18 August 2020
Using Quimbee to Ace Your Law School Classes
Do you need help with your finals? Or maybe just a little extra clarification on a difficult case? Quimbee can help! Quimbee is a site that you will have free access to while …
09 June 2020
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29 January 2020
Bar Application Resources
'Tis the season for Bar applications. Did you know that the BYU Law Library has a few resources to help you out? There are several notaries in the BYU Law Library that offer …
22 November 2019
What’s in the Basement?
Have you ever wondered what’s on the first floor of the law library? Have you ever gone down there and been creeped out by the eerie silence and total lack of sunshine? Do …
13 September 2018
SCOTUS Oral Arguments
In Professor Barclay's introduction of yesterday's Law Forum speaker, Professor Douglas Laycock, she mentioned his oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court in Holt v. Hobbs. If you're interested, you can listen to …
01 February 2017
History of Supreme Court Nominations
By now everyone knows that Judge Neil Gorsuch has been nominated to the United States Supreme Court. In thinking about what comes next, I thought I'd point out a great source from HeinOnline …
21 April 2016
Treatises on Lexis
Often one of the best places to start legal research is with a legal treatise. This is especially true for law students who have less experience in the law and need to get …
19 April 2016
Summer Research Access
One of the questions we often get from students is whether they can access resources like Westlaw and Lexis during their jobs and externships over the summer. The answer depends on the restrictions …
13 April 2015
Finals Help
We do our best to help our students out during finals time. Here are some resources and services we hope will make this time a little less stressful. Sample Exams – The Law …
10 November 2014
Rex Lee and Oyez
Attendees of the Rex E. Lee Moot Court Competition Finals were encouraged to listen to the Supreme Court oral arguments of great Supreme Court advocates like Rex Lee, Paul Clement, and Seth Waxman …
21 July 2014
Foreign and Int’l Law Research
While most legal research classes naturally focus on researching the law of the United States, there is a large body of foreign and international law research that most students aren't exposed to. Foreign …
13 June 2014
Tax Research
Researching tax law can be tough. We're lucky enough here to have a law librarian, Dennis Sears, who is a tax research expert. To help tax law researchers, Prof. Sears has created and …
07 November 2013
Flash Cards
While it's hard to believe, November is here (and has been for almost a week!). Unfortunately, November in law school means finals are around the corner. Here in the Law Library we do …
10 January 2013
Congress and the Courts
The Law Library recently added a new HeinOnline library - Congress and the Courts. This library provides access to legislative materials dealing with the composition and structure of Article III courts. If you're …
24 May 2012
Library Catalog Enhancements
The Law Library catalog is the place to go to find books (both print and electronic) in our collection. Recently a few more features were added to the catalog to make it more …
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 …
