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- Overlooked Resources: Law Library Websites and Firm LibrariesLaw library websites and firm libraries are two powerful yet underutilized tools for conducting effective legal research. These resources offer well-organized research guides, treatises, and jurisdiction-specific materials that can help you navigate complex legal topics with greater efficiency. Law Library Websites: Hidden Gold Mines When faced with an unfamiliar research problem, consider checking law library… Read more »
- Researching Historical Utah Statutes and CodeWhy Research Historical Utah Statutes? While the most recent version of Utah statute is the only version that is currently binding law, attorneys frequently must answer questions about the legality of actions taken years ago, when the law may have been different. Additionally, revisions to the law and the original text can yield convincing arguments for… Read more »
- Meet the Winter 2025 Reference Assistant TeamSay hello to BYU Law Library’s Reference Assistants! These great law students are happy to help you with any of your reference questions. They are hired and overseen by Professor Annalee Hickman Pierson, and they work alongside the law library faculty members who offer reference and scholarship services. Meet our Reference Assistant Team: Henry… Read more »
- New Resources for Foreign, Comparative, and International Law ResearchIt can be challenging to know how to begin legal research in a foreign or international jurisdiction. BYU Law Library’s new vLEX Vincent AI platform uses AI (generative and rules-based) trained on vLex’s global repository of statutes, case law, and secondary sources. Vincent AI can be used to access collections of legal materials from the… Read more »
- New U.S. Civil Rights DatabaseBYU Law Library has a new Civil Rights database, Trends & Policy: U.S. Civil Rights. This database is designed to be an easy-to-use tool that brings together different types of sources, including statutes, executive orders, hearings, and other primary sources along with news articles, data sets, and more, all browsable by topic and organized into… Read more »
- Become an Innovation Fellow!Position Overview The BYU Law Library is seeking to hire 1-2 students as Innovation Fellows. This role offers students a chance to participate in developing and refining the Library’s Legal Tech Initiative and to conduct research on legal technology topics. Students will be paid $20 per hour and may work up to ten hours per… Read more »