Library & Legal Resources News
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 …
Listen to Casebook Opinions
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 …
1st Floor Lexis Printer
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 …
Dean Hansen and Prof. Gerdy
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 …
While You Were Gone
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 …
Resources to help you succeed in law school
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 …
Welcome, Class of 2011!
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 …
Looking for PDFs?
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 …
Prof. Thomas Articles
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 …
Government Documents in HeinOnline
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 …
ConSource
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 …
July New Books
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 …
Legal Research Engine
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 …
Prof. Fee Articles
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 …
Find A Source
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
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
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!
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 …