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Enter Your Legal History Paper in the Morris L. Cohen Student Essay Competition

If you have written a paper related to legal history, or are writing a paper this semester, consider submitting it to the 12th annual Morris L. Cohen Student Essay Competition! The Legal History and Rare Books Section of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) …

by Iantha Haight

21 March 2022

  General News
  competitions | legal history

Using Scholarly Encyclopedias and Handbooks as Research Tools

Legal encyclopedias don't always seem like the most helpful research tools for academic legal writing. American Jurisprudence (Am. Jur.) and Corpus Juris Secundum (CJS) provide solid background information, but often that information is too basic and we need to dig into a treatise, American Law …

by Iantha Haight

11 March 2022

  Electronic Resources
  international law | research

Try PowerNotes When You Research

PowerNotes is a new-ish company that helps you take notes easily while doing online research and keep those notes organized. What sets them apart from other companies is that it was started by a law school grad. This means PowerNotes works hard to integrate well …

by Annalee Hickman Pierson

07 March 2022

  Buried Treasures, Electronic Resources, Faculty Interest, Research Tips

Free Download: Legal Tech Dictionary from Wolters Kluwer

Jared Correia, CEO of Red Cave Consulting and legal tech writer at Above the Law, has put together a dictionary of legal tech words that every lawyer should know. The dictionary is a light and sometimes funny take on legal tech terms that still manages …

by Iantha Haight

04 March 2022

  Website Recommendations
  Legal Technology

Sign Up for the Immigration Clinic & Practice Prep Workshop

On Thursday, March 17th at 11am the Library will present Immigration Clinic & Practice Prep, a workshop focused on practical resources and tools for immigration law practice and service in the Community Law Clinic. The 30-minute session will be held in room 267. Takeaway boxed …

by Iantha Haight

03 March 2022

  Law Library News
  immigration law | library workshop

Entries for UniCourt’s API Legal Tech Competition Due March 31st

Have an idea that uses docket APIs to create a legal tech product or solve a problem? Docket and legal analytics innovator UniCourt is holding their first ever Legal Innovation contest. Entering is easy--submit a one sentence summary that pitches your idea along with a …

by Iantha Haight

28 February 2022

  Electronic Resources, General News
  Legal Technology | competitions

Use Perma.cc Links in Your Articles

Law professors and law students should use Perma.cc links in their articles! And journal editors should encourage their authors to use Perma.cc links as well! What is a perma.cc link? Perma.cc links are free to make and allow you to save a snapshot of how a …

by Annalee Hickman Pierson

18 February 2022

  Buried Treasures, Electronic Resources, Faculty Interest, Research Tips

How to Use SSRN to Perform a Preemption Check

Doing a preemption check--a search for articles that have made the same argument or used the same thesis as your paper--is a critical first step when writing any academic paper that calls for original work. SSRN has many papers that are accessible before they are …

by Iantha Haight

16 February 2022

  Electronic Resources
  substantial writing

Get Free Student Access to iPad Trial Presentation Apps

LIT SUITE is set of litigation-focused apps designed to save attorney time in and out of the courtroom, and they are available to law students to try out for free! Exclusively for the iPad, the apps include: TrialPad, the OG LIT SUITE app, is a …

by Iantha Haight

11 February 2022

  Practice Materials
  litigation | Legal Technology

Participate in the Law School’s 3MT Competition!

BYU's 3MT (Three-Minute Thesis) Competition is a campus-wide contest with cash prizes in which students have three minutes to present their research projects. This is a great opportunity to practice presentation/oral advocacy skills in a low-stakes environment. Not a lot of preparation is required and …

by Iantha Haight

02 February 2022

  Law School News
  advocacy | competitions | research

Updating Dockets on Bloomberg Law

Bloomberg Law is a database that includes lots of useful resources but is best-known for its practical tools (e.g. practice area guides and manuals) and its court docket records, including access to court documents. It has all federal courts and some state court records. But …

by Annalee Hickman Pierson

01 February 2022

  Buried Treasures, Electronic Resources, Faculty Interest, Practice Materials, Research Tips

Justice Breyer and the Lost Cause

More than 120 people have clerked for Justice Stephen Breyer during his time at the Supreme Court, and many of them now among the ranks of elite appellate attorneys (Neal Katyal) and law school deans (Stanford, Virginia, Penn). Reuters spoke with some of his clerks …

by Iantha Haight

28 January 2022

  General News
  Supreme Court

Coming Soon: Workshops on Historical Legal Research and SEC Filings

We have two workshops coming up in early February on advanced legal topics. Please register if you're interested! Library Workshop: Historical Legal Research will be held on Thursday, February 3, 2022 from 11am-11:30am in Room 267. This session will focus on historical statutes, case law, …

by Iantha Haight

26 January 2022

  Law Library News
  library workshop | securities research | historical legal research

How to Become an Expert in Anything (Especially Fintech)

Paul Watkins presented fascinating advice at BYU Law’s Future of Law Forum yesterday on how to become an expert. Watkins has an impressive resume—he’s an attorney at Patomak Global Partners, the founder of the Office of Innovation at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the …

by Iantha Haight

20 January 2022

  Electronic Resources, Law School News
  fintech

New Resource: The Financial Times

The Financial Times is one of the world's premier resources for business and financial news and analysis. Based in London, FT focuses on the global economy but it also has extensive coverage of U.S. political and other general news. Reading about the U.S. from the …

by Iantha Haight

18 January 2022

  Electronic Resources
  newspapers

Am Law 50, 100, 200 and Law.com

Do you want to know what law firms are on the list of Am Law 50, 100, 200, etc.? Do you want more data about the Am Law 50, 100, 200, etc. lists? BYU Law students and faculty can get this information through the BYU …

by Annalee Hickman Pierson

12 January 2022

  Legal News, Buried Treasures, Electronic Resources, Faculty Interest, Research Tips

New Time for the Substantial Writing Workshop

The Library Workshop on researching and refining your substantial writing topic has been moved to 11 am on Thursday, January 20th. You can attend in-person in Room 267 or on Zoom. This will be a 30-minute presentation with time for questions afterward. Contact Iantha Haight …

by Iantha Haight

11 January 2022

  Law Library News
  substantial writing | library workshop

Substantial Writing Workshop on January 20th

The Library is hosting a 30-minute workshop on Thursday, January 20th at noon on researching and refining your substantial writing topic in Room 267 in the library. The workshop will also be available on Zoom. The Zoom link will go out in the Lawmailer. Librarians …

by Iantha Haight

06 January 2022

  Law Library News
  substantial writing | library workshop
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