Shawn Nevers

Yesterday the Law School was pleased to host Hannah Clayson Smith as she delivered the Honored Alumni Lecture.  Her lecture focused on religious freedom and her work with the Becket Fund for Religious …

Law students and lawyers read a lot.  First years are experiencing that fact for the first time this week.  We hope it's going well.  While reading in law school isn't going to go …

There are a number of printing and scanning options in the library.  The library is home to 3 of the 4 co-op printers.  One is in the basement and another is on the …

As students arrive back at the Law Library this week and next you will undoubtedly notice some changes to the 3rd floor of the library.  The entrance to the library on the third …

The Howard W. Hunter Law Library would like to welcome the class of 2016 as they arrive for their first day of orientation today.  We look forward to working with you over these …

As summer comes to an end it's time for us to get you caught back up on what you missed while you've been away.  One of the things we announced early on in …

The Law Library has recently subscribed to the Parker School of Foreign & Comparative Law Collection on HeinOnline.  This collection features a number of works on foreign and comparative law, including American-German Private …

Professor Fred Gedicks' latest article, Incorporation of the Establishment Clause Against the States: A Logical, Textual, and Historical Account, was recently published in the Indiana Law Journal.  For more of Professor Gedicks' articles, take …

A few weeks ago I was doing some legislative history research in the 1868 Congressional Globe - the precursor to today's Congressional Record - and ran across this little exchange, which I found …

Last Saturday, July 6, marked the 6 year anniversary of this blog.  Six is a lot in blog years.  Over those 6 years we've tried to provide information that would be helpful to …

As we've mentioned before, Westlaw has decided to discontinue student printing and remove its Westlaw printers from the law school.  While we do not yet have a specific date for their removal, it …

Since Lexis Advance debuted, Lexis users have had separate passwords for Lexis.com and Lexis Advance--which has been a pain.  In order to move to a one-password system, Lexis deactivated all Lexis.com passwords last …

The Law Library has recently subscribed to Westlaw China, Westlaw's online legal database of Chinese law.  Westlaw China contains comprehensive laws, regulations, and cases, as well as selected model contracts and legal journals.  …

A few weeks ago I wrote about one of my favorite government websites - regulations.gov.  Another one of my favorites also has to do with regulations - federalregister.gov.  This government website contains an …

A number of BYU Law faculty have posted new articles to SSRN in the last few months.  It's been a busy spring, so I haven't gotten around to writing about them yet.  Here's …

As students head out to work this summer we see fewer and fewer around the library.  But, that doesn't mean we're not busy helping with research.  In fact, as students start getting research …

A few weeks back I saw a Deseret News article that caught my eye for a couple of reasons.  First, I'm a parent and the article reported on a request for comments by …