27 January 2017
Research Help
The new semester is well under way and many of our students are already starting the process of thinking about research papers. If you're in that boat, feel free to come speak with …
22 September 2014
Key Numbers in WestlawNext
When WestlawNext originally launched a number of years ago, I found it interesting that Topics and Key Numbers were less visible than they had been in Westlaw Classic. It's not that Topics and …
10 September 2014
Legal Info. Overload
Researchers deal with a consistent problem these days - legal information overload. The sheer amount of legal information can be overwhelming, especially for new researchers. While the abundance of legal information isn't going …
21 July 2014
Foreign and Int’l Law Research
While most legal research classes naturally focus on researching the law of the United States, there is a large body of foreign and international law research that most students aren't exposed to. Foreign …
24 June 2014
Local Gov’t Law Research
While much of the research lawyers do revolves around state and federal law, local governments also have laws that lawyers should be familiar with and know how to research. I recently wrote a …
19 June 2014
Hein Search Tip
I love HeinOnline. It's a must-have for all academic legal research. With that said, there are still a few minor things I've learned to work around to make my research experience better. One …
13 June 2014
Tax Research
Researching tax law can be tough. We're lucky enough here to have a law librarian, Dennis Sears, who is a tax research expert. To help tax law researchers, Prof. Sears has created and …
29 October 2013
UT Supreme Court Visit
Tomorrow the Law School will host the Utah Supreme Court as they hear two cases in the Moot Court Room. This is a fantastic opportunity for the students to watch the State's highest …
05 September 2013
Immigration Law & Policy
Immigration law and policy is always a hot topic in the U.S. In order to provide additional resources for research in the area of immigration law and policy, the law library has recently …
14 August 2013
Foreign & Comparative Law Collection
The Law Library has recently subscribed to the Parker School of Foreign & Comparative Law Collection on HeinOnline. This collection features a number of works on foreign and comparative law, including American-German Private …
06 June 2013
Federal Register 2.0
A few weeks ago I wrote about one of my favorite government websites - regulations.gov. Another one of my favorites also has to do with regulations - federalregister.gov. This government website contains an …
21 May 2013
Finding Treatises on Lexis Advance
As students head out to work this summer we see fewer and fewer around the library. But, that doesn't mean we're not busy helping with research. In fact, as students start getting research …
22 April 2013
Summer Research Success
One week of finals down, a few more days to go. Good luck to everyone studying hard! Don't forget that the Law Library has a number of great resources and services to help …
11 February 2013
Litigation Practice Materials
When you think about legal research, it's likely things like cases, statutes, and regulations come to mind. That's good because that's what we focus on in a basic legal research course in law …
30 January 2013
Picking Paper Topics
About this time of year we begin getting requests for help developing topics for papers. While we have several different resources that can be helpful, one that I like to show first is …
24 January 2013
Unpublished Hearings
The word "unpublished" can often be misleading in today's legal research environment. These days documents that are "unpublished" are now often published even though we still call them "unpublished." Confusing, I know. Take …
22 January 2013
History of SCOTUS Nominations
Nominations to the Supreme Court of the United States are always a hot topic - especially in law school. With President Obama's reelection and the recent inauguration, the topic of potential SCOTUS picks …
15 January 2013
Congressional Bills, 1789-2013
From grade school we learn about bills and how they become law. Some bills die, some are amended, some become law. No matter what happens, bills are an essential part of the legislative …
