As everyone gets set to head out to jobs and externships a question I've heard a lot is whether your Westlaw or Lexis student accounts can be used over the summer. The answer is "it depends." Both Lexis and Westlaw allow summer …
As a law student you've probably already had people wanting your help with legal questions. Since you can't help them yet, it's often useful to try to point them to various self-help resources. The Utah State Law Library blog recently mentioned that …
Legal treatises are an extremely important legal research tool. It's been a topic on this blog before and it's something you should be aware of before you head off for your summer work. I've recently written a column for Student Lawyer magazine …
Elder D. Todd Christofferson, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the LDS Church, spoke at Duke Law School on March 16. Elder Christofferson, who is a graduate of Duke Law, particpated in Duke Law's "Lives in the Law" …
Professor Lisa Grow Sun has recently posted her article, Disaster Mythology and the Law, to SSRN. Professor Sun's article has been accepted for publication in the Cornell Law Review.
Finals are upon us and the law library is doing everything we can to make it a tolerable experience. As of last Monday we are now open until 1am. The extended hours schedule will continue until April 21. Those of you that …
Dianne Davenport, our circulation manager here at the law library, recently recieved a Staff and Administrative Employee Recognition Award from the University. Dianne was nominated for the award by one of her student employees, Brendan Gallagher. We appreciate the great work Dianne …
The BYU Hunter Law Library ranked 25th in this year's National Jurist magazine's ranking of best law libraries. In addition, the article accompanying the rankings has some BYU flavor to it. The article opens with a scene from the BYU Law Library …
Last night was the Annual Awards Banquet and Barrister's Ball. It was a great event and we had the opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments of many of the Law School's students, faculty and staff. For those of you that couldn't attend, here …
As lawyers attempt to cut costs in today's economy, free and low-cost legal research systems are becoming more and more popular. Many state bar associations have contracted with low-cost legal research vendors to provide a legal research system as a bar membership …
The website of the Supreme Court of the United States has a new look today. I for one am appreciative of the face lift as the previous site was pretty outdated. At this point there doesn't appear to be much change in …
Professor Gordon Smith has recently posted one of his newest articles, Unpacking Adaptability, to SSRN. Co-authored with Andreas Engert, this article was published in the Brigham Young University Law Review in 2009. For more of Professor Smith's papers on SSRN click here.
BYU Law School will host the 2010 Conference of Religiously Affiliated Law Schools on March 18-19, 2010. The conference theme is "Blessing the Lives of Our Law Students: Opportunities and Challenges." Program and registration information is available here.
You've all seen the grand piano on the main floor of the library. You've probably wondered if it ever gets used. Occasionally it does, and tonight is one of those occasions. The Library will host the Law School Recital at 7:30pm tonight …
As a law student I never quite had a grasp on how to respond when an interviewer asked, "Do you have any questions for us?" I always came up with something, but I doubt it was particularly good. In that vein, I …
We've talked here in the past about searching HeinOnline (see here and here). It takes some getting used to if you're coming from Google, Westlaw or Lexis, but can be very valuable to legal researchers. Hein has continued to improve its search …
Elder Dallin H. Oaks, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the LDS Church, was at Harvard Law School last Friday to speak at the annual Mormonism 101 Series organized by the J. Reuben Clark Law Society's Harvard University …
Wayne Schneider, the Law Library's Electronic Resources Manager, recently received the Staff and Administrative Employee Recognition Award from the University. Congratulations to Wayne! [caption id="attachment_717" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Law Library Director Kory Staheli presents the award to Wayne Schneider."][/caption]
