Just in: new library swag! Visit the Library Fair this Thursday September 14 to play plinko and win a prize! We will have sugary treats for all visitors (while supplies last) and helpful information about library services and resources. Drop by for …
If you are looking for a form to copy and/or use as a jumping off point for a court document or transactional document that you need to write, you may come into the BYU Law Library for help. For law students, a …
BYU Law Library Director Shawn Nevers We are happy to introduce Shawn Nevers as the new director of the BYU Howard W. Hunter Law Library! Shawn is a graduate of the Law School Class of '05 where he served as a member …
The BYU Law Library has a new research guide on The Bluebook to help law review editors and law students who are working on substantial writing papers. The research guide focuses on the white pages of The Bluebook, which are for academic papers, rather …
The BYU Law Library seeks a part-time Reference Specialist. In this role, the Reference Specialist staffs the Reference Desk, providing reference and research support both in-person and via telephone, email, and chat to faculty, students, and members of the public. Additionally, the …
It feels like Narnia's endless winter outside, but summer is almost here with its opportunities for externships, internships, summer jobs, and hopefully some outdoor fun! If you are doing research over the summer for a professor, a firm, or other organization, the …
HeinOnline has long been a valuable source of historical legal information. Over the years, Hein has digitized state session laws and state statutes that extend to pre-statehood materials whenever possible. These historical materials can be found in the following locations in HeinOnline: …
Casetext made a huge announcement yesterday--the release of "the first AI legal assistant" based on OpenAI's natural language processing model. Click here to view the press release. The tool, named CoCounsel, is based on the same technology as the headline-grabbing ChatGPT. But …
When locating the original text of Congressional bills, it is important to understand how Congressional bills are numbered. Each bill is assigned a number in sequential order when it is introduced into Congress. The bill is given a prefix to indicate the …
A 50-State survey is a compilation of state laws on a narrow topic gathered for the purpose of comparison. Scholars use these surveys to analyze and understand the law. Corporations use them to make business decisions such as determining where to expand …
We are excited to announce the addition of a new database to our collections: Jus Mundi for international arbitration research. Jus Mundi has an extensive collection of cases for investment arbitration, commercial arbitration, international trade, public international law, and law of the …
If you logged into Westlaw today you probably noticed that it looks a little different. Westlaw rolled out their new Precision platform today for all law students and faculty across the United Sates. Here is a brief rundown on the new features: …
Want to enter a writing competition but don't have a lot of time? The vLex International Writing competition is a good one to participate in because submissions are short and informal--in blog style and 1,000 words long (or within 10% of 1,000 …
Prepare for your Westlaw to look a little different. Legal research system providers are constantly trying to improve their systems. Four years after the release of Westlaw Edge (the Westlaw version we currently use), Thomson Reuters has announced the launch of its …
Construction is finally wrapping up on the fourth floor and faculty are moving out of library study rooms and back into their offices. We have really enjoyed seeing our wonderful faculty more often in the library and will miss them when the …
The United States Supreme Court is opening its doors to the public for the first time since March 2020 (for oral arguments only), but in a win for transparency, the Court has announced that it will continue its pandemic policy of live …
Water law is a big deal here in the Western United States, and HeinOnline just released a new tool for researching it. Editors at Hein have pulled together primary and secondary sources from HeinOnline's extensive collection of digitized legal documents and tagged …
A big thank you to all of the students who attended the Welcome Back to the Library Fair last Thursday! We were really excited to share with you about our library services. We had candy, doughnuts, Plinko, and booths with information about …
