16 December 2008
Oct., Nov. Books”
10 December 2008
Learned Foote
If you're looking for a finals study break, check out this post from the Wall Street Journal Law Blog: Knowing Your Learned Foote From Your Learned Hand.
04 December 2008
ALR back on Lexis
LexisNexis has brought back the American Law Reports after dropping them last January. You can find them by clicking on "view more sources" under the "Secondary Legal" tab on the main Lexis search …
03 December 2008
Proximity Searching and HeinOnline
In my legal research class today we talked some about proximity searching. Proximity searching is an important tool when conducting electronic legal research. Lexis and Westlaw have fairly intuitive proximity connectors (trespass /s …
02 December 2008
Prof. Tarkington on Attorney Speech
Professor Margaret Tarkington has recently posted her article, "The Truth Be Damned: The First Amendment, Attorney Speech, and Judicial Reputation," on SSRN. Read the abstract and download the article here. Professor Tarkington's article …
01 December 2008
Finals Prep: Extended Hours
December is here. In our last installment of Finals Prep we wanted to let you know that beginning today the library will be open until 1am (Sat. closing time remains at 11pm) until …
21 November 2008
Finals Prep: Group Study Rooms
The law library has 16 group study rooms available for law student use. These study rooms are quite popular during finals time, so sign up early. You can sign up null. Don't forget …
19 November 2008
Finals Prep: 4th Floor Reading Room
For those of you trying to study, we realize that at times the carrel area can get a bit noisy. If you're looking for a quiet place to study for finals, try the …
17 November 2008
‘Eats, Shoots & Leaves’ Author Tomorrow”
Tomorrow BYU will welcome Lynne Truss, author of "Eats, Shoots & Leaves," as the University Forum speaker. Her address is titled "Is This the End of Literacy?" A few years back I read …
14 November 2008
Howard W. Hunter Birthday
Today is the anniversary of the birth of President Howard W. Hunter, for whom this library is named. President Hunter was born in 1907 and died in 1995. Last year we celebrated the …
13 November 2008
Finals Prep: Sample Exams
The Library has got you covered when it comes to final exams. (See recent posts on finals prep resources available from the library here, here, and here.) Something that helped me the most …
12 November 2008
Finals Prep: Study Aids
Here are some more finals prep tips. (See previous posts about CDs and CALI.) The Law Library has a lot of print materials that you may find quite useful. First, you may want …
10 November 2008
Finals Prep: CALI
It's time for another installment of finals prep with the library. Last week I blogged about CDs that could be helpful in your studying. Today I want to talk about an online resource …
07 November 2008
Prof. Goldsmith in Newsweek, NY Times”
Professor Michael Goldsmith's article "Batting for the Cure" was recently published in Newsweek. The article is a call for Major League Baseball to assist in fundraising efforts to find a cure for Lou …
06 November 2008
Winter Classes to Consider
Winter registration has begun and if you're anything like I was you're probably tinkering with your schedule on a regular basis. If that's the case (or even if it's not) I wanted to …
04 November 2008
Family Friendly Library
The Law Library's accomodations for law students with children were recently discussed in a Daily Universe article.
03 November 2008
Prize Winners
Congratulations to Robert Winn (4GB iPod), McKenzie Armstrong ($50 BYU Bookstore gift card), and Matt Hall ($20 BYU Bookstore gift card), winners of the Law Library survery drawing! See a picture of the …
03 November 2008