Shawn Nevers

The Supreme Court began its Oct. 2011 term yesterday on the first Monday in October.  I recently blogged about my favorite Supreme Court resource, SCOTUSblog, but thought the start of the new term …

Recently the popular and extremely useful Supreme Court blog, SCOTUSblog, received some new enhancements as well as a new look.  More details are available in this post from SCOTUSblog publisher and creator Tom …

One of the most important things about legal research is taking notes and staying organized.  It really doesn't matter how you do it, the important thing is that you get it done.  Legal …

BYU Law gets a shoutout by alum Steve Young in this new BYU commercial (which also contains the obligatory swipe at lawyers).

Saturday, September 17 is Constitution Day, which celebrates the signing of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787.  To celebrate Constitution Day, BYU will be hosting the Chief Justice of the Utah Supreme …

Professor Lisa Grow Sun's newest work-in-progress, Smart Growth in Dumb Places: Sustainability, Disaster, and the Future of the American City, is available for download on SSRN.  Professor Sun's main area of research is …

Every year we have a number of law students enter law school who are here to become patent attorneys.  For those of you in that category, take note that your future world shifted …

CALI and the Legal Information Institute (LII) at Cornell Law School have recently announced that they are making the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, and Evidence freely available as ebooks.  The …

It's nice to have everyone back after our lack-of-power induced holiday on Friday and Labor day yesterday.  We hope you're getting back to normal.  This week the library is hosting 1L training on …

With the help of Professor John W. Welch, the Law Library is pleased to host the "Two Ancient Roman Plates" exhibit that was previously at the Harold B. Lee Library.  The plates on …

September 1 will mark the 140th anniversary of the birth of our law school's namesake, J. Reuben Clark, Jr.  In another month we will commemorate the 50th anniversary of his death.  In order …

Yesterday the law library's acquisitions librarian, Bonnie Geldmacher, was recognized by President Samuelson at the University Conference for receiving the President's Appreciation Award.   We want to congratulate Bonnie for receiving this award and …

Above the Law ran a story today involving BYU Law.  Don't worry, don't worry.  While finding your law school's name on the pages of ATL is usually the cause for some embarrassment, this …

Classes have started and On Campus Interviews have as well.  Every year interviews seem to get earlier and earlier.  Most, if not all, of the OCIs take place in the library's study rooms, …

A new semester is about to begin, so it's time to take a look at changes in legal research.  The biggest change is the new version of LexisNexis that our students and faculty …

Orientation has officially begun and the Law Library wants to take part in welcoming the class of 2014.  We've met a few of you and we look forward to meeting all of you …

One of the things we've added this summer is new scanners.  There are two near the reference desk on the main floor and another one near the reference desk on the 3d floor.  …