite not being in effect. Even a good researcher …
11 March 2021
Federal Administrative Law: What is the eCFR and the List of Statutes Affected?
The Government Printing Office (GPO) and the Office of the Federal Register (OFR) in the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) are developing a continuously updated, electronic version of the Code of Federal Regulations called …
02 March 2021
Frustrated With Zero Search Results? Try Lexis Search Tree
Has this ever happened to you? You enter your keywords into a database to search for case law or journal articles only to retrieve 10,000+ search results. Then you try to narrow your …
25 February 2021
Get Better Results When Searching Multiple Libraries in HeinOnline
There's a lot more to HeinOnline than just law journals. HeinOnline has many libraries of content, ranging from U.S. Congressional and Executive documents to foreign and international law and subject-based collections like the …
11 February 2021
New Diversity, Equity & Belonging Audiobook and E-book Collection
Just in time for Black History Month, the Law Library has created a new collection in the LexisNexis Digital Library to support BYU Law School’s efforts to promote diversity, equity and belonging. We …
08 February 2021
Bloomberg Law Podcast Series: Black Lawyers Speak
Bloomberg Law created a five-episode series of podcasts on the experiences of African American lawyers in the United States and the current state of diversity & inclusion efforts. Bloomberg Law Executive Editor for …
03 February 2021
New ProQuest Trends & Policy: U.S. Immigration
We have a new electronic resource for immigration research! ProQuest Trends & Policy: U.S. Immigration is a great place to explore paper topics and start your research if you are doing your substantial …
25 January 2021
Announcing LexisNexis Digital Library Attorney Access
BYU Law Library is excited to announce the launch of LexisNexis Digital Library Attorney Access for Utah attorneys, paralegals, and BYU Law School alumni. LexisNexis Digital Library contains easy-to-use e-book versions of many …
20 January 2021
How To Do a Preemption Check
What’s a preemption check? A preemption check is a careful background check of your topic to see if anyone else has used your thesis or argument in a paper before. You don’t want …
11 January 2021
Fastcase and Casemaker Merge; ROSS Intelligence Closes Its Doors
Big changes in the legal research industry are underway. Last week two of the largest legal research alternatives to Lexis and Westlaw, Fastcase and Casemaker, announced their merger. This news comes on the …
04 January 2021
The 125th Anniversary of Utah Statehood
January 4th, 2021 marks the 125th anniversary of Utah being admitted as a state to the United States of America. Utah took a complicated journey en route to statehood. Check out ProQuest Congressional …
10 December 2020
Press Coverage of Prof. Nielson @ SCOTUS
If you were too busy with finals yesterday to catch Professor Aaron Nielson's performance at SCOTUS oral arguments, don't fret. You can still listen to the recording on supremecourt.gov or CSPAN, or read the …
02 December 2020
Hear Professor Nielson Argue at SCOTUS Next Week
Last August Justice Alito appointed BYU Law Professor Aaron Nielson, a former Alito clerk and of counsel at Kirkland & Ellis, an amicus curiae in Collins v. Mnuchin to argue that the structure …
18 November 2020
Enter the International Law & Technology Writing Competition
Update: The deadline has been extended to December 7th, 2020. Submit your entry to the 2021 International Law & Technology Writing Competition for current law students by December 7, 2020. There is not …
12 November 2020