13 October 2020
Judge Griffith Pens Essay on Religion and Judicial Decision-making for U.S. Law Week
15 September 2020
It’s Newspaper Time! Student Access to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post
Fall (and a lot of smoke) is in the air, meaning it's newspaper time at BYU Law! As a BYU Law student, you have digital access to several major newspapers. I encourage you …
24 August 2020
New Collaborative Learning Space Coming Soon to the Library!
Not only were we busy in the library this summer trying to come up with a sensible, practical plan for this strange school year, we were busy with a new construction project on …
17 June 2020
Remote Westlaw Access While We Are Closed
BYU Law Library patrons who are not students or faculty of the Law School can now access Westlaw by creating a personal, individual account that is good for up to 20 hours or …
05 May 2020
Participate in History: Live Supreme Court Oral Arguments and SCOTUS Blog Seminars
We are already in the middle of a historic week in which Supreme Court oral arguments are being broadcast live for the first time. Yesterday was also historic because it was the first …
30 April 2020
Summer and Graduate Access to WL/Lexis/BL and More
Here's the rundown on access to the major legal research databases for students over the summer, and for our 2020 graduates. Summer Access for Current Students Lexis, Bloomberg, Fastcase & Casetext: Continued access …
21 April 2020
LawMeets 2020 Boot Camp Signup
Looking for some transactional law experience this summer? LawMeets, an M&A competition in which BYU Law students have participated in and performed well in the past, is putting on a virtual boot camp …
23 March 2020
Now Available For This Semester: Online Casebooks and LexisNexis Study Aids
Two legal publishers, LexisNexis and Wolters Kluwer, are making electronic versions of law school casebooks and study aids available for free to law students through late May. Check the two lists below to …
04 March 2020
A Rundown on Legal Radar
You may have seen emails lately advertising the news-feed service Legal Radar. Legal Radar is being described as a “progressive web app” that is “ideal for … all legal professionals who want to …
26 February 2020
Blast to the Past: Research in Older Versions of the U.S. Code
Recently for a project I needed statutes governing the now-defunct Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC). Immigration regulation in the U.S. has a fascinating history, but suffice it …
29 January 2020
New Version of the LexisNexis Digital Library Now Available
LexisNexis and Overdrive have released a major update of the LexisNexis Digital Library. Here are a few things you should know. When you click on the LexisNexis Digital Library link on the Law …
22 January 2020
UniCourt, a Docket & Legal Analytics Tool, Now Available at BYU Law
One of our goals at the law library is to prepare students for Life After Law School by providing access to a wide variety of technologies, software, and research platforms. We are excited …
14 January 2020
New Features for Wolters Kluwer Study Aids Online Including Video, Audio
It’s already been a busy week here at the law school, but industrious students who have logged into the Wolters Kluwer Online Study Aid Library (Examples & Explanations Series, etc.) to start studying …
03 December 2019
ROSS Intelligence Announces Law School Access Program and Corporate Partnerships
ROSS Intelligence has been busy lately! ROSS Intelligence, a legal research platform that uses AI in its search results, made two big announcements over the past week. First, ROSS is providing free accounts …
25 November 2019
Database for Native American Heritage Month: ProQuest Indian Claims Insight
Native American Heritage Month is winding down, but there’s still time to take a look at a database related to Native American history in the U.S.: ProQuest Indian Claims Insight. When the 14th …
21 October 2019
Celebrating Women’s Suffrage
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment in 2020, the BYU Law Library has unveiled an exhibit of portraits by Utah artist Brooke Smart depicting women who were influential in …
26 September 2019
Surprising Things You Can Check Out from the Law Library
Phone or laptop battery dying but you left your charger at home? The law library can help with that. Want to draw a Civ Pro flowchart on the whiteboard during a study room …
18 September 2019