
Library & Legal Resources News

I just returned from Portland, OR where I attended the annual conference of the American Association of Law Libraries. From the little I saw Portland seems like a great city. I wish I could have been there during basketball season to attend …

Full-text Articles and Periodical Indexes
10 July 2008
We live in a world where we all want articles in full text. The lack of full-text articles in the periodical indexes we subscribe to, L egalTrac and Wilson's Index to Legal Periodicals, has caused many people to avoid them when they …

June New Books
09 July 2008
Here's the library's new book list for June 2008. On it you'll find the much talked about book by Justice Scalia and Bryan Garner, Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges.

Hunter’s Query Turns 1!
07 July 2008
Yesterday, July 6th, marked the one-year anniversary of Hunter's Query, the Howard W. Hunter Law Library Blog. We hope this blog has been a valuable addition to the BYU Law School community as well as to other readers. I've certainly enjoyed being …

July 4th
03 July 2008
I wanted to wish everyone a Happy Independence Day and remind you that the Law Library will be closed tomorrow, July 4, 2008. If you're here in Provo I recommend taking part in some of the events associated with America's Freedom Festival. …

Essay Contest-Rex E. Lee
02 July 2008
Each year in conjunction with BYU Homecoming, the Brigham Young University Student Alumni Association sponsors the George H. Brimhall Memorial Essay Contest to honor a significant person in BYU history. This year, Rex E. Lee, former Dean of the Law School and …

Prof. Preston Papers
25 June 2008
Professor Cheryl Preston has been hard at work and has recently posted several new articles on SSRN. Click on the titles to read the abstracts and download the papers. ICANN Can: Contracts and Porn Sites - Choosing 'to Play Internet Ball in …

Bar Prep
24 June 2008
With the Bar Exam a little more than a month a way, Bar prep is in full swing. And if you're anything like I was, you're looking for any help you can get. Luckily, help is what the Law Library does. We …

Dean Worthen
23 June 2008
J. Reuben Clark Law School Dean null has recently been appointed Advancement Vice President of BYU. (see the BYU news release here) Dean null will serve as interim dean for the Law School, with Professor null taking his place as associate dean …

News Media Subpoenas
20 June 2008
One of the Law School's newest professors, RonNell Andersen Jones (here's her U. of A. bio), has recently posted her article "Avalanche or Undue Alarm? An Empirical Study of Subpoenas Received by the News Media" on SSRN. Here's the abstract: "For more …

Digital UT House Bills
17 June 2008
I've just returned from a family vacation and am trying to get back into the work routine. You know how that is. I'm glad to see that our new webpage is up and running. Thanks to Laurie Urquiaga for all the hard …

New Library Website Design
16 June 2008
We're very pleased to roll out our new library website design. The new look and feel is an effort to align the law library website to the law school design mentioned in the previous post. Of course, different functions require some differences …

New Law School Webpage
04 June 2008
Today the Law School unveiled its revamped website. Underlying pages are still being migrated to the new look, but the process will be completed soon. (see news blurb here) You may want to check out this video clip of Dean Worthen's Introduction …

Prof. Thomas Devotional
03 June 2008
The Law School's own Professor David A. Thomas gave the University Devotional Address this morning in the de Jong Concert Hall. (news release here; rebroadcast schedule and, in the future, text, video, and audio files here) His remarks were entitled "A Law …

Summer Advice
02 June 2008
Earlier this year the Wall Street Journal Law Blog began a series of posts called "Advice from the Corner Office" to give practical advice to law students transitioning to law firms. (Previous posts are here, here, here, and here.) I especially liked …

Summer Clerkship Podcasts
30 May 2008
A Suffolk University Law School Legal Practice Skills Program podcast series entitled Transitioning from One-L to Summer Legal Work may be of interest to those of you out working this summer. It currently contains nineteen podcasts by legal writing professors from across …

Indexmaster
28 May 2008
The Law Library subscribes to several electronic resources (besides Westlaw and LexisNexis) that can be extremely helpful to you in your research. One of those resources is Indexmaster. Many legal treatises are still not available online in full-text and it's not always …