Library & Legal Resources News
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
Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources, 1620-1926
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, …
Prof. Daniels Papers
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 …
Welcome Class of 2013!
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
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 …
Rent a Casebook
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 …
Prof. Nuñez on Undocumented Workers
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.
Law Firm Legal Resources
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 …
Law Library ScholarSearch
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 …
History of Bankruptcy
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 …
Justice Lee
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
BYU Law Ranked 33rd
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 …
The Bluebook, 19th Edition
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 …
Thomas on the Public Forum Doctrine
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 …
Prof. Lee Confirmation Hearing
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 …
Technology and Multitasking
Sunday's New York Times had a fascinating article on technology, multitasking, and the human brain. Hooked on Gadgets, and Paying a Mental Price
HeinOnline Search Enhancements
A number of times on this blog I have made two points about HeinOnline. First, it's an outstanding resource and law students must be familiar with it. And second, law students don't use its search function as often as they should. I …
Taxation & Economic Reform
The Law Library has recently subscribed to an additional library in HeinOnline, Taxation and Economic Reform in America, 1789-2009. This new library offers a variety of materials, most notably over 1 million pages of legislative history. The collection encompasses such things as …