Law Library

Pursuant to University Policy, access to the Law Library for the general public will resume on August 2, 2021.

See the linked page for information about services offered virtually to all patrons.

Scholar Search Bar

Resource Buttons

Priority Links

Today’s Library Hours

BYU Law Library 8am – 8pm

Quick Info – Covid-19

Reference Services

The Reference Desk is CLOSED until further notice.

For more information about virtual reference options, see the COVID-19 page.

 

Legal Tech Initiative

Training Schedule

Contact Info

Circulation  801.422.3593

Reference  801.422.6658

 

Future Library Hours

Library News

Open Library Position: Legal Technology & Research Librarian

We’re hiring! The Howard W. Hunter Law Library at BYU seeks applicants for the position of Legal Technology and Research Librarian, a professional faculty position (continuing faculty status track), to begin Fall 2021. The position has two main areas of focus: legal technology and faculty research support. The successful candidate will oversee and continue to […]More

Don’t Make This Common Attorney Court Filing Mistake!

Another day, another story about an attorney failing to redact a document properly. News channels reported yesterday that Joseph Bondy, “a criminal defense and cannabis business attorney” according to his profile and attorney for businessman Lev Parnas, filed a letter with the U.S. District Court discussing the U.S. government’s investigation of Rudy Guiliani. The letter […]More

Faculty Research Assistant Research Training for Summer 2021

Attention Law Student Research Assistants for Faculty: I will be conducting a Faculty Research Assistant Research Training on Monday, May 3 from 12pm to 1pm via Zoom. Email me (HickmanA@law.byu.edu) for the Zoom link! It will be recorded, and I am happy to share that recording with you if you aren’t able to attend the […]More

Visit the Law Library Blog

Howard W. Hunter

Law Library

Howard W. Hunter (1907-1995) was the 14th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and is the only attorney ever to have served in that role.

As an attorney, President Hunter "… was known for his integrity, precise thinking, clear communications, and sense of fairness. He was also known as a “people lawyer”.… Howard was much more concerned about seeing that people got the help they needed than that he got compensated for it.”

From The Life and Ministry of Howard W. Hunter

Portrait of Howard W Hunter
graphical ornament

"President Hunter has stood as a highly visible example to all of the lawyers and law students who know him or know of him — and they number in the tens of thousands. He epitomizes the practice of law in the classic style: honor, ethical conduct, courtesy, gentility, the art of making the adversarial system work while sticking to the rules, and — though I list it last, I think of it as a component of first importance — integrity."

~ John S. Welch,
quoted in the March, 1991 issue of the Ensign