Library News
- vLex International Law & Technology Writing Competition Open Until Dec. 1st
Want to enter a writing competition but don’t have a lot of time? The vLex International Writing competition is a good one to participate in because submissions are short and informal–in blog style and 1,000 words long (or within 10% of 1,000 words). The topics are also really interesting. This year, law students can choose […] Read more » - Westlaw Precision Coming January 11
Prepare for your Westlaw to look a little different. Legal research system providers are constantly trying to improve their systems. Four years after the release of Westlaw Edge (the Westlaw version we currently use), Thomson Reuters has announced the launch of its next iteration, Westlaw Precision. Westlaw Precision will be rolled out to all law […] Read more » - Study Rooms Are Available Again!
Construction is finally wrapping up on the fourth floor and faculty are moving out of library study rooms and back into their offices. We have really enjoyed seeing our wonderful faculty more often in the library and will miss them when the return upstairs, but the good news is that study rooms are open for […] Read more » - SCOTUS To Continue Live Streaming Oral Arguments
The United States Supreme Court is opening its doors to the public for the first time since March 2020 (for oral arguments only), but in a win for transparency, the Court has announced that it will continue its pandemic policy of live streaming oral arguments on its website, https://www.supremecourt.gov. Listening to oral arguments gives great […] Read more » - New Collection for Researching Water Law
Water law is a big deal here in the Western United States, and HeinOnline just released a new tool for researching it. Editors at Hein have pulled together primary and secondary sources from HeinOnline’s extensive collection of digitized legal documents and tagged them by subject to make research easier. The new collection is called Water […] Read more » - Thanks for Attending the Library Fair and Congrats to Our Winner!A big thank you to all of the students who attended the Welcome Back to the Library Fair last Thursday! We were really excited to share with you about our library services. We had candy, doughnuts, Plinko, and booths with information about all the fun things you can check out from the circulation desk (umbrella, […] Read more »