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]
Professor David Dominguez has recently posted several of this articles to SSRN. Here's the list: Legal Education and the Ecology of Cultural Justice: How Affirmative Action Can Become Race-Neutral by 2028 Community Lawyering in the Juvenile Cellblock: Creative Uses of Legal Problem …
We hope you got to relax and recharge your batteries a bit over Placement Break. Here at the Law Library we were trying to improve things for you and underwent a bit of construction. New power outlets are now installed near the …
BYU Law was ranked 34th in this year's Go-To Law School List by The National Law Journal. The Go-To Law School List ranks law schools by percentage of 2009 J.D. graduates who were employed by NLJ 250 firms by the end of …
Have you ever been frustrated by too much information when searching legal journals on Westlaw and Lexis? Full-text searching is wonderful, but at times it can be a bit overwhelming. Especially when you are searching for a general concept or one that …
Professor null has recently posted one of his recent articles, Worse than Exemption, on SSRN. Co-authored with Robert J. Peroni and Stephen E. Shay, this article was published in the Emory Law Journal in 2009. Professor Fleming has recently been appointed to …
We apologize for the noise and mess on the north end of the Law Library this morning. We are using the placement break as a chance to bring power outlets to the soft seating on the 2nd and 3rd floors. If you're …
HeinOnline recently made its proximity searching much more user friendly. Now when users run a search in the Field Search screen they can select if they want their terms to be "within 5," "within 10," or "within 25" words of each other. …
Do you have to write a research paper or two this semester? Do you want some help? Come discover some of the resources that can help you with your research on Wed., Feb. 10 at noon in rooms 275/76. We'll take 30 …
It's time to nominate your classmates and professors for awards that will be given out at the Annual Law School Awards Banquet on March 25. This is a great chance to recognize those around you who make BYU Law School a better …
Most of you are aware that Google Scholar added legal opinions late last year. So far I've found it to be quite good. Add in the fact that it's free, and it's definitely a resource all law students should be aware of. …
Professor David Dominguez's article Legal Education and the Ecology of Cultural Justice: How Affirmative Action Can Become Race-Neutral by 2028 has recently been published in the Oregon Law Review.
Earlier this week Robert Ambrogi previewed the new Fastcase iPhone App. Now available for free from the App Store, the Fastcase App is the largest free law library on the iPhone. For those of you unfamiliar with Fastcase, it is a low-cost …
The Hunter Law Library is pleased to announce its new Chat Reference service available to current BYU law students and faculty. In addition to the reference service we currently offer (null at the 2nd and 3rd floor reference desks, by telephone ((801) …
"Reports of looting and violence in post-earthquake Haiti are likely exagerrated and may hinder relief efforts, according to a Brigham Young University law professor," begins an article in the Deseret News last weekend. The professor is Lisa Grow Sun, who's research focuses …
Attorney Peter Stirba was here for his annual lecture to the first year law students about appellate advocacy. A portion of his time was focused on the case he argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in October 2008, Pearson v. Callahan. You …
