09 September 2008
Are you writing a paper where you need to find out what the law is in multiple states on a specific subject? Sounds daunting, but don't worry - someone has done most of the work for you. The Howard W. Hunter Law …
08 September 2008
UNLV Law Librarian Jennifer Gross recently passed along an interesting story about the importance of legal research. This Nevada Supreme Court case is a good reminder that you can't always rely on seemingly authoritative information on the web - you've got to …
04 September 2008
Interim Dean null's book Law School: A Survivor's Guide was one of three books recently profiled and recommended to first year law students in National Jurist magazine. (here ) For other helpful books on surviving and succeeding in law school make sure …
02 September 2008
The Legal Scholarship Blog recently posted the announcement of two writing competitions for law students sponsored by the National Advocates for Pregnant Women.
01 September 2008
Today we celebrate the anniversary of the birth of J. Reuben Clark, Jr., who was born on September 1, 1871. President Clark was a wonderful attorney and leader of the Church, and the Law School is proud to bear his name. At …
29 August 2008
The Library has recently acquired access to an exciting new product called Audio CaseFiles. Audio CaseFiles offers MP3 files of more than 1,000 cases commonly read in law school. Cases are even arranged by casebook, so you can easily access the cases …
27 August 2008
Good news for those of you who make your law school home in the basement - we now have a Lexis printer down there. When you go to print on Lexis you should be able to select the 1st floor printer. Happy …
26 August 2008
Professor and former Dean H. Reese Hansen and Professor null were honored today at the 2008 Annual University Conference. Dean Hansen is the recipient of the Abraham O. Smoot Citizenship Award which is presented "to university faculty members who through careers of …
25 August 2008
You may not have thought much about the Law Library while you've been away for the summer, but we've been thinking about you. Hopefully you've kept up to date by following our blog, but if not here's a quick recap of some …
21 August 2008
The Hunter Law Library collection contains a number of books designed to help students both survive and succeed in law school. These books contain practical advice on everything from maintaining a healthy mental approach and preparing for class to creating course outlines …
20 August 2008
The Howard W. Hunter Law Library would like to welcome our incoming 1Ls. We're glad you're here and we want you to know that we're here to help you in any way that we can. Please feel free to contact any of …
19 August 2008
Yesterday I made a presentation to the new Law Review editors on how to find legal resources in PDF. I will be doing a similar presentation to the Education Law Journal and the Journal of Public Law soon, but thought I'd share …
12 August 2008
Professor David A. Thomas has recently posted a number of his articles on SSRN. Click on the following titles to read the abstracts and download the articles. Tips for Successfully Regulating Sexually Oriented Businesses Finding More Pieces for the Takings Puzzle: How …
07 August 2008
HeinOnline is a resource we love here in the library for many reasons. Most of you are probably familiar with its amazing law review collection, but HeinOnline's content has expanded to much more than just law reviews. HeinOnline's Government Documents collection is …
05 August 2008
ConSource, created byThe Constitutional Sources Project, is a resource you'll want to know about if you're doing constitutional law research. ConSource is a free, fully-indexed online library of constitutional sources. Released to the public on September 17, 2007 (Constitution Day), ConSource has …
04 August 2008
Check out the new books the Law Library acquired in July 2008 here. One that caught my eye was "The Papers of Abraham Lincoln: legal documents and cases." Our students may also be interested in "Introduction to the Study and Practice of …
22 July 2008
The Cornell University Law Library offers null that may be of use to you. The first searches legal research guides available from various law libraries. This can be extremely helpful when you need to learn how to do research on a particular …
18 July 2008
null has recently posted several of his articles on SSRN. Click on the following titles to read the abstracts and download the articles. Obscenity and the World Wide Web The Pornographic Secondary Effects Doctrine Eminent Domain and the Sanctity of Home Speech …
