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Did you just write a paper for a class during the Fall 2025 semester? If so, do more with it! You’ve worked all semester long on your paper and may have spent more time researching that topic than you did reading all the cases for that other class of yours. You may feel invigorated by… Read more »

The year 2025 brought about the new edition of The Bluebook–the 22nd edition! The last time a new edition came out, it was 2020, so it doesn’t happen too often. You can read the preface from the editors to the 22nd edition here, where they describe that they “made hundreds of edits, large and small.” Below… Read more »

The law library has a subscription to a variety of AI resources for students, including Large Language Models (LLMs). Students have access to free general use LLMs and several legal-specific LLMs. Here is a list of some options and their offering and cost. General Use LLMs: Legal-Specific LLMs: Possible Uses of AI as a Student:… Read more »

All rise for holiday cheer, Christmas is almost here! If you love reading as much as we do, you’re going to love this year’s “Season’s Readings” list! Here are our favorite cozy books (legal and otherwise) to enjoy this holiday season! 1. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson.  “From one… Read more »

Thinking about a clerkship? I recommend it. You get to see good legal research and writing, sometimes BAD legal research and writing, and practice those skills themselves. Clerks learn what judges look for when ruling on a case or motion, discover what is persuasive and what isn’t, and see how law gets made. Before applying… Read more »

Don’t miss the last FCIL Fall Seminar! This seminar will help you learn key resources for researching human rights treaties, conventions, protocols, and customary law. We will instruct you on how to navigate tribunal websites and how to use Oxford reports databases for analyzing case law across human rights and international courts. Lunch will be… Read more »