Professor Cheryl Preston and co-author Eli McCann have recently posted their newest article, Lewellyn Slept Here: A Short History of Sticky Contracts and Feudalism, to SSRN.  The article has been accepted for publication in the Oregon Law Review. More of Professor Preston's …

Do you need to brush up on torts or property?  How about business associations or tax?  CALI might be just the resource you need to get up to speed.  The Law Library's subscription to CALI, the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction, provides …

Article III of the Constitution begins "The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish."  From the creation of inferior courts …

As a law student it's likely that you've already had friends or relatives ask you for legal help.  It can be an awkward situation since you're not yet a lawyer and can't give legal advice.  It's always good to be aware of …

Professor Fred Gedicks has recently posted two of his newest papers to SSRN.  The first, Ironies of Hosanna-Tabor, will be published in the Mercer Law Review and analyzes the recent Supreme Court case about the "ministerial exception" of the Religion Clause of …

A lawyer licensed in Oregon and Hawaii was publicly reprimanded by the Oregon Supreme Court and the Hawaii Supreme Court for continued use of a Westlaw account from his former job as a special prosecutor for the Republic of Palau.  The Legal …

Professors Lisa Grow Sun and RonNell Andersen Jones have recently posted their newest article, Disaggregating Disasters, to SSRN.  Their article has been accepted for publication in the UCLA Law Review.  More articles from Professors Sun and Jones are available here and here.

Circuit splits are a popular topic for student law journal Notes.  About this time of year, law journal editors are beginning (or at least think about beginning) to ponder their Note topics.  If you're looking for a circuit split and can't find one, …

  Next week is Placement Break and we know many of you will be working on securing a job.  The Library has a few resources that can supplement your job search.  One of them is an electronic source called The Leadership Library.  …

BYU Law Professor Michael Goldsmith always taught his students to be "can do" lawyers.  He certainly was one himself.  Even when he was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, Goldsmith worked relentlessly to raise awareness and money to fight the disease.  Goldsmith passed …

Until I came to law school I never realized that the first Monday in October was any different than other Mondays--October or otherwise.  But, I quickly learned that the first Monday in October means that the Supreme Court is back in session.  …

If you're interested in environmental law you should become familiar with the library's subscription to the Environmental Law Reporter.  ELR is a "one-stop environmental law and policy research site with access to over 40 years of ELR analysis, extensive links to statutes, …

For several years now, THOMAS.gov has served as a valuable place to find free legislative information on the internet.   Researchers can find bills, public laws, legislative history information and more.  Today the Library of Congress unveiled the successor to THOMAS, Congress.gov.  The …

Today is Constitution Day--a day in which we celebrate the signing of the U.S. Constitution by members of the Constitutional Convention on September 17, 1787.   If you were near Mount Vernon you could go take a look at George Washington's personal copy …

If you're working on a journal or writing a paper, one of the resources that can be extremely useful is the Chicago Manual of Style.  The Law Library offers you access to the online version of the Chicago Manual of Style's 16th …

Law librarian Dennis Sears was recently awarded the Daniel L. Wade Outstanding Service Award at the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting in Boston.  Dennis has served in various capacities within the Association, much of it with the Foreign, Comparative, and …

Last summer we got word that beginning in the summer of 2013 Westlaw would no longer support the Westlaw printers many of our students have grown accustomed to using.  While we still have a whole school year before that happens, it may …