Coffee with the Law Librarians
Wednesday, October 4 from 1pm to 3pm in the Law Library
There’s Still Time to Win a Prize!
This Friday, September 1, is the last day to be entered into a drawing for the chance to win a $10 Starbucks gift card or a signed book by Professor Chad Noreuil.
First, Secondary: Using American Law Reports to Find Cases
ALR annotations compile and summarize caselaw on specific legal issues.
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Newsletters by Practice Area Delivered to Your Inbox
Looking for a way to track legal news in a particular area of law? Learn how to subscribe to newsletters with your Bloomberg Law, Lexis+, and Westlaw accounts.
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Signing Up for Law School Databases
How to sign up for everything from TWEN to Lexis to the Study Skills collection.
New Faculty Publications – Summer 2023
Recent scholarship from the college of law faculty.
Summer Reading from Ross-Blakley
A summer reading list of new titles at the law library.
ChatGPT, Bing, Generative AI, and Law School
Reliable information on cutting-edge technologies.
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HeinOnline’s New Law Library of Congress Reports
An exciting new addition to an already fantastic database.
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Your Mindful Reminder: New Book on Harnessing the Inner Voice and Upgraded Mindfulness Guide Can Help You Succeed
Exams can be stressful, let us bring you a moment of peace.
Summer at the Law Library: Research Heats Up
We’re here all Summer to support you.
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Law Library Helps You Get in Shape for Finals
Library tools to get you performing optimally for finals
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Summer 2023 and Post-Graduation Use of LexisNexis, Westlaw, Bloomberg Law
Your summer and post-graduate access to Westlaw, Lexis, and BLaw
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International and Foreign Law Research at the Ross-Blakely Law Library
A breakdown of the resources available in our Intl and Foreign Law LibGuide.
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Practically Attorneys: Tools for Efficient Legal Work
Practical guidance for your internship, externship, or clerkship.
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Our Favorite Guide to Arizona Legal Research
Our favorite guide to Arizona Legal Research.
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Last Call: Law Library Research Contest
Win up to $500 for a short write-up.
It’s Never Too Late to Research Efficiently: Meet with a Librarian
It’s never too late to meet with one of us – reach out now.
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Internship, Externship, New Job: Stand Out from the Crowd on Day One
Starting a new internship, externship, or job during law school can be nerve-wracking. We want our work product to stand out so that we looked especially competent. To help you prepare, the Ross-Blakley Law library has put together a handful of resources from our legal research databases so that you can look your best on day one! 1 –…
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Bar Prep’s Not Just for 3Ls: The Library Equips You for the Ultimate Final
Bar Exam and MPRE Prep for ASU Law Students
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There’s Still Time to Win Library Research Contest
The deadline to enter the Ross-Blakley Law Library Award for Exemplary Student Research is Monday, March 27, 2023 at 9:00am. Current 2Ls, 3Ls, MLS students and LLM students are eligible to submit their entries. See the rules here. The top prize is $500 and a Certificate of Recognition and second place receives $250 and a…
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Reliable Sources: Law Librarians Can Help You Identify Sources to Boost Your Article’s Credibility
For the academic researcher working on a law review article, book, or graduate writing requirement, traditional, academic sources continue to have advantages over websites. Namely, they offer more reliable, complete, and professionally vetted information that can be and often is superior to more convenient Internet resources. (please see reference at the end of this post) The Internet…
The Old Library at Trinity College
Have you seen a picture of this library? It is one of the most iconic historically preserved libraries in the world. The Old Library at Trinity College was one of many pictures that I’d downloaded as part of a “Library Wallpapers” image bundle for my computer’s desktop when I started this job years ago. When…
Citations have you seeing red? Get clarity on the Bluebook at the law library
The basic rule of abbreviating, ignored by the authors of The Bluebook, is to avoid nonobvious abbreviations. The words of living judicial legend Judge Richard A. Posner in The Yale Law Journal ring out clear in the Uniform System of Citation, which includes dozens of head-scratching short versions of words. Leaving aside the 21st edition’s new rules and abbreviations, the Bluebook has always been…
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Women’s History Month: Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Research Guide
It remains extremely rare for a law school to name itself after a woman, but on April 5, 2006 Arizona State University’s law school became the first, choosing Arizona native and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor as its namesake. President Reagan nominated her to be the first woman to serve in the United…
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Database Spotlight: Gale
An overview of Gale, Cengage databases available at ASU Law (and why you would use them).
Keeping Current: Staying Updated Across Many Platforms and Services
Alerts and Updates for Lexis, Westlaw, HeinOnline, Law360 and more.
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Making the Most of Midterms
Midterm season is just around the corner. Too soon, you say? They’re here to help you! Midterms are your crystal ball showing your future exam-taking self, and a window to the essence of your learning style. They may be more important in informing and adjusting your study habits to achieve your academic apotheosis in May…
Don’t Overlook the MPRE: It’s Your Professional Obligation to Pass
While the MPRE, or Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam, is the smaller and less grueling of the two exams required for admission to the bar in Arizona and most other states, failure to respect its significance can cost you valuable time. The MPRE is administered only three times per year, in spring, summer, and fall, so students who miss the…
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Writing a Large Paper? Consider a Citation Manager
What is a citation manager? How can members of the ASU Law community use them to organize papers?
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Resources Enhance Oral Advocacy
Lawyers and librarians alike have a way with words, spending much of their time with books and internet databases, reading, researching, and writing. But we also must step up and let our voices be heard. Whether law students are undergoing the first-year rite of passage of delivering oral arguments in their finest legal attire or…
Research and Reference Resources to Support Your Journal Ambitions
At the end of the semester, you will have the opportunity to take a marathon write-on exam to test your Bluebook and writing skills under challenging conditions. The reward could be a staff position on Law Journal for Social Justice, Jurimetrics, Sports and Entertainment Law Journal, Corporate and Business Law Journal, or the Arizona State Law Journal. Working on a journal…
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Hit the Books (and Databases) to Win Law Library Award for Exemplary Student Research
The Ross-Blakley Law Library Award for Exemplary Student Research is not just any writing competition. As research experts, the librarians are looking for the best examples of effective gathering and synthesis of resources, in print or online. Current Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law 2Ls, 3Ls, MLS students, and LLM students are eligible to submit their entries.…
Know Your Future Boss: Law Library Offers One-on-One Help in Job Hunt
Advances in technology aren’t just making our jobs as attorneys easier. They’re making it easier to land a job in the first place. The Ross-Blakley Law Library’s research experts know the tools that can be the difference maker when employers decide who will get a callback. Our Law Employment Research guide gathers materials to help…
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Black History Month: Law Library’s Racial Justice Guide Supports Researchers and Activists
The Ross-Blakley Law Library is no stranger to the movement for racial justice still progressing across the country. Librarians have compiled resources for researchers as well as information for demonstrators in our Racial Justice research guide. We have compiled national as well as local organizations dedicated to the pursuit of racial justice. These organizations advocate…
May It Please Your Prof: The Law Library Can Help You Develop Your Persuasive Skills
Legal research is not a one size fits all process. Different tasks require different strategies, different databases, and different secondary sources. Few assignments will be as jarringly different as the first-semester objective memo and second-semester persuasive brief in Legal Advocacy class. The Law Library is here to help. Our JD-holding reference librarians have all been through the…
Database Spotlight: Tax Law-Specific Databases
A summary overview of tax research resources available to the ASU Law community.
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Using Bloomberg Law to Get Access to Dockets: Complaints, Pleadings, Orders, and More
BLaw has our best access for dockets and you can bill against your institutional account. No fees, more documents.