26 September 2012
Environmental Law Reporter
19 September 2012
The New THOMAS
For several years now, THOMAS.gov has served as a valuable place to find free legislative information on the internet. Researchers can find bills, public laws, legislative history information and more. Today the Library …
17 September 2012
Happy Constitution Day!
Today is Constitution Day--a day in which we celebrate the signing of the U.S. Constitution by members of the Constitutional Convention on September 17, 1787. If you were near Mount Vernon you could …
13 September 2012
Chicago Manual of Style Online
If you're working on a journal or writing a paper, one of the resources that can be extremely useful is the Chicago Manual of Style. The Law Library offers you access to the …
11 September 2012
Dennis Sears Honored
Law librarian Dennis Sears was recently awarded the Daniel L. Wade Outstanding Service Award at the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting in Boston. Dennis has served in various capacities within the …
06 September 2012
Goodbye Westlaw Printers in 2013
Last summer we got word that beginning in the summer of 2013 Westlaw would no longer support the Westlaw printers many of our students have grown accustomed to using. While we still have …
30 August 2012
Death Is Different No Longer
One of our new BYU Law School Fellows, Professor Elizabeth Bennion, has recently posted her newest article to SSRN. The article, Death is Different No Longer: Abolishing the Insanity Defense is Cruel and …
27 August 2012
BYU Law and Fall Devotionals
BYU's Fall Devotional and Forum schedule has some BYU Law flavor to it. You may want to get these dates down on your calendar. Sept. 11 - Elder Steven E. Snow Sept. 18 …
24 August 2012
BYU Law’s Founding Documents
Elder Dallin H. Oaks was the featured speaker at BYU Law's Annual Founder's Day Dinner last night in Salt Lake. Elder Oaks was the President of BYU when the Law School began and …
21 August 2012
Wise, Hamberlin Honored
Congratulations to Professor Jane Wise and Law School Registrar Nancy Hamberlin who were honored this morning at the 2012 Annual University Conference. Professor Wise received the Adjunct Faculty Excellence Award, which "recognizes the …
20 August 2012
Listen to Cases
Classes are now underway and that means lots of cases to read. If you're looking for a way to mix things up a bit, the law library has access to a number of …
17 August 2012
The Bluebook App
The Bluebook, whether you love it or hate it, is something you'll become quite familiar with in law school. Now there's a new option for purchasing and using The Bluebook - an app …
15 August 2012
Welcome Class of 2015!
It's the first day of orientation and we want to welcome our new 1Ls and LLMs. We're excited that you're here and we look forward to getting to know you and work with …
13 August 2012
Website Redesign
As you may have noticed the Law Library's website got a facelift recently. Much of the content is still the same, but we hope you'll like the cleaner look and some of the …
06 August 2012
Subject Guides
The Law Library provides a lot of information, both print and electronic. At times the amount of information can be overwhelming and it may be difficult to know where to start. One of …
30 July 2012
Inns of Court
In an article in the most recent issue of the Utah Bar Journal, Utah attorney Isaac Paxman details the history of the American Inns of Court. Much of the history is based on …
25 July 2012
Prof. Fleming Paper
Professor Cliff Fleming has recently submitted his newest paper, A Note on the Zimmer Case and the Concept of Permanent Establishment, to SSRN. This paper was published in Tax Treaty Case Law Around …
19 July 2012