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 This library has superseded statutes for …
18 April 2013
Westlaw Printers
As we announced earlier this school year, Westlaw will be removing its printers this summer. We're still figuring out an exact date, but it will be around June 30. We wanted to give …
10 April 2013
Lexis/Westlaw/Bloomberg Summer Access
The last legal research classes of the semester will be held today. While that's likely welcome news for many, it means that the next research you'll do is for your jobs and externships …
01 April 2013
Google Scholar Legal Docs
Since it came out a few years back, Google Scholar Legal Documents has been a welcome addition to legal research (especially as a free resource). One attorney who was in the library the …
21 March 2013
Bloomberg Law
As we get closer to summer, it's time to start thinking about the jobs/externships you'll be doing once school is out. One thing you're guaranteed to be doing is legal research. I recently …
14 March 2013
Judge Matheson’s Visit
BYU Law was pleased to host Judge Scott Matheson, Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit yesterday as its Jurist in Residence. His noon address gave us some …
11 March 2013
U.S. Statistics
If you're looking for statistics from the United States the Statistical Abstract has always been a great place to go. Since 1878 the Statistical Abstract was published annually by the government and contained …
07 March 2013
Lexis Advance This Summer
Lexis has just announced that law students will have unlimited access to Lexis Advance this summer. That means you can use Lexis Advance for any type of legal work you will be doing …
04 March 2013
Job Search Help
The Law Library provides its students with a number of resources to help with your job search. Many of these resources are legal directories that provide contact information for legal employers, particularly courts …
30 January 2013
Picking Paper Topics
About this time of year we begin getting requests for help developing topics for papers. While we have several different resources that can be helpful, one that I like to show first is …
24 January 2013
Unpublished Hearings
The word "unpublished" can often be misleading in today's legal research environment. These days documents that are "unpublished" are now often published even though we still call them "unpublished." Confusing, I know. Take …
22 January 2013
History of SCOTUS Nominations
Nominations to the Supreme Court of the United States are always a hot topic - especially in law school. With President Obama's reelection and the recent inauguration, the topic of potential SCOTUS picks …
15 January 2013
Congressional Bills, 1789-2013
From grade school we learn about bills and how they become law. Some bills die, some are amended, some become law. No matter what happens, bills are an essential part of the legislative …
29 November 2012
The Fiscal Cliff and CRS Reports
After hearing repeatedly about the "Fiscal Cliff" there comes a time when you may want more detailed information than what the news is providing. The Law Librarian Blog recently linked to a CRS …
