The President of the United States uses Executive Orders to execute a wide variety of actions with regard to the internal operations and organization of the Federal Government as well as foreign and domestic policies. Historically, executive orders, especially those prior to …
United States Constitutional Law service is a comprehensive reference resource to help researchers understand the legal and political history of American constitutionalism. This collection contains an archive of both primary source materials and expert commentary that spans the colonial era and founding …
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 NLJ's 2015 Go-To Law Schools. More rankings involving BYU …
The Law Library has recently acquired access to EnergyWire, ClimateWire, Environment & Energy Daily ( E&E Daily), GreenWire and E&E News PM for the BYU Law School community. Each of these sources provide objective, timely and comprehensive information for tracking environmental and …
Immigration is one of the most significant hot button issues in the U.S. today as interested parties engage in heated debate regarding appropriate avenues of reform. The Law Library has recently acquired access to AILALink, a research database that provides dependable and …
Over the next few weeks, Westlaw is requiring all of its academic account users to change their Westlaw passwords. As of now, Westlaw does not have a specific date for our school, but when the time comes you will be prompted to create a …
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 Mountain
Believe it or not, December is here. That means finals are right around the corner. We do our best to help our students out during finals time. Here are some resources and services we hope will make this time a little less …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
