17 June 2020
BYU Law Library patrons who are not students or faculty of the Law School can now access Westlaw by creating a personal, individual account that is good for up to 20 hours or 14 days of use, whichever comes first. All you …
09 June 2020
Attention BYU Law Grads! (and anyone who is a diploma privilege candidate in Utah!) You are allowed to do 36 hours of CLE to meet your 360 total hours. The BYU Law Library has CLE materials (mostly CDs, but 1 DVD) that …
03 June 2020
You may have noticed that the BYU Law Library looks a little bit different now. It's locked down to only BYU Law students and faculty. It's filled with fewer people, but... it still has print materials! If you can't come into the …
26 May 2020
Some BYU Law students and faculty are struggling to access sources on Oxford Scholarship Online. While we are working on our IT end to fix it, here is a workaround: 1. Go to lawlibrary.byu.edu. 2. Click on the A-Z Database List. 3. Click …
05 May 2020
We are already in the middle of a historic week in which Supreme Court oral arguments are being broadcast live for the first time. Yesterday was also historic because it was the first time in over a year since Justice Clarence Thomas …
04 May 2020
Are you going to be a research assistant for a faculty member this summer? Or, are you a faculty member that just hired a new research assistant? If so, then check out this new research guide called Research Tips for Faculty Research …
30 April 2020
Here's the rundown on access to the major legal research databases for students over the summer, and for our 2020 graduates. Summer Access for Current Students Lexis, Bloomberg, Fastcase & Casetext: Continued access just like you have during the school year. Westlaw: …
21 April 2020
Looking for some transactional law experience this summer? LawMeets, an M&A competition in which BYU Law students have participated in and performed well in the past, is putting on a virtual boot camp this summer for law students. Law students get in …
23 March 2020
Two legal publishers, LexisNexis and Wolters Kluwer, are making electronic versions of law school casebooks and study aids available for free to law students through late May. Check the two lists below to see if any of your books are included. LexisNexis …
04 March 2020
You may have seen emails lately advertising the news-feed service Legal Radar. Legal Radar is being described as a “progressive web app” that is “ideal for … all legal professionals who want to keep up with trends.” Law.com’s parent company, legal publisher …
26 February 2020
Recently for a project I needed statutes governing the now-defunct Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC). Immigration regulation in the U.S. has a fascinating history, but suffice it to say that the INS existed from 1933 to …
19 February 2020
With submission season upon us, both law faculty and law students can submit to law reviews and journals. With so many options, how do you decide? Some look at the ranking of the law school that publishes the journal. Others find specialty …
07 February 2020
This semester we have a team of 7 wonderful RAs who work on faculty research projects and assist students at the Reference Desk. Meet them and their diverse interests below! William Bates (3L) Is the RA supervisor, wants to do corporate …
05 February 2020
When you click on the LexisNexis Digital Library link on the Law Library home page, you will now see an option to try the new version of the site or continue to the classic site. I recommend you try the new version. The primary …
29 January 2020
LexisNexis and Overdrive have released a major update of the LexisNexis Digital Library. Here are a few things you should know. When you click on the LexisNexis Digital Library link on the Law Library home page, you will now see an option …
29 January 2020
'Tis the season for Bar applications. Did you know that the BYU Law Library has a few resources to help you out? There are several notaries in the BYU Law Library that offer their services free of charge. Just ask at the …
22 January 2020
One of our goals at the law library is to prepare students for Life After Law School by providing access to a wide variety of technologies, software, and research platforms. We are excited to announce that BYU Law students and faculty now …
16 January 2020
Is data science a necessary part of research or a project you are doing? The library now has Stata, which is a software for statistics and data. With Stata, you can explore, visualize, and model your data results. It also gives you …
