The Law Library is currently conducting a survey of BYU law students and faculty to measure whether we're providing you with the services and materials you need. BYU law students and faculty who complete the survey by Friday, February 18 will be …

Professor Mehrsa Baradaran's article, The ILC and the Reconstruction of U.S. Banking, has recently been published in the Southern Methodist University Law Review and posted on SSRN.

It's been over a year now since Google Scholar's addition of free, searchable legal opinions. This is a great option for law students and attorneys looking to do some cheap searching to find out what cases are out there before they hop …

The Law Library has recently acquired access to Fastcase, a low-cost alternative to Westlaw and LexisNexis. As attorneys look to cut costs, legal research systems like Fastcase are becoming more popular. Currently 18 state bar associations (including nearby Nevada and Arizona) offer …

Looking for a government job? Need to find contact information for a judicial clerk? Want to find BYU graduates in Congress or the judiciary? Our new subscription to the Leadership Library is just the thing to help. With contact information for people …

If you've logged on to LexisNexis today, you've noticed it looks a bit different. A white background has been added to give it a cleaner look and a few things have been rearranged for easier use. Overall the core functionality is still …

With a new semester upon us we want to remind you of your options for getting research help. Hopefully you are aware that reference assistance is available in person at the 2d floor reference desk from 8am-9pm M-F and from 9am-5pm on …

BYU Law students now have access to the next generation of Westlaw — WestlawNext.  When signing in to Westlaw, you should now have access to both Westlaw and WestlawNext through links at the top of your screen.  WestlawNext offers a "Getting Started" video …

The Law Library would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. We will be closed from Thursday to Sunday for the Christmas holiday, but will reopen on Monday the 27th. For some Christmas cheer, take a look at this video that has …

Professor Paul Caron of the Tax Prof Blog has crunched some numbers from the latest edition of the Princeton Review's Best 172 Law Schools and come up with some alternative rankings for law schools. BYU Law ranks 19th in the 2011 Princeton …

If you've been to HeinOnline this week, which I imagine you haven't since you've been studying for finals, you've probably noticed that it looks a bit different. Hein has swapped it's blue background for white. Luckily enough for us, they're both BYU …

Professor RonNell Andersen Jones has recently posted her latest article, Litigation, Legislation and Democracy in a Post-Newspaper America, to SSRN. It will be published in the Washington and Lee Law Review.

The Law Library has a number of resources that can help you study for finals. One of them is our Law in a Flash, flash card sets. We currently have flash card sets for Professional Responsibility, Property, Future Interests, Contracts, Torts, Con. …

I thought this was an interesting story from the Wall Street Journal Law Blog on statutory interpretation. The Case of the School Bus, the Stop Sign and the Missing 'At'

The Hunter Law Library invites our users to participate in a survey this month on our federal government information. This 16-question survey asks how we are doing in providing access to materials and databases we receive from the Government Printing Office (GPO).' …

Hopefully you're familiar with CALI, but if not now's a good time to get acquainted. CALI, the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction, offers over 800 interactive, online tutorials in 33 legal subject areas. BYU law students have access to all of these …

We know finals can be a stressful time for law students so we do our best to help where we can. Starting this week the Law Library will be on extended hours during weekdays, closing at 1am until finals end. The library …