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 transcript. Oral arguments lasted for an hour …
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 of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) …
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 much time left but entries are short: …
You are probably a pretty good writer already, but writing law school essay exams is a distinct skill. A well-written exam essay will be organized and easy to grade. Law professors read lots of exams, often during the holidays, so …
HeinOnline has added a subsection to its U.S. Presidential Library devoted to the electoral college, how it works, and efforts to reform or abolish it. Click “U.S. Presidential Library” from the HeinOnline home page, then select “Electoral College” from the …
Generally speaking, librarians are awesome, service-oriented professionals committed to providing library patrons with the resources they need. Silent Librarian, however, is not awesome. Silent Librarian is a phishing campaign that targets students and staff at universities worldwide in an effort …
Recently retired D.C. Circuit judge, BYU alum and former BYU General Counsel Thomas B. Griffith published a piece yesterday in United States Law Week on the role religion should play in the work of a judge. Read the article on …
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 to take advantage of them to become …
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 our second floor – the new Collaborative …
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 14 days of use, whichever comes first. …
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 time in over a year since Justice …
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 just like you have during the school …
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 this summer for law students. Law students …
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 see if any of your books are …
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 keep up with trends.” Law.com’s parent company, …
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 to say that the INS existed from …
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 Library home page, you will now see …
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 to announce that BYU Law students and …
