08 September 2010
The Wall Street Journal Law Blog had an interesting recent post about a new study done by Kaplan regarding law school admissions. Here's the part that blew me away, "The survey reports that 87% of law school admissions officers who answer the …
08 September 2010
If you're looking for a job at a big law firm this summer you might want to check out Above the Law's Career Center. In addition to the typical information you can get elsewhere, the Career Center provides information from Above the …
31 August 2010
Professor Carolina Nuñez's recent article, Fractured Membership: Deconstructing Territoriality to Secure Rights and Remedies for the Undocumented Worker, was featured in a recent Deseret News article. BYU Professor Says Courts Not Protecting Undocumented Workers
26 August 2010
This summer the law library purchased the third installment of the Making of Modern Law Series, Primary Sources, 1620-1926. This digital historical collection contains published records of the American colonies, documents published by state constitutional conventions, state codes, city charters, law dictionaries, digests, …
24 August 2010
Professor Brigham Daniels is one of our new additions to the law school this year. He comes to us from the University of Houston Law Center with an expertise in environmental law. He has written a number of articles on environmental law …
18 August 2010
We welcome all of you incoming 1Ls who are joining us for the first time today. As you'll most likely be spending quite a bit of your time with us here in the law library we want to introduce ourselves. We try …
17 August 2010
Loislaw is a low-cost alternative to Westlaw and Lexis. While it doesn't have all the bells and whistles as those two, it does provide primary legal materials in a searchable format for a reasonable price. A number of law firms use Loislaw …
10 August 2010
Another year of school is just around the corner. One of the things that means is it's time to get your books--a doubly painful process as it costs a lot of money and you realize you'll actually have to read them. This …
08 August 2010
Professor Carolina Nuñez's newest article, Fractured Membership: Deconstructing Territoriality to Secure Rights and Remedies for the Undocumented Worker, has recently been published in the Wisconsin Law Review and is now available on SSRN.
04 August 2010
It's good to be back. After being gone for most of the month of July (visiting Colorado, North Carolina, and different parts of Utah) I'm happy to say the blog posts will start coming once again. As you've been out at different …
14 July 2010
If you've searched our library catalog lately, you've noticed that things look quite different. We have recently implemented a Law Library version of the Lee Library's ScholarSearch. We hope it will help you find more of what you're looking for. To help …
29 June 2010
The Law Library has recently purchased access to one of HeinOnline's newest libraries, History of Bankruptcy. This library boasts "more than 135,000 pages of legislative histories, treatises, documents, classics, and more related to bankruptcy in America." While all of these documents are …
23 June 2010
Professor Tom Lee was confirmed today by the Utah State Senate in a unanimous vote and will now become a Justice of the Utah Supreme Court. KSL Audio from the Utah Senate Floor
23 June 2010
BYU Law School is ranked 33rd in Brian Leiter's Ranking of Top 40 Law Schools by Student (Numerical) Quality 2010. The ranking is described as "the top 40 schools in terms of student quality as measured by the average of the 75th …
22 June 2010
If you haven't heard, a new edition of the Bluebook has been released and is available this summer. I haven't received my copy yet (and would be lying if I said I was anxiously awaiting its arrival). Apparently Cynthia Pittson at the …
18 June 2010
Professor David A. Thomas recently posted his latest article, Whither the Public Forum Doctrine: Has this Creature of the Courts Outlived its Usefulness?, to SSRN. Professor Thomas's article was published in the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Journal this year. Professor …
16 June 2010
Professor Tom Lee's Utah Supreme Court confirmation hearing was held yesterday. The Senate confirmation committee voted unanimously in support of Prof. Lee. His nomination will now go before the full Utah Senate on June 23. You can listen to the audio of …
09 June 2010
Sunday's New York Times had a fascinating article on technology, multitasking, and the human brain. Hooked on Gadgets, and Paying a Mental Price
