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Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School is hosting a full slate of boot camp-style “academies” starting next week to provide first-year BYU Law students with professional training and connections to attorneys around the country in a variety of disciplines, from trial work to deal work.

BYU Law has earned its highest U.S. News ranking to date, rocketing up six spots from last year and coming in at No. 23 in the 2023 Best Graduate School rankings released today. Full Article

BYU Law, a global law school focused on preparing the next generation of leaders in legal practice, today announced that its 2021-22 Law and Leadership Conference will focus on “peacebuilding,” where participants will discuss how we might change the world for the better in the wake of a global pandemic and civil unrest. This year’s…

BYU Law, a global law school focused on leadership in legal theory and practice, today announced it will hold its seventh annual Law and Corpus Linguistics Conference Feb. 3-4 via hybrid (in-person and virtual) format. The event, sponsored by Schaerr Jaffe, LLP, will convene prominent legal and linguistics scholars, judges and industry professionals interested in furthering the discipline of…

A private school, Brigham Young University – J. Reuben Clark Law School, has topped our annual Best Value Law Schools ranking. That’s quite the milestone. Private schools are usually at a disadvantage in our analysis because they normally charge higher tuition than public schools, most of which get state funding to keep costs down, particularly…

A handful of lucky Brigham Young University law students are going to be the first to embark on overseas studies that will parallel internships in legal and financial institutions in Europe. On Wednesday, BYU announced two new programs focused on preparing the next generation of leaders in the legal practice. BYU will offer Law Seminar…

David Moore, BYU Law’s Sterling and Eleanor Colton Endowed Chair in Law and an associate director for the International Center for Law and Religion Studies, has been selected to serve as the 2021 John T. Copenhaver Jr. Chair at West Virginia University (WVU). The Copenhaver Chair, a collaboration between the College of Law and the…

December 1789. Thomas Jefferson had been home less than three weeks, and his country was calling again. As United States minister to Paris, Jefferson had relished the sparkle of French wit, the savor of French cuisine and the glories of the gallic countryside. He had also witnessed the opening scenes of the French Revolution. Now…

Brigham Young University law students soon will have a new way to study the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — from within the Middle East itself. BYU Law’s Jerusalem Initiative will launch in late April and early May, the school announced Wednesday, in conjunction with the BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies.

D. Gordon Smith | © BYU Photo PROVO, Utah, June 2021 – D. Gordon Smith, BYU Law dean, has been appointed as the first occupant of the Ira A. Fulton Chair in the J. Reuben Clark Law School. The chair was established at the Law School in 2020 through a generous endowment for scholarships, mentorships,…