As a first year, one of the key research tools you learned was the West Key Number system and the Digests. You learned that West editors examined every case and broke those cases down into specific topics and subtopics so that you …

Contrary to popular belief, keyword searching isn't the only way to search for legal resources on the web. Google and other search engines have programmed us to keyword search for everything and for the most part we do. Don't get me wrong, …

A couple months back I ran across an article published in the Utah Bar Journal entitled "The Strength is in the Research." As a law librarian it naturally caught my eye. While most articles about legal research are written by fellow law …

If you ever have a minute to spare (I know that's unlikely, but just in case), you might want to check out The Oyez Project. This website contains an array of information and media regarding the United States Supreme Court. Supreme Court …

If you need to brush up on your legal research skills the library can help. You may want to check out the Legal Research Guides that the library has put together and that are found in the "For Law Students" section of …

I recently created a list showing where to find PDFs of legal sources for a presentation I did for JPL and I thought I'd share it with anyone who wants to use it. (As a former source puller myself I know help …

On behalf of the law library faculty and staff I want to welcome all of our new students for the 2007-08 school year. We're grateful that you have chosen to be part of the J. Reuben Clark Law School community and we …

The Law Library has recently acquired access to several important Congressional resources online. These resources are especially valuable to anyone involved in federal legislative history research. With this recent addition the following documents are available from the U.S. Congressional Documents page of …

My day started out on a sad note when reference assistant Gary Millward told me that President James E. Faust had passed away during the night. I had never met President Faust but, as I'm sure many members of the LDS Church …

Yesterday the Law School's own Professor Larry EchoHawk spoke at the University Devotional. I attended with my colleague, David Armond. As Professor EchoHawk spoke about his life's journey, I was struck by the enormity of the odds he overcame in achieving his …

Welcome to the Hunter Law Library's new blog. In the future, we'll be posting research tips, links to "buried treasures" within our website, and other items of general interest to the law school and law library community. We hope you'll check back …