Visit the Law School's HelpDesk website for general IT information and support. You can also search the HelpDesk Knowledge Base. 

See the Law School's laptop requirements and suggestions here.

Law School students and faculty can check out an iPad or Meta Quest 3 headset by contacting Nick Hafen.

Microsoft 365

Access Microsoft apps through your University email address (netid@byu.edu). You can download Office through https://microsoft.byu.edu. Open a support ticket with the Law School Helpdesk if you have any questions.

 Adobe Acrobat

Law students and faculty can access Adobe Acrobat Pro by signing in with their university accounts (netid@byu.edu). The Helpdesk has provided instructions for downloading the app. Open a support ticket with the Law School Helpdesk if you have any questions.

PowerNotes

PowerNotes is a software tool for managing and organizing your research. Sign up here with your law school email address and install the Chrome or Firefox extension. You can find a getting started guide and other resources here.

Luri's BriefCase tool helps students brief cases to prepare for class. They are also beta testing BlueCite, a citation checker. Sign up with your law school email address for free access through the end of 2025. The company invites feedback and is often willing to grant or extend free access in exchange. Contact nick.hafen@law.byu.edu for more details.

You can also access Luri through the Apple App Store.

Zotero

Zotero markets itself as "a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research." See this guide for more information on using Zotero.

Gavel (formerly Documate) is a legal-specific document automation and app-building platform. No coding knowledge is necessary. While law students at any school can sign up for free basic accounts here, BYU Law currently subscribes to more advanced features. Please contact nick.hafen@law.byu.edu to set up an account with more advanced features.

Clio is a practice management software. The BYU Community Clinic and many legal aid providers and small and medium firms use Clio. 

Clio provides free student access to the platform.

We have several free licenses to Lit Suite, which is a suite of apps for litigation including TrialPad, an app for presenting documents and evidence at trial. It requires a Mac or an iPad.

We have several free licenses available for students who would like to try out this software. We also have iPads in the library you can use if you'd like to try out the software. Please contact Nick Hafen for details.

DISCO is an eDiscovery platform. Contact nick.hafen@law.byu.edu to request access to the Law School's training instance. DISCO provides training and certifications through DISCO University.

BriefCatch is a legal editing tool that is an add-on to Microsoft Word. You can install it by following the instructions below. Please reach out to Prof. Gerdy Kyle with any questions.

To access BriefCatch, you will need to do the following:

1. Open Microsoft Word
2. Click on "Add-Ins" (top right)
3. Search the add-ins for "BriefCatch"
4. Open BriefCatch
5. Sign up for a new account
6. Create your account with your name, your BYU Law email address, and a password of your choice
7. When asked to enter your sign-up code, enter 3285