14 February 2012
Supreme Court Haiku
One of the things Valentine's Day makes me think of is poetry. That probably comes from the fact that my mom used to write us poems for Valentine's Day. The only poetry I …
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 …
20 December 2011
Legal Writing Awards
Every year The Green Bag: An Entertaining Journal of Law, gives out awards for the best legal writing of the year. The 2011 awards have just been released and the Blog of Legal …
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 …
08 December 2011
Finals Break – Best of Police Beat
If you need a break from finals you should check out the Daily Universe's Fall edition of Best of Police Beat. You may even learn a thing or two about criminal law. We …
06 December 2011
Finals Advice
Finals start today. You can feel it. We wish you all the best of luck. I'm sure you've gotten lots of advice on taking finals, but here are a few more bits of …
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 …
25 October 2011
Bluebook Videos
Learning Bluebook is a pain. There's just no hiding that fact. Luckily, the Elon Law Library has some Bluebook tutorial videos that may help. This is a work in progress and many of …
04 October 2011
First Monday
The Supreme Court began its Oct. 2011 term yesterday on the first Monday in October. I recently blogged about my favorite Supreme Court resource, SCOTUSblog, but thought the start of the new term …
26 September 2011
SCOTUSblog Redesign
Recently the popular and extremely useful Supreme Court blog, SCOTUSblog, received some new enhancements as well as a new look. More details are available in this post from SCOTUSblog publisher and creator Tom …
09 September 2011
Patent Reform Legislation
Every year we have a number of law students enter law school who are here to become patent attorneys. For those of you in that category, take note that your future world shifted …
12 August 2011
Hunter’s Query’s New Look
After being in existence for a little more than 3 years now, we've decided to give this blog a new look. (Aside: 3 years?! That makes me feel old.) We hope you like …
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 …
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 …
30 June 2011
SCOTUS Stats
If you weren't one already, law school has a way of turning students into Supreme Court watchers. Now that the most recent term is over, SCOTUSblog (which all law students should become familiar with) …
21 March 2011
State Secrets
If you're interested in researching the state secrets privilege, you may be interested in a new State Secrets Archive from the Georgetown Law School. The archive has case law, litigation documents, executive branch materials, news …
02 March 2011
Best Buy Law Schools
BYU Law School was recently mentioned in a National Law Journal article on best buy law schools: "The cheapest [school] was Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School, which charged $19,960. It was …
28 February 2011
U.S. Citizenship Test
I thought this was an interesting article via Slate on the U.S. Citizenship test and some of its incorrect answers. The Problem with Question 36: Why are so many of the answers on …
