20 December 2021
Congress.gov may be the best website outside of govinfo.gov for locating federal government information. It has drafts of bills, final versions of laws, legislation tracking, committee reports, treaties, presidential nominations information, legislator profiles, and more. How do you know if you are …
30 November 2021
The deadline to submit an entry for the International Law & Technology Writing Competition has been extended to December 31st! This writing competition is very accessible because it requires only a short, 1,000 word article written in blog style. Heavy footnoting is …
19 November 2021
With final exams fast approaching, now is a good time to begin committing all of the legal principles you have studied this semester to long-term memory, if you haven't already started. Science has shown that practicing random recall is excellent for building …
10 November 2021
You have probably noticed the new login screen requesting your law school gmail address and password when you access the Wolters Kluwer Study Aid Library or HeinOnline. Make sure you update any bookmarks you have saved for law library databases using the …
01 November 2021
Research platform Cheetah is rebranding as VitalLaw starting today, November 1st. VitalLaw is a competitor of Lexis+ and Westlaw and provides access to primary law like cases and statutes alongside secondary materials like treatises, guides, and check lists. VitalLaw is going to …
26 October 2021
We are transitioning to a new way to log in to Law Library databases using your Law School Gmail address and password. Instead of seeing our former screen with a white background asking for your NetID and password, you will start seeing …
11 October 2021
Global legal research provider vLex has announced the topic for this year's International Law & Technology Writing Competition. Submissions are due December 1st, 2021. The competition is for current law students, JD and LLM. Submission requirements are simple and low-key: write a …
07 October 2021
We value quality news here at the Law Library. For that reason, we provide law students with digital access to a variety of general newspapers and legal news sources. Keeping up with the news makes you better informed, which makes you better …
04 October 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court returned this term to hearing oral arguments in person but has expanded live streaming access to oral arguments that began during the current pandemic. Starting today, live streaming of oral arguments is now available directly on the home …
30 September 2021
2Ls and 3Ls who registered for a Law Library-hosted Quimbee account in prior years must re-register using an email invitation from Quimbee. 2Ls and 3Ls who have not re-registered using the email invitation will lose access to their accounts starting Thursday October …
29 September 2021
Our last Library Research Workshop for fall semester will focus on tax law research. Tax research, an area of administrative law, is a highly specialized field that is very different from the litigation-focused research skills taught during 1L Legal Research & Writing. …
14 September 2021
There are a few seats left to register for the library workshop on legal analytics scheduled for September 21st in room 267 at 12pm! Legal analytics have been getting a lot of attention the past few years, with startups being formed and …
01 September 2021
Doing your substantial writing this year, or writing a comment for Law Review? Mark your calendar for Tuesday, September 14th at 12pm. The library is presenting a workshop focused on helping you save time and research smarter for your substantial writing paper …
24 August 2021
Quimbee has a new registration system this year, and all 2Ls and 3Ls must re-register their accounts. This requirement applies to all students who previously set up Quimbee accounts through the BYU Law Library in the past two years. New 1Ls, LLMs, …
14 July 2021
There is still time to submit an application for the open position of Legal Technology and Research Librarian at the BYU Howard W. Hunter Law Library. The deadline has been extended to Monday, July 26, 2021. The position of Legal Technology and …
03 June 2021
We're hiring! The Howard W. Hunter Law Library at BYU seeks applicants for the position of Legal Technology and Research Librarian, a professional faculty position (continuing faculty status track), to begin Fall 2021. The position has two main areas of focus: legal …
26 May 2021
Another day, another story about an attorney failing to redact a document properly. News channels reported yesterday that Joseph Bondy, "a criminal defense and cannabis business attorney" according to his profile and attorney for businessman Lev Parnas, filed a letter with the …
26 April 2021
Attention Law Student Research Assistants for Faculty: I will be conducting a Faculty Research Assistant Research Training on Monday, May 3 from 12pm to 1pm via Zoom. Email me (HickmanA@law.byu.edu) for the Zoom link! It will be recorded, and I am happy …
