LexisNexis has brought back the American Law Reports after dropping them last January. You can find them by clicking on "view more sources" under the "Secondary Legal" tab on the main Lexis search screen. Hat tip to Wisblawg.

In my legal research class today we talked some about proximity searching. Proximity searching is an important tool when conducting electronic legal research. Lexis and Westlaw have fairly intuitive proximity connectors (trespass /s injury = "trespass" within the same sentence as "injury", …

 Professor Margaret Tarkington has recently posted her article, "The Truth Be Damned: The First Amendment, Attorney Speech, and Judicial Reputation," on SSRN. Read the abstract and download the article here. Professor Tarkington's article has been accepted for publication in the Georgetown Law …

December is here. In our last installment of Finals Prep we wanted to let you know that beginning today the library will be open until 1am (Sat. closing time remains at 11pm) until finals end. If you're looking for some last minute …

The law library has 16 group study rooms available for law student use. These study rooms are quite popular during finals time, so sign up early. You can sign up null. Don't forget to read and follow the SBA group study room …

For those of you trying to study, we realize that at times the carrel area can get a bit noisy. If you're looking for a quiet place to study for finals, try the 4th floor reading room. This room is a relatively …

Tomorrow BYU will welcome Lynne Truss, author of "Eats, Shoots & Leaves," as the University Forum speaker. Her address is titled "Is This the End of Literacy?" A few years back I read "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" and loved it. Not only …

  Today is the anniversary of the birth of President Howard W. Hunter, for whom this library is named.  President Hunter was born in 1907 and died in 1995.  Last year we celebrated the 100th anniversary of his birth with a Birthday celebration here at …

The Library has got you covered when it comes to final exams. (See recent posts on finals prep resources available from the library here, here, and here.) Something that helped me the most during my time here were sample exams. The library …

Here are some more finals prep tips. (See previous posts about CDs and CALI.) The Law Library has a lot of print materials that you may find quite useful. First, you may want to take a look at the following books found …

 It's time for another installment of finals prep with the library. Last week I blogged about CDs that could be helpful in your studying. Today I want to talk about an online resource that the library subscribes to: CALI. Hopefully you're familiar …

Professor Michael Goldsmith's article "Batting for the Cure" was recently published in Newsweek. The article is a call for Major League Baseball to assist in fundraising efforts to find a cure for Lou Gehrig's Disease by making July 4, 2009 (the 70th …

Winter registration has begun and if you're anything like I was you're probably tinkering with your schedule on a regular basis. If that's the case (or even if it's not) I wanted to alert you to a few classes taught by some …

The Law Library's accomodations for law students with children were recently discussed in a Daily Universe article.

Congratulations to Robert Winn (4GB iPod), McKenzie Armstrong ($50 BYU Bookstore gift card), and Matt Hall ($20 BYU Bookstore gift card), winners of the Law Library survery drawing! See a picture of the winners and their prizes on the Law Library webpage. …

While November means election time, for law students it also means finals are looming. I always remember feeling a bit more worried as the calendar turned to November. In the hopes of alleviating some of that worry I will spend some of …

Professor A. Scott Loveless has recently posted his article "The Forgotten Founding Document" on SSRN. Here's the abstract: "On the difficult moral issues confronting the judiciary today, a long overlooked bit of guidance is provided in the Declaration of Independence, natural law. …