The Deseret News has a nice article on two of our newest professors, Mehrsa and Shima Baradaran. Sisters Become First Siblings Professors in History of BYU Law School

The Moritz Legal Information Blog recently pointed me to an interesteting article in the Illinois Bar Journal about dealing with incivility, or as they renamed it "How to Deal with Jerks." It's an article all law students should take a look at, …

There are smartphone apps for just about anything these days and the law is no exception. I've blogged before about Fastcase's free legal research app, which I highly suggest you take a look at if you haven't already. Vicki Steiner at the …

While this may interest a law librarian more than others, I thought I'd bring it to your attention. Recently the National Law Journal published an interview with the Supreme Court's reporter of decisions, Frank Wagner, who is set to retire on Sept. …

Today we celebrate the anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787. The law school will be holding a Supreme Court Review panel at 1pm with several former Supreme Court clerks, most of which are BYU law professors. Also, tonight …

Professor Margaret Tarkington, who is visiting at the University of Cincinnati College of Law this year, has posted two of her newest articles to SSRN. The first, Government Speech and the Publicly Employed Attorney, is forthcoming in the Brigham Young University Law …

Dick Harmon's recent article in the Deseret News about the behind-the-scenes working of BYU's recent move to football independence and its deal with ESPN revealed that some of the key players have BYU Law ties. Former law school dean Kevin Worthen was …

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 …

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 …

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

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …