25 November 2014
The Restatement of Torts was a prominent part of one of the oral arguments when the Utah Supreme Court visited the Law School a few weeks ago. Restatements are influential secondary sources that are painstakingly created by the American Law Institute. (For …
13 November 2014
Earlier this year the BYU Law Library entered into an agreement to provide BYU Law Alums with access to HeinOnline's law journal database. This database contains PDF versions of over 1,900 law reviews and journals, with coverage of each beginning with the …
10 November 2014
Attendees of the Rex E. Lee Moot Court Competition Finals were encouraged to listen to the Supreme Court oral arguments of great Supreme Court advocates like Rex Lee, Paul Clement, and Seth Waxman to help develop their advocacy skills. Supreme Court oral …
06 November 2014
The Law School is lucky to have had the Utah Supreme Court with us this morning to hear arguments in two cases. In the first case one of the attorneys referenced XChange and I wanted to make sure our students were familiar …
05 November 2014
The Law Library is pleased to announce the latest addition to our electronic collection, HeinOnline's World Treaty Library. This new library allows users to search across all the major treaties in the world in one place. Treaties in this library cover from …
29 October 2014
Earlier this year the Law Library entered into an agreement with the New York Times to provide its faculty, staff, and students with access to the New York Times website and smartphone app. That means the BYU Law community can avoid the …
03 October 2014
We are happy to announce a new Law Library blog named "Binding the Law". New Faculty Services Librarian William Gaskill will be reading and posting summaries of the published opinions issued by the United States Supreme Court, 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, …
22 September 2014
When WestlawNext originally launched a number of years ago, I found it interesting that Topics and Key Numbers were less visible than they had been in Westlaw Classic. It's not that Topics and Key Numbers were gone--in fact, I would say they …
17 September 2014
September 17 is Constitution Day, a day we celebrate the signing of the Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787 in Philadelphia. As a researcher, I'm drawn to thinking about the history and the sources surrounding important documents like the Constitution. If you're ever …
10 September 2014
Researchers deal with a consistent problem these days - legal information overload. The sheer amount of legal information can be overwhelming, especially for new researchers. While the abundance of legal information isn't going away, researchers can develop skills and techniques to effectively …
27 August 2014
As many of you know, the library's room 275/76 was one of several areas under construction this summer. Room 275/76 was originally the library's computer lab, but as laptops become common the space was better used as a classroom. Over the last …
19 August 2014
The Law Library is happy to welcome the class of 2017 to the law school! We're excited that you're here with us and want you to know that we're here to help you throughout your legal education. In addition to the study …
18 August 2014
Today we're happy to announce the launch of our new website! A lot of hard work has gone into the new design, especially by our webmaster Laurie Urquiaga. Please test it out and let us know if there's anything you find that …
14 August 2014
Tomorrow we say goodbye to our wonderful faculty services librarian, Galen Fletcher. Galen has been a fantastic colleague and someone whom our faculty, students, and all of us in the library have come to rely on for research and library support. Galen …
13 August 2014
Lexis is currently working on an update to Lexis Advance that will bring some big changes to how the interface looks and add some nice improvements. Unfortunately, the new release won't be available until September (which will make things a bit tricky …
04 August 2014
CALI ("The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction") has recently released a revamped version of its website (along with a whole new color scheme). CALI still offers its great interactive tutorials that are excellent for students trying to master their classes. They are …
21 July 2014
While most legal research classes naturally focus on researching the law of the United States, there is a large body of foreign and international law research that most students aren't exposed to. Foreign and international law research can be quite challenging and …
26 June 2014
When customers speak, Hein listens and acts--quickly. I recently received an email from HeinOnline's Vice President of Production Development, Shane Marmion, addressing some of the concerns I raised in a recent blog post regarding searching in HeinOnline. He said that Hein had …
