If you've looked for something recently in the Reserve Room (the enclosed room across from the Reference Desk), you've likely noticed things have changed a bit. In an attempt to provide better access to major legal treatises and other useful resources, the …
Legislative history research is a skill all aspiring lawyers should gain. Because this type of research doesn't come up as often as statutory or case law research, it can be difficult to remember how to do it. One of the most important things …
The long-awaited day of printing from WestlawNext to the standalone Westlaw printers is finally here. In any document, you can find the print icon in the drop-down list underneath the email or download button. The icon changes according to whatever you did last. …
By now most of you have been exposed to WestlawNext and many of you are using it frequently. I recently wrote a short column for Student Lawyer magazine that may help you understand a bit more about WestlawNext. The column focuses on some …
Last Thursday, BYU Law School held its Annual Awards Banquet and Barrister's Ball at the Provo City Library. A number of law students, faculty, and staff were recognized for their many achievements and contributions this year. A listing of the awards and their …
Professor Mehrsa Baradaran has posted her newest paper, Reconsidering the Separation of Banking and Commerce, to SSRN. From the abstract: This Article examines the long-held belief that banking and commerce need to be kept separate in order to ensure a stable banking system. Specifically, …
If you're interested in researching the state secrets privilege, you may be interested in a new State Secrets Archive from the Georgetown Law School. The archive has case law, litigation documents, executive branch materials, news articles, and scholarly works related to the privilege collected …
The 2012 U.S. News and World Report Law School Rankings are out today--quite a bit earlier than last year. Whether you like them or not, they are certainly the most anticipated and discussed law school rankings out there. BYU Law held steady at #42 …
Trying to come up with a topic can be one of the hardest parts of researching and writing a paper. To help, the Litigation Section of the Utah State Bar has recently initiated a topic bank focused on providing potential paper topics for law students in …
In honor of 40th anniversary of the BYU Law School (announced March 9, 1971), the Hunter Law Library has a small exhibit on the second floor south of the Reference Desk. The display case shows a copy of the 1972 architectural rendering and …
Thanks to all of you who participated in the Law Library survey. We had over 200 participants and we are now in the process of looking over the responses. We value your feedback and will use it as we look for ways …
This coming Sunday would have been the late BYU law professor Michael Goldsmith's 60th birthday. He was born March 6, 1951 in Tel Aviv, Israel, and passed away Nov. 1, 2009 in Albany, New York from ALS. To celebrate, I've posted a short historical video …
BYU Law School was recently mentioned in a National Law Journal article on best buy law schools: "The cheapest [school] was Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School, which charged $19,960. It was ranked No. 47 on the Go-To list." The Go-To list …
I thought this was an interesting article via Slate on the U.S. Citizenship test and some of its incorrect answers. The Problem with Question 36: Why are so many of the answers on the U.S. citizenship test wrong?
Professor Shima Baradaran has recently posted two of her latest articles on pretrial detention to SSRN. In Due Process, Predictive Justice & the Presumption of Innocence, Prof. Baradaran examines "how the Due Process Clause provides the constitutional basis for the presumption of innocence and …
In September, Stephen Colbert made news when he testified at a Congressional Hearing about farm laborers. While that hearing may not be something you'll need to find for a legal research project some day, there may be other hearings that require finding. The Law …
State legislative history can be a beast, especially when you have to go beyond the 1990s. Luckily, the Utah State Archives is working to make things a bit easier for Utah legislative history researchers. The Archives is digitizing Utah Senate Working Bill Files …
