17 November 2011
One of BYU Law School's most prolific authors, Professor Fred Gedicks, has posted his newest article, Lynch v. Donnelly and the Terminal Silliness of Secularized Religious Symbols, on SSRN. The article will be published in the Nevada Law Review. Check out more …
14 November 2011
Recently my wife and I watched "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers." It was an interesting documentary about Ellsberg and his path from a Pentagon insider to his decision to leak the classified Pentagon Papers, which …
08 November 2011
BYU Law recently came in at number two in National Jurist magazine's ranking of Best Value Law Schools. The original list that came out a few months ago was unranked, but the November 2011 issue of National Jurist ranked the schools and …
08 November 2011
Some of the most useful legal research resources are legal treatises. If you can find a good one on your topic you can save a lot of research time. Unfortunately for us, there aren't many Utah-specific legal treatises. But, I'm happy to …
04 November 2011
Today I ran across a humorous look at final exams from a law professor. It's a bit dated--1971--but most of the rules (or anti-rules) still hold true (except the rule about writing illegibly--although I guess you could opt to hand write your …
02 November 2011
Students and faculty at BYU Law have a number of international connections. Because of that, interest in foreign law is quite high. One resource you'll want to know about if you need secondary literature from outside of the United States is the …
28 October 2011
How Not to Succeed in Law School (100 Yale L.J. 1679) is the title of a hilarious law journal article by our very own (not the Law School's very own anymore, but BYU's at least) Professor Jim Gordon. If you haven't read …
28 October 2011
Professor Shima Baradaran has recently posted The State of Pretrial Detention to SSRN. This work is a chapter in The State of Criminal Justice, which is published by the American Bar Association. For more of Professor Baradaran's scholarship, check out her SSRN …
26 October 2011
Every time I receive my car registration renewal in the mail I have two thoughts. First, "has it really been a whole year already." And second, "Please don't make me do Safety and Emissions inspections again." We got a "new" car last …
25 October 2011
Learning Bluebook is a pain. There's just no hiding that fact. Luckily, the Elon Law Library has some Bluebook tutorial videos that may help. This is a work in progress and many of the videos available now are basic, but it's nice …
20 October 2011
Recently there were a few changes to the library catalog that we wanted you to be aware of. The library catalog is a great place to find print as well as electronic resources that are available to you. We are continually adding …
19 October 2011
The law library is pleased to announce that the new Quiet Reading Room in the southeast corner of the main floor of the library is now open for law student study. Additional furniture for the room is still arriving and will be …
14 October 2011
As you've passed by the Reserve Library, you've probably noticed the Roman Plates exhibit we are hosting this year. More details about the exhibit can be found in this blog post I did last month. We are now proud to announce that …
14 October 2011
Not that I want to start you thinking about finals, but I wanted to alert you to a change in the location of our Sample Exams. These are BYU Law-specific sample exams that many students find quite useful as they begin studying …
05 October 2011
All BYU law students and faculty should now have access to Lexis Advance Beta. I blogged about Lexis Advance near the start of school, but now that you have your hands on it I thought I'd offer a few reminders. Since Lexis …
04 October 2011
The Supreme Court began its Oct. 2011 term yesterday on the first Monday in October. I recently blogged about my favorite Supreme Court resource, SCOTUSblog, but thought the start of the new term would be a good time to highlight a few …
26 September 2011
Recently the popular and extremely useful Supreme Court blog, SCOTUSblog, received some new enhancements as well as a new look. More details are available in this post from SCOTUSblog publisher and creator Tom Goldstein. One of the new features that will be …
22 September 2011
One of the most important things about legal research is taking notes and staying organized. It really doesn't matter how you do it, the important thing is that you get it done. Legal research can often be quite complex with many issues …
