12 January 2012
Need a Paper Topic?
Finding a good topic to write about can often be a frustrating part of the writing process. To help, the Litigation Section of the Utah Bar has developed a topic bank where members …
15 December 2011
SCOTUS Words
Today I was directed to an interesting new website (thanks @GtwonLawLib) that allows you to see the frequency of words and phrases used by the U.S. Supreme Court in its opinions between 1791 …
02 December 2011
Electronic Devices on Airplanes and e-CFR
Everyone who's flown is familiar with the announcement to shut down portable electronic devices for take-0ff and landing. I was recently directed to an article in the New York Times (thanks to Above …
22 November 2011
18 November 2011
Finals Help
The 1Ls are putting the final touches on their memos and Thanksgiving is around the corner. That, of course, means it's time to start thinking about finals. Here in the library we feel …
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 …
26 October 2011
Safety Inspection and Free Utah Code
Every time I receive my car registration renewal in the mail I have two thoughts. First, "has it really been a whole year already." And second, "Please don't make me do Safety and …
20 October 2011
Library Catalog Changes
Recently there were a few changes to the library catalog that we wanted you to be aware of. The library catalog is a great place to find print as well as electronic resources …
22 August 2011
Interviews and Research
Classes have started and On Campus Interviews have as well. Every year interviews seem to get earlier and earlier. Most, if not all, of the OCIs take place in the library's study rooms, …
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 …
09 August 2011
Title 51
One of the facts about the United States Code that you may or may not remember from your legal research class is that it has 50 titles. That's a fact that's been repeated to law students …
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 …
01 August 2011
New U.S. Code Site
Last week, Robert Ambrogi reported that the Office of Law Revision Council, who has responsiblity for preparing and publishing the U.S. Code, recently released a new official site for the U.S. Code. The site is currently in …
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 …
13 July 2011
Subject Guides
There is so much information out there (legal and otherwise) that it's nice to get some tips on where to start. That's where librarians come in. Here at the BYU law library, we …
05 July 2011
Crime Statistics
One of the great things about being a law librarian is discovering new and useful information. Recently, while researching some criminal law and procedure issues, I came across the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports. The …
24 June 2011
Vendor-neutral Citation
I can't say I love legal citation. I understand why we have it and it's useful to me when I want to look up what's being cited, but some of the rules frustrate …
