Thinking about a clerkship? I recommend it. You get to see good legal research and writing, sometimes BAD legal research and writing, and practice those skills themselves. Clerks learn what judges look for when ruling on a case or motion, discover what …
Don't miss the last FCIL Fall Seminar! This seminar will help you learn key resources for researching human rights treaties, conventions, protocols, and customary law. We will instruct you on how to navigate tribunal websites and how to use Oxford reports …
The law plays an important role in Harry Potter. There's crime. There's prison. There's bureaucracy. Those things could not exist without law. Most of the law in Harry Potter remains in the background, not explicitly mentioned. But sometimes the law comes up: …
Don't miss the FCIL Fall Seminar for this week! This seminar will help you learn how to navigate United Nations research tools, explore UN official documents, and gain hands-on experience with Eur-Lex, the European Union's legal database. Don't miss out on this …
Jus AI is your arbitration agent! Don't hesitate to uncover these insights that others will miss. Learn how Jus Mundi can give you an edge in moot court research, arbitration internships, and international law careers! Zoom Link Just in case it asks …
Don't miss the FCIL Fall Seminar for this week! This session will give an overview of UN research tools and will explore UN legal research in depth. Through this seminar you will learn how to navigate the UN official documents database and …
Are you taking a class on human rights or maybe thinking about researching a human rights topic for a paper? The resource you've been looking for is the Elgar Online ebook Essentials of Human Rights Collection! You can access these ebooks in …
Don't miss the FCIL Fall Seminar for this week! This session will dive into treaty research and related international legal documents. You'll gain hands-on experience with locating and interpreting treaties, international agreements, and diplomatic communications—key resources for anyone working with international law. …
All law students have access to the digital NY Times through the BYU Law Library. Right now you might be thinking, "I didn't know that! How do I access my account?" New law students should have received an email from the New …
"If you see something, save something." Perma.cc is now required by the new Bluebook 22nd edition, so let’s get you set up! Did you know that the BYU Law Library has an organization subscription on Perma.cc and can sponsor you an account …
Don't miss the FCIL Fall Seminar for this week! This workshop will provide a comprehensive overview of research techniques and resources for foreign legal research, covering civil law, mixed, and religious legal systems. Practical demonstrations will include searching JuriGlobe, Hein's Constitutions of …
Tired of studying at your carrel? Struggling to find a quiet spot free from distractions? Or maybe you just need a change of scenery to get your mind working again. The law library has several hidden and unique study areas that might …
Interested in global justice, human rights, or international litigation? You won’t want to miss the FCIL Fall Seminar Series, beginning on Friday, August 29, 2025. This workshop offers a practical introduction to the roles and functions of key international judicial bodies, including …
The long-foretold return of the Law Library's three busts of Abraham Lincoln has come at long last! The marble pieces returned from storage at the BYU Museum of Art this week, and are now back on display on their usual pedestals on …
We just subscribed to a new-to-us database in HeinOnline called Spinelli's Law Library Reference Shelf (click here to access Spinelli's). The materials in Spinelli's are geared toward law librarians, but many of the research materials it contains are useful for lots of …
HeinOnline has updated their homepage with a new, cleaner look. Instead of a box with two columns listing the 120 databases we subscribe to, the home page features drop-down menus that allow you to filter databases by subject, database type, or publisher. …
Adjacent to the Reference Desk are two bookshelves comprising the Reference Collection. These books cannot be checked out, but patrons are welcome to use them for short periods within the library. The Reference Collection includes general reference works such as dictionaries and …
If you are not graduating this April (see below if you are), database access remains pretty much the same over the summer. However, there is an important caveat. This is law school, so there are always caveats! If you are doing paid …
