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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

AudioCaseFiles

If there's one thing you do a lot in law school it's read.  We've had one week of school and you've probably read (or at least have been assigned to read) several hundred …

Getting Ready for Finals

I can't believe it's April again.  Crazy.  And, unfortunately for students, April and law school--at least BYU Law School--mean finals.  The law librarians here know what it's like to take law school finals and …

New Semester Resources

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a great break and recharged their batteries for the new semester. I thought I'd start off the year by plugging a few of our resources that many …

CDs – Finals Prep

In addition to print study aids, the law library also has a collection of CDs and audio tapes that may help you brush up before finals. Searching the library catalog for "sound recording" …