08 November 2011
The Utah Law of Trusts & Estates
Some of the most useful legal research resources are legal treatises. If you can find a good one on your topic you can save a lot of research time. Unfortunately for us, there …
02 November 2011
Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
Students and faculty at BYU Law have a number of international connections. Because of that, interest in foreign law is quite high. One resource you'll want to know about if you need secondary …
05 October 2011
Lexis Advance Beta Info
All BYU law students and faculty should now have access to Lexis Advance Beta. I blogged about Lexis Advance near the start of school, but now that you have your hands on it …
22 September 2011
CaseMap
One of the most important things about legal research is taking notes and staying organized. It really doesn't matter how you do it, the important thing is that you get it done. Legal …
07 September 2011
Free Federal Rules eBooks
CALI and the Legal Information Institute (LII) at Cornell Law School have recently announced that they are making the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, and Evidence freely available as ebooks. The …
06 September 2011
1L Westlaw and Lexis Trainings
It's nice to have everyone back after our lack-of-power induced holiday on Friday and Labor day yesterday. We hope you're getting back to normal. This week the library is hosting 1L training on …
19 August 2011
Lexis Advance
A new semester is about to begin, so it's time to take a look at changes in legal research. The biggest change is the new version of LexisNexis that our students and faculty …
11 August 2011
CALI Upgrades
Any of you who have run CALI lessons have learned that they can be quite useful for learning or reviewing subjects for your classes. The Law Library's subscription to CALI …
03 August 2011
Debt Ceiling Bill and GPO
After all the discussion and debate, a debt ceiling deal was finally reached earlier this week. The bill passed into law is known as the Budget Control Act of 2011. It's useful to note …
20 July 2011
History of International Law
HeinOnline is one of our favorite resources here in the law library. Most law students know it as the place to get pdf versions of law reviews and journals, but it's much more than …
09 June 2011
WestlawNext Folder Sharing
One of the nice additions to WestlawNext is the ability to save your research in folders. WestlawNext has recently added the ability to share those research folders with other WestlawNext users. Research is often a …
04 May 2011
50 State Surveys
One of the most daunting and painful research projects asked of research assistants is the 50 state survey. In short, this requires you to find the law on a particular topic in all …
28 April 2011
19 April 2011
Alternatives to Westlaw/Lexis
My last post laid out Westlaw and Lexis policies for summer access for law students. There may be times during the summer where you won't qualify for student access and you may be looking for some free sources …
14 April 2011
Westlaw, Lexis Summer 2011 Access
Contrary to popular belief, Westlaw and LexisNexis are not free in law school. The Law Library pays annual subscription fees so that students can access these services. Because Westlaw and Lexis want your business, …
01 April 2011
Printing on WestlawNext
The long-awaited day of printing from WestlawNext to the standalone Westlaw printers is finally here. In any document, you can find the print icon in the drop-down list underneath the email or download button. …
31 March 2011
Understanding WestlawNext
By now most of you have been exposed to WestlawNext and many of you are using it frequently. I recently wrote a short column for Student Lawyer magazine that may help you understand a …
23 February 2011
Congressional Hearings Access
In September, Stephen Colbert made news when he testified at a Congressional Hearing about farm laborers. While that hearing may not be something you'll need to find for a legal research project some day, there …
