14 April 2009
Utah House Working Bills
13 April 2009
Obama Taps EchoHawk
President Obama announced Friday his intent to nominate Professor Larry EchoHawk as Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs in the Department of the Interior. As a student I took classes in Criminal Procedure and …
09 April 2009
Westlaw, Lexis Summer Access”
Several of you have asked about summer access to Westlaw and LexisNexis. Westlaw and Lexis both have restrictions on the use of their products during the summer. If you do qualify to use …
06 April 2009
Help With Finals
Winter semester always seems to fly by. Unfortunately, that means finals are around the corner. In the spirit of one of my favorite movies, "Field of Dreams," the Law Library hopes we can …
02 April 2009
The Highest Court’s Court
As a big basketball fan I enjoyed a Salt Lake Tribune article published a few days ago. "Playing Ball An Experience at the Highest Court" discusses the Supreme Court gym, which is located …
31 March 2009
Extended Library Hours
Yesterday the Law Library began its Final Exam study schedule. The Library will be open until 1am Monday through Friday. We hope this semesterly (word?) service helps you in your finals preparation.
30 March 2009
Law School Awards
Last Wednesday the Law School hosted its Annual Awards Banquet and Barristers' Ball. While I was unable to attend, I was told that it was a great evening. I have scanned the program …
27 March 2009
Congrats Curt!
The Law Library's very own Curt Conklin is the recipient of the 2009 Renee D. Chapman Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions in Technical Services Law Librarianship. This award is given by the Technical …
26 March 2009
Zotero
Organizing your research can often be a complicated process - but a very important one. One tool I particularly like for organizing my research is Zotero. Zotero is a free Firefox extension that …
18 March 2009
CasemakerX and 2.1
CasemakerX is a social networking tool meant to connect law students and legal professionals. (Read more about it here.) In addition, students who register for CasemakerX get access to Casemaker 2.1. Casemaker 2.1 …
16 March 2009
Truth and Consequences
Professor Frederick Mark Gedicks has recently posted his newest working paper, Truth and Consequences: Mitt Romney, Proposition 8, and Public Reason, to SSRN. Read the abstract and download the paper here. More of …
13 March 2009
Flat Screens
As you may have noticed, the Law Library has recently installed flat screen monitors in 7 library study rooms - 361, 362, 363, 364, 398, 274H, and 274B. These monitors can be used …
09 March 2009
Rex Lee Run
The Law School fondly remembers its founding dean Rex E. Lee. (Here's just one article by Richard Wilkins.) I am always amazed at the stories I hear about Rex Lee when anyone speaks …
05 March 2009
Don’t Forget CALI
Feeling like you're a little behind in some of your classes? (Winter semester can do that to you.) Make sure you take advantage of one of the more popular resources the Law Library …
03 March 2009
Oral Arguments
The 1L briefs are in and now it's time to turn our attention to oral argument. Some of the best preparation for oral argument is listening to excellent advocates perform arguments. A great …
26 February 2009
Scanner with Document Feeder
Allow me to introduce you to our new scanner with document feeder in the 3rd floor copy room. Here's an email that went out from our Director, Kory Staheli: "As many of you …
24 February 2009
MP3 Casebook Opinions
In August 2008 I blogged about Audio CaseFiles, an exciting new product that the library had just purchased. Audio CaseFiles offers MP3 files of more than 1,000 cases commonly read in law school. …
20 February 2009