Finals start today.  You can feel it.  We wish you all the best of luck.  I'm sure you've gotten lots of advice on taking finals, but here are a few more bits of advice from law professors across the country. A Common …

Everyone who's flown is familiar with the announcement to shut down portable electronic devices for take-0ff and landing.  I was recently directed to an article in the New York Times (thanks to Above the Law) wondering why we have such a rule.  …

Because much of law school revolves around case law due to the Socratic Method, I find that many law students underestimate the importance of statutes in legal research.  Statutory research is critical in the practice of law and students need to understand …

I'm sure you haven't missed much of President Obama's Health Care Law and its journey to the Supreme Court.  Most people are watching it quite closely and, in fact, would like to literally watch the oral arguments that will take place before …

The rest of the furniture for our new Quiet Reading Room has arrived.  We invite you to go try it out.  Here's a sneak peak: We remind you that this room is restricted to law student use and is accessible with your …

That's what a 2L from Oklahoma City University School of Law calls Legal Research and Writing (LRW) in these posts: Part I Part II

The 1Ls are putting the final touches on their memos and Thanksgiving is around the corner.  That, of course, means it's time to start thinking about finals.  Here in the library we feel your pain, as many of us have experienced it.  …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …