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12 November 2015
Goodbye Loislaw… Hello Fastcase!
Loislaw will no longer be accessible after November 30, 2015. Fastcase has partnered with Wolters Kluwer to help provide former Loislaw users with a new research platform. This transition will be an easy one for …
14 April 2015
Celebrate National Library Week
“Unlimited Possibilities @ Your Library” Honorary Chair of National Library Week 2015: Best-selling author David Baldacci Events Monday April 13: 2015 State of America’s Libraries Report released Tuesday, April 14: National Library Workers …
27 February 2015
BYU Law #38 in Alums to Partners
BYU Law School was recently ranked #38 in the National Law Journal's ranking of associates promoted to partner in 2014 (BYU Law School affiliation required for this link). These rankings were part of …
16 December 2014
Y Mountain and the Law
A bill that allows the sale of land near the Y to BYU passed Congress recently and is now headed to the President's desk. Congress Passes Bill that Allows BYU to Purchase Y …
19 March 2014
Jimmer and the Law
As the NCAA tournament rolls around I'm always reminded of a 2012 D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals case in which Judge Thomas B. Griffith cited a YouTube video of Jimmer Fredette's performance against …
11 September 2013
Acquisition Agreements MOOC
You may or may not have heard of a MOOC before, but that may not last long. The National Law Journal reports (registration required) that MOOCS - massive open online courses - are …
25 February 2013
Sequestration Explained
First it was the "fiscal cliff," now "sequestration" is the buzzword of the hour surrounding Congress and the President. If you're not yet up to speed on sequestration, the Congressional Research Service's Report, …
12 February 2013
Supreme Court Challenge
Think your SCOTUS-prediction skills are top notch? Put them to the test in Bloomberg Law/SCOTUSblog's Supreme Court Challenge. The competition features teams of law students predicting the outcomes of six merits cases and …
01 October 2012
October’s First Monday
Until I came to law school I never realized that the first Monday in October was any different than other Mondays--October or otherwise. But, I quickly learned that the first Monday in October …
15 August 2012
Welcome Class of 2015!
It's the first day of orientation and we want to welcome our new 1Ls and LLMs. We're excited that you're here and we look forward to getting to know you and work with …
09 July 2012
Mandatory e-Filing in Utah
The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the Utah Judicial Council recently approved a new rule that requires mandatory electronic filing in all Utah state civil cases beginning April 1, 2013. The new rule, …
08 May 2012
Y Mountain Trail in Congress
On April 24 Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz introduced a bill to the House of Representatives (H.R. 4484) that would enact the `Y Mountain Access Enhancement Act'. Under this law the federal government would …
27 March 2012
Religious Freedom Student Writing Competition
Law students interested in religious freedom may be interested in the Religious Freedom Student Writing Competition being sponsored by the Washington, D.C. Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society and the …
23 March 2012
BYU Law on Least Debt List
The U.S. News and World Report has released a list of 10 Law Schools that Lead to the Least Debt and BYU Law is a member of the club. The article accompanying the …
19 September 2011
Real Cougar
BYU Law gets a shoutout by alum Steve Young in this new BYU commercial (which also contains the obligatory swipe at lawyers).
15 September 2011
Chief Justice Durham and Constitution Day
Saturday, September 17 is Constitution Day, which celebrates the signing of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787. To celebrate Constitution Day, BYU will be hosting the Chief Justice of the Utah Supreme …
28 July 2011
Drexel Law Library
Every summer many of the law librarians from BYU attend a conference put on by the American Association of Law Libraries. This year the conference was in Philadelphia and it was my first time visiting that …
