Professor Margaret Tarkington has recently deposited her paper "Rejecting the Touchstone: Complete Preemption and Congressional Intent After Beneficial National Bank v. Anderson" on SSRN (available here). Her article will soon be published in the South Carolina Law Review.

Today, February 12, 2008, marks the 199th anniversary of Lincoln's birth. Next year we will celebrate the Bicentennial of his birth and events are already being planned across the country. To remember President Lincoln today I thought some links would be appropriate: …

Yesterday I made a presentation on several electronic resources that could be of help to those of you writing research papers this semester. I told those who attended that I would post links to the resources I mentioned, so here they are. …

BYU Law School is a great place to study the law. As a student I was often impressed by my fellow classmates and my professors, as I imagine you are too. The annual Awards Banquet gives us the oppotunity to recognize and …

Many law school classes require a research paper instead of a final exam this semester. If you are in one of those classes, the library is here to help. You are always welcome to come to the reference desk or contact the …

The National Jurist recently ranked law schools based on average starting salary and BYU Law was ranked 17th at $100,000 a year. Find the article here. Hat tip to Law Librarian Blog.

The Law Library webpage gives you access to bibliographies for each of the faculty members here at the Law School. This link, "Law School Faculty Publications," has recently been moved to the Quick Links portion of the webpage. In addition to containing …

 You may have noticed that Westlaw has added a new "Key Numbers" link at the top of its research screens. For now it's yellow, so you can't miss it. This new link gives easy access to some different ways you can subject …

Judge McConnell gave a very interesting and insightful lecture today on "Patrick Henry and the Deepest Meaning of the Constitution." I learned much about this overlooked founding father, who Judge McConnell called the "greatest orator" of the founding generation. Much of what …

Tomorrow the Law School will host Judge Michael W. McConnell of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals for the Distinguished Annual Lecture. His topic will be "Patrick Henry and the Deepest Meaning of the Constitution." In preparation for Judge McConnell I thought …

Under the direction of Professor Wardle, our law faculty has donated law books to be used for legal education in China. Read the BYU News Release here.

Did you know that we have a well-known legal blogger in our midst? Well, we do (and it's certainly not me). Professor Gordon Smith is the co-founder of and regular contributor to Conglomerate, a blog about "business, law, economics and society" (with …

We hope your winter break went well and while you may not be glad you're back, we are. The library feels too quiet when you're gone. During the break we did have some significant changes in the library that you should know …

Yesterday it was announced that Dean James R. Rasband was appointed to serve as Associate Academic Vice-President for Faculty at the University level effective January 14, 2008. Read the BYU News Release.

I've tried to bring you some helpful tips for finals (see here, here, here, here, here and here), but this being the 2d week of finals the best I can do is offer you a short diversion to rest your brain for …

The comings and goings in the carrel areas somtimes make it difficult to find absolute silence in which to study during finals time. We remind you to be considerate of your fellow students. I also want to take this time to remind …

Professor Cheryl Preston has recently written a Utah Bar Journal article entitled "WiFi in Utah." Those with a Westlaw password can access the article here. (The article is not yet available on Lexis.) Those without Westlaw access can view the article on …