07 January 2014
Paper Topics
Welcome back! It's a new year and a fresh start. I had a question at the reference desk yesterday about where to look for topics for research papers. This is a great question …
17 October 2013
Legal Research From The Bar
We talk a lot about Westlaw and Lexis in our legal research classes, but there are a number of other low-cost/free legal research resources that law students and attorneys should be aware of. …
30 September 2013
Downloading on HeinOnline
I noticed the other day that HeinOnline changed their printer icon for a download icon. This makes a lot of sense because the articles always had to be downloaded first before you could …
25 September 2013
Encyclopedia of Public International Law
If you're interested in learning more about public international law, the library's subscription to the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law is a great place to start. With over 1600 peer-reviewed articles …
24 September 2013
BYU Law Review Archive
The Brigham Young University Law Review and the Howard W. Hunter Law Library have recently partnered to provide full-text access to all issues of the Law Review back to its inception in 1975. …
16 September 2013
Annotations in WestlawNext
In our first year legal research class, we've recently discussed statutory research. An annotated code is an extremely useful tool when doing statutory research because it provides references to cases and secondary sources …
05 September 2013
Immigration Law & Policy
Immigration law and policy is always a hot topic in the U.S. In order to provide additional resources for research in the area of immigration law and policy, the law library has recently …
30 August 2013
Hosanna-Tabor Oral Argument
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 …
29 August 2013
Audio Cases
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 …
14 August 2013
Foreign & Comparative Law Collection
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 …
08 August 2013
Opposition to Working Late
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 …
26 June 2013
Farewell Westlaw Printers
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 …
24 June 2013
Lexis.com Passwords Deactivated
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 …
17 June 2013
Westlaw China
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. …
06 June 2013
Federal Register 2.0
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 …
21 May 2013
Finding Treatises on Lexis Advance
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 …
16 May 2013
FCC’s Indecency Policy
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 …
01 May 2013
Historical State Statutes
HeinOnline is a great place to go for historical legal materials. Hein has recently added to its impressive collection by making available State Statutes: A Historical Archive. This library has superseded statutes for …
