In her State of the Judiciary speech yesterday, Utah Supreme Court Chief Justice Christine Durham reacted to proposed budget cuts for the court. To deal with the 7.5% proposed budget cut, Chief Justice Durham said that the approximately 1,000 court employees would …
This morning Salt Lake attorney Peter Stirba came to speak to the 1Ls about appellate advocacy. He focused on his recent occasion of arguing before the United States Supreme Court, an opporunity few Utah attorneys have had. For those interested you can …
The Law Library has recently acquired electronic access to this well-respected international law resource. The electronic version allows users to search by keyword, subject, and author. Leading experts from around the world contribute articles to this encyclopedia on topics ranging from the …
The Wall Street Journal Law Blog recently quoted Professor Gordon Smith in a post about Bank of America and whether its investors have a claim arising out of BofA's purchase of Merrill Lynch.
The Library has recently purchased the LexisNexis Congressional Hearings Digital Collection. This collection of hearings will be an important tool for legal researchers at BYU and marks the first time we have had access to historical hearings electronically. It will certainly be …
HeinOnline cont inues to add important legal resources in pdf format. The Law Library's HeinOnline subscription now provides access to the complete run of the United States Code. This will be welcome news especially for those of you working on journals, as …
The Law Library has recently acquired access to the Oxford Reports on International Law. This electronic resource provides the full text of reported decisions from international courts and dispute settlement bodies dealing with specific topics within International Law. In addition to the …
Professor Thomas R. Lee has recently posted "Abercrombie Unveiled: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Trademark Distinctiveness" to SSRN. See Professor Lee's SSRN author page for more of his works.
Professor Fred Gedicks has recently posted "Indeterminancy and the Establishment Clause" on SSRN. Click here to download. Here's the abstract: Prepared for a symposium on Kent Greenawalt, 2 Religion and the Constitution: Establishment and Fairness (Princeton, 2008), this essay responds to Professor …
If you're looking for a finals study break, check out this post from the Wall Street Journal Law Blog: Knowing Your Learned Foote From Your Learned Hand.
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 …
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