14 January 2020
It’s already been a busy week here at the law school, but industrious students who have logged into the Wolters Kluwer Online Study Aid Library (Examples & Explanations Series, etc.) to start studying will have noticed changes. Besides the new look, there …
13 December 2019
Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc. is a case pending before the Supreme Court of the United States[1] and had its oral arguments last week.[2] What’s interesting from a law librarian’s perspective about this case is that what is at issue are the Georgia …
03 December 2019
ROSS Intelligence has been busy lately! ROSS Intelligence, a legal research platform that uses AI in its search results, made two big announcements over the past week. First, ROSS is providing free accounts to its legal research system to law students and …
02 December 2019
Stuck on a topic and none of your Westlaw or Lexis searches seem to be helping? Want a lot of in-depth information about a topic quickly? Find an American Law Report (A.L.R.) annotation on your topic. A.L.R.s are published by West …
25 November 2019
Native American Heritage Month is winding down, but there’s still time to take a look at a database related to Native American history in the U.S.: ProQuest Indian Claims Insight. When the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause defined people born within the United …
22 November 2019
Have you ever wondered what’s on the first floor of the law library? Have you ever gone down there and been creeped out by the eerie silence and total lack of sunshine? Do you have an irrational fear that you will be …
15 November 2019
Did you know that if you are a BYU Law student or faculty member and you can’t find what you need in the BYU Law library, then the Interlibrary Loan staff can order the library material for you? The Interlibrary Loan staff …
13 November 2019
Google Scholar profiles are becoming more prevalent with law professors. They give professors an in-depth view of data describing how their scholarly works are cited. Google Scholar allows professors to view and reflect on the number of citations per year their scholarly …
21 October 2019
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment in 2020, the BYU Law Library has unveiled an exhibit of portraits by Utah artist Brooke Smart depicting women who were influential in obtaining suffrage for Utah women. The portraits include: Seraph …
26 September 2019
Phone or laptop battery dying but you left your charger at home? The law library can help with that. Want to draw a Civ Pro flowchart on the whiteboard during a study room session? We can help with that too. What to …
18 September 2019
We’ve all been counting the days until National Read an Ebook Day today! Well, maybe not. I admit I still prefer a paper book for curling up with a good read. But for research and study, ebooks and databases are great because …
10 September 2019
Fall is in the air here in Utah, which means it's time for new BYU Law students to set up their accounts to the online New York Times! You should receive an email from the New York Times with registration information this …
30 August 2019
BYU Law students and even alumni have access to many different study aids through the BYU Law Library. For example, we have the Examples & Explanations Series, Gilbert Law Summaries, Nutshells, Law in a Flash flashcards, and Sum & Substance CDs. We …
08 April 2019
When you aren’t thinking about finals, you are probably asking yourself: can I use my research accounts this summer? The answer is: Lexis, Bloomberg & Casetext: You can use them whenever, wherever. Westlaw: No commercial use allowed. Externships and non-profit work are …
12 March 2019
Search for caselaw without using keywords? That’s the goal of CARA AI from Casetext. Casetext, a legal research alternative to Westlaw and Lexis, uses CARA AI (Case Analysis Research Assistant, Artificial Intelligence) to locate relevant case law without keyword searching. Upload a …
20 February 2019
The Global Legal Hackathon is coming up this weekend, and BYU Law is getting involved again. The Hackathon's purpose is simple: make it easier for lawyers and non-lawyers to engage with the law through thoughtfully designed web tools. One of last year’s …
28 January 2019
Richard Rothstein's book The Color of Law, this semester's LawReads title, describes the causes and long-lasting socio-economic effects of racially restrictive covenants in housing deeds. Some online projects are digitizing and creating databases of restrictive covenants, and developing maps showing the affected areas. …
16 January 2019
The Howard W. Hunter Law Library at Brigham Young University seeks applicants for the position of Legal Technology and Research Librarian, a professional faculty position (continuing faculty status track), to begin Fall 2019. The Legal Technology and Research Librarian will develop and …
