19 August 2009
All of us at the Howard W. Hunter Law Library would like to welcome the new 1Ls. We're glad you decided on BYU Law and we'll do our best to make your time here worthwhile. As a Library faculty and staff we …
19 August 2009
Each year I offer legal research training to the various journals here at the law school. We generally focus on where to find PDF versions of the various sources commonly needed for source pulls. I also distribute an electronic handout with urls …
13 August 2009
Professor null, former interim dean of the law school, was quoted at length in a recent preLaw Magazine article titled Fostering Faith. The article discusses religiously-affiliated law schools, of which there are 49 across the country. Thanks to law librarian Galen Fletcher …
11 August 2009
A bit of shameless self-promotion here, but hopefully it will benefit those of you planning on practicing in Utah. CALI (who you may have noticed revamped its website this summer) has recently published a lesson I authored titled Utah Legal Research. Like …
06 August 2009
The Utah Supreme Court has recently approved the New Lawyer Training Program that will be administered by the State Bar. This is a mandatory program that pairs new lawyers with Utah attorneys who have at least 7 years experience. The program has …
05 August 2009
The CM Law Library blog points out that LexisNexis has just released its "Related Content" feature, which appears to be the competitor to Westlaw's "Results Plus." When you access a case in LexisNexis, you will see the "Related Content" pane on the …
30 July 2009
BYU Law School and the UCLA School of Law have recently announced a conference to focus on the pedagogy of interviewing and counseling. This is the second such program to be co-sponsored by BYU and UCLA. The conference will be held October …
23 July 2009
As you may have noticed, our webpage looks a bit different today. The "Find Hunter Law Library Resources" search box looks different, but the functionality remains the same. The biggest change is the addition of drop-down menus that will allow you to …
21 July 2009
Professor Fred Gedicks has recently posted two new papers to SSRN. Atmospheric Harms in Constitutional Law is forthcoming in the Maryland Law Review and Originalist Roots of Substantive Due Process: Higher-Law Constitutionalism and the Fifth Amendment is forthcoming in the BYU Clark …
07 July 2009
Yesterday marked 2 years since the start of the Hunter Law Library's blog, Hunter's Query. I've enjoyed being a part of it and hope that the blog has provided you with some useful information. As always, I'm interested to hear your comments …
06 July 2009
Professor Michael Goldsmith was in Yankee Stadium Saturday to throw out the first pitch and to take part in the "MLB 4 ALS" campaign that he initiated. Here's some of the news coverage: New York Times Today
02 July 2009
Due to July 4 falling on a Saturday this year, the Law Library will be closed both tomorrow (7/3) and Saturday (7/4). This Independence Day is a special one for the Law School as Professor Michael Goldsmith's call for Major League Baseball …
30 June 2009
I've blogged before about alternatives to Lexis and Westlaw for legal research. Two alternatives, Casemaker and Fastcase, are provided as member benefits through many state and local bar associations. The Utah Bar Association currently provides access to Casemaker. Other nearby state bar …
26 June 2009
The Law Library has recently acquired access to the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Digital Library. This database contains over 2,000 scholarly articles dealing with natural resources law that the Foundation has published since 1955. Articles are full-text searchable and available in …
24 June 2009
The Law Library is relatively quiet with most of you away at your summer externships and clerkships. As you well know, due to the economy Summer 2009 is quite different than summers past. I thought you might be interested in Some Words …
19 June 2009
Today a colleague and I had a lunch meeting with a group of attorneys in Salt Lake to discuss legal research. One of them kept pointing out that law students need to realize they don't have to recreate the wheel. Secondary sources …
15 June 2009
With bar exam prep in full swing I thought I'd mention that the Law Library has several resources to help with your bar study. Last year we acquired Rigos Bar Review Series, which contains volumes on the MBE, MEE, MPRE, and the …
10 June 2009
For those of you interested in pursuing a judicial clerkship (and with the economy the way it is that may be a lot of you) Above the Law is reporting that the Clerkship Notification Blog for the 2010-2011 clerkship season is up …
