22 February 2010
BYU Law Ranked 34th
BYU Law was ranked 34th in this year's Go-To Law School List by The National Law Journal. The Go-To Law School List ranks law schools by percentage of 2009 J.D. graduates who were …
19 February 2010
LegalTrac
Have you ever been frustrated by too much information when searching legal journals on Westlaw and Lexis? Full-text searching is wonderful, but at times it can be a bit overwhelming. Especially when you …
17 February 2010
Worse than Exemption
Professor null has recently posted one of his recent articles, Worse than Exemption, on SSRN. Co-authored with Robert J. Peroni and Stephen E. Shay, this article was published in the Emory Law Journal …
10 February 2010
HeinOnline Proximity Searching
HeinOnline recently made its proximity searching much more user friendly. Now when users run a search in the Field Search screen they can select if they want their terms to be "within 5," …
03 February 2010
Google Legal Research
Most of you are aware that Google Scholar added legal opinions late last year. So far I've found it to be quite good. Add in the fact that it's free, and it's definitely …
02 February 2010
Dominguez on Affirmative Action
Professor David Dominguez's article Legal Education and the Ecology of Cultural Justice: How Affirmative Action Can Become Race-Neutral by 2028 has recently been published in the Oregon Law Review.
29 January 2010
Fastcase iPhone App
Earlier this week Robert Ambrogi previewed the new Fastcase iPhone App. Now available for free from the App Store, the Fastcase App is the largest free law library on the iPhone. For those …
26 January 2010
Chat with a Law Librarian
The Hunter Law Library is pleased to announce its new Chat Reference service available to current BYU law students and faculty. In addition to the reference service we currently offer (null at the …
21 January 2010
Prof. Sun on Haiti
Professor Lisa Grow Sun's recent blog post on Concurring Opinions examines the lessons Haiti can draw from Hurricane Katrina.
14 January 2010
Disaster Law and Policy
Professor Lisa Grow Sun has recently co-authored the second edition of the disaster law textbook Disaster Law and Policy. Professor Sun's co-authors are Professors Daniel A. Farber, Jim Chen, and Robert Verchick. Professor …
13 January 2010
SCOTUSblog
Whether you're a Supreme Court junkie or just interested in following one particular Supreme Court case there are few resources better than SCOTUSblog. With timely commentary and analysis on the cases and cert. …
12 January 2010
Prof. Smith Essay
Professor Gordon Smith has recently posted his essay, Legal Precursors of Transaction Cost Economics, to SSRN. For all of Prof. Smith's articles and essays on SSRN, click here.
07 December 2009
UT Supreme Court
Today the Deseret News has a brief article about the history of the Utah Supreme Court. The article contains a link to a gallery of photographs of the court and its justices throughout …
03 December 2009
Prof. Gedicks Papers
Professor Fred Gedicks has posted two new articles to SSRN. The first, The Recurring Paradox of Groups in the Liberal State, will be published in the Utah Law Review. The second, American Civil …
30 November 2009
Bar Journals
The Law Library's HeinOnline subscription now contains a collection of 55 Bar Journals that may be useful to you in your research. Like other HeinOnline content, the Bar Journal content contains scanned .pdf …
18 November 2009
Prof. Preston Article
Professor Cheryl Preston has recently published her article "All Knowledge is Not Equal: Facilitating Children's Access to Knowledge by Making the Internet Safer" in the International Journal of Communications Law and Policy. She …
17 November 2009
Google Scholar & the Law
The legal research blogosphere was full of discussion today about Google Scholar's addition of free legal content. Here's the announcement from the Google Blog. When you head to Google Scholar you'll notice you …
13 November 2009
Pres. Hunter Birthday
Tomorrow, November 14, we celebrate the birthday of Howard W. Hunter for whom the Law Library was named. After having a distinguished career as an attorney in California, President Hunter served in the …
