10 November 2009
Prof. Tarkington Article
Professor Margaret Tarkington has recently posted her newest article, "A Free Speech Right to Impugn Judicial Integrity in Court Proceedings," to SSRN. Download it here. Professor Tarkington's article has been accepted for publication …
08 October 2009
Legal Abbreviations
Legal citation is full of legal abbreviations. A number of these are easily recognized by legal researchers (P.2d, F.Supp, U.S., etc); however, many others are completely foreign (A.N., EWiR, W.L.R.,). You'll probably encounter …
26 May 2009
ASPIRE
LexisNexis has recently announced its new Associates Serving Public Interests Research Program that supports 2009 graduates pursuing public interest work. 2009 graduates can sign up for free access to LexisNexis if they fall …
05 May 2009
Case Law For Free
I've blogged before about free and low-cost legal research alternatives and their growing popularity in the current economic climate (see here). Robert J. Ambrogi has recently written Get Your Free Case Law for …
04 May 2009
West Article
LexLibris, the University of Minnesota Law Library blog, has directed my attention to an interesting news article on the West publishing company and Westlaw titled Westlaw Rises to Legal Publishing Fame by Selling …
28 April 2009
Career Center
Above The Law has recently provided a new resource that gathers information on the top law firms in the United States. ATL's Career Center provides information such as compensation, billable hours, partnership prospects, …
21 April 2009
Cost-Effective Westlaw, Lexis
Finals are winding down and you're probably ready for a break. So, bookmark this page and come back to it when you're ready - but while I'm thinking about it I want to …
26 March 2009
Zotero
Organizing your research can often be a complicated process - but a very important one. One tool I particularly like for organizing my research is Zotero. Zotero is a free Firefox extension that …
18 March 2009
CasemakerX and 2.1
CasemakerX is a social networking tool meant to connect law students and legal professionals. (Read more about it here.) In addition, students who register for CasemakerX get access to Casemaker 2.1. Casemaker 2.1 …
20 February 2009
Free and Low-Cost Legal Research Systems
Above the Law has recently reported that mega-firm Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell is now requiring the use of Loislaw before the use of Westlaw or Lexis in many instances. What does this …
29 September 2008
International Law and Religion Symposium 2008
The International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University will be hosting the 15th Annual International Law and Religion Symposium on October 5-8, 2008 at the Law School. This year's …
23 September 2008
Utah Marriage and Divorce Laws
Steve Averett, one of our law librarians, has recently completed a book entitled "Utah Marriage & Divorce Laws" and has made it available for free on the Hunter Law Library website. The book …
05 August 2008
ConSource
ConSource, created byThe Constitutional Sources Project, is a resource you'll want to know about if you're doing constitutional law research. ConSource is a free, fully-indexed online library of constitutional sources. Released to the …
18 July 2008
Prof. Fee Articles
null has recently posted several of his articles on SSRN. Click on the following titles to read the abstracts and download the articles. Obscenity and the World Wide Web The Pornographic Secondary Effects …
03 July 2008
July 4th
I wanted to wish everyone a Happy Independence Day and remind you that the Law Library will be closed tomorrow, July 4, 2008. If you're here in Provo I recommend taking part in …
30 May 2008
Summer Clerkship Podcasts
A Suffolk University Law School Legal Practice Skills Program podcast series entitled Transitioning from One-L to Summer Legal Work may be of interest to those of you out working this summer. It currently …
21 April 2008
Spring Clark Memo
The Spring 2008 Clark Memorandum is now available online. This issue is full of interesting articles taken from recent speeches including: On Being Ethical Lawyers(Sandra Day O'Connor's speech from the J. Reuben Clark …
15 April 2008
BYU Law Alum at SCOTUS
The Legal Times and the Wall Street Journal Law Blog are reporting that BYU Law alum, Jay T. Jorgensen (Class of '97), will be arguing today before the United States Supreme Court. The …
