30 January 2012
Dean Chemerinsky and Oyez
25 January 2012
The Press, the Public, and the U.S. Supreme Court
Tomorrow and Friday the Brigham Young University Law Review will put on a symposium titled, The Press, the Public, and the U.S. Supreme Court. I can't honestly say that every law review symposium …
24 January 2012
Sovereignty and Neutrality in Cyber Conflict
Professor Eric Talbot Jensen has recently posted his newest article, Sovereignty and Neutrality in Cyber Conflict, to SSRN. This article will be published in the Fordham International Law Journal. For more of …
19 January 2012
Judge Griffith, YouTube & Jimmer
D.C. Circuit Court Judge Tom Griffith (who is also an adjunct professor here at the law school) recently authored an opinion in which he cited a YouTube video of Jimmer Fredette "destroy[ing]" Gonzaga …
12 January 2012
Need a Paper Topic?
Finding a good topic to write about can often be a frustrating part of the writing process. To help, the Litigation Section of the Utah Bar has developed a topic bank where members …
10 January 2012
Removal of Photocopiers
Many of you have noticed that the Law Library no longer has photocopiers available. The two photocopiers we had were on loan to us from the main University. As students have moved from …
09 January 2012
AudioCaseFiles
If there's one thing you do a lot in law school it's read. We've had one week of school and you've probably read (or at least have been assigned to read) several hundred …
06 January 2012
Unethical Requests for Westlaw/Lexis Usage
In a recent opinion the Utah State Bar's Ethics Advisory Committee was faced with the issue of whether it was a violation of the ethics rules "for an attorney to ask a law …
05 January 2012
Keeping You Informed
The Howard W. Hunter Law Library exists to serve students and faculty of BYU Law School. We have many resources here, both print and electronic, that can be valuable to you as you …
03 January 2012
2011’s Most Ridiculous Lawsuits
We welcome everyone back to school today and hope you had a nice break. To welcome in the new year I thought I'd share one of the more interesting "Year in Review" lists …
21 December 2011
Winter Classes
Law librarians at BYU will teach 3 upper-level classes during Winter 2012 that you may want to consider adding to your schedule. Each are one credit classes. Here are the details: Advanced Legal …
20 December 2011
Legal Writing Awards
Every year The Green Bag: An Entertaining Journal of Law, gives out awards for the best legal writing of the year. The 2011 awards have just been released and the Blog of Legal …
15 December 2011
SCOTUS Words
Today I was directed to an interesting new website (thanks @GtwonLawLib) that allows you to see the frequency of words and phrases used by the U.S. Supreme Court in its opinions between 1791 …
13 December 2011
Wardle Papers
Professor Lynn Wardle has recently posted a number of his newest articles to SSRN. The Boundaries of Belonging: Allegiance, Purpose and the Definition of Marriage Counselors as Gatekeepers: The Professional Responsibilities of Family …
08 December 2011
Finals Break – Best of Police Beat
If you need a break from finals you should check out the Daily Universe's Fall edition of Best of Police Beat. You may even learn a thing or two about criminal law. We …
06 December 2011
Finals Advice
Finals start today. You can feel it. We wish you all the best of luck. I'm sure you've gotten lots of advice on taking finals, but here are a few more bits of …
02 December 2011
Electronic Devices on Airplanes and e-CFR
Everyone who's flown is familiar with the announcement to shut down portable electronic devices for take-0ff and landing. I was recently directed to an article in the New York Times (thanks to Above …
01 December 2011