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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

BYU Law gets a shoutout by alum Steve Young in this new BYU commercial (which also contains the obligatory swipe at lawyers).

Saturday, September 17 is Constitution Day, which celebrates the signing of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787.  To celebrate Constitution Day, BYU will be hosting the Chief Justice of the Utah Supreme Court on Tuesday, September 20 at 7:30 pm in …

Professor Lisa Grow Sun's newest work-in-progress, Smart Growth in Dumb Places: Sustainability, Disaster, and the Future of the American City, is available for download on SSRN.  Professor Sun's main area of research is Disaster Law, an area of law that has been …

Every year we have a number of law students enter law school who are here to become patent attorneys.  For those of you in that category, take note that your future world shifted a bit last night when Congress passed the "Leahy-Smith …

CALI and the Legal Information Institute (LII) at Cornell Law School have recently announced that they are making the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, and Evidence freely available as ebooks.  The books will work on iPads, iPhones, and other devices …

It's nice to have everyone back after our lack-of-power induced holiday on Friday and Labor day yesterday.  We hope you're getting back to normal.  This week the library is hosting 1L training on Westlaw and LexisNexis.  All trainings will be held in …

With the help of Professor John W. Welch, the Law Library is pleased to host the "Two Ancient Roman Plates" exhibit that was previously at the Harold B. Lee Library.  The plates on display date back to 109 A.D. and are some …

September 1 will mark the 140th anniversary of the birth of our law school's namesake, J. Reuben Clark, Jr.  In another month we will commemorate the 50th anniversary of his death.  In order to remember President Clark during this time, our faculty …

Yesterday the law library's acquisitions librarian, Bonnie Geldmacher, was recognized by President Samuelson at the University Conference for receiving the President's Appreciation Award.   We want to congratulate Bonnie for receiving this award and we appreciate all the work she does for the …

Above the Law ran a story today involving BYU Law.  Don't worry, don't worry.  While finding your law school's name on the pages of ATL is usually the cause for some embarrassment, this story shows humor and creativity from some BYU law …

Classes have started and On Campus Interviews have as well.  Every year interviews seem to get earlier and earlier.  Most, if not all, of the OCIs take place in the library's study rooms, so we get the chance of seeing many of …

A new semester is about to begin, so it's time to take a look at changes in legal research.  The biggest change is the new version of LexisNexis that our students and faculty will now have access to: Lexis Advance.  Lexis Advance …

Orientation has officially begun and the Law Library wants to take part in welcoming the class of 2014.  We've met a few of you and we look forward to meeting all of you over the next few months.  We hope you'll find …