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Benson Dastrup joined BYU Law School as Assistant Dean for External Relations in January 2017. Prior to joining BYU, Dean Dastrup was General Counsel at Uptake Technologies (a software company focused on big data predictive analytics for industrial IoT) and The Impact Lab (a mission-driven start-up focused on big data analytics for social good). He…

The BYU Law Health Law Club hosted a lecture by Greg Matis, Deputy General Counsel at Intermountain Healthcare and adjunct faculty member at BYU Law, on Monday, January 30. Matis discussed the challenges of the U.S. healthcare system, the requirements of the Affordable Care Act, and possible “repeal and replace” reforms that may evolve during…

Leila Banijamali, first speaker in BYU Law’s winter semester of the Future of Law series, addressed law students and prospective law students on treating their law school experience like a startup, Wednesday, February 1. She was joined by Dean Gordon Smith in a conversation of their experiences in entrepreneurship and then answering student questions. Interestingly,…

Henry J. Eyring ’89, BYU Law alum, was named the President of BYU Idaho in an announcement by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf on February 7, 2017. Eyring is currently BYU-Idaho’s academic vice president and will assume this position on April 10, 2017. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865672792/Henry-J-Eyring-announced-as-new-president-of-BYU-Idaho.html

On Friday, February 10, 2017, BYU Law congratulated the winners of the annual Moot Court final competition. Brenden Stuart won best oralist and Karen Sullivan won runner-up. The three distinguished members of the court were Justice Jeff Brown of the Texas Supreme Court, Chief Justice Lee Rosenthal of the U.S. District Court for the Southern…

BYU Law’s Trial Advocacy Team of Colt Mund, Karen Sullivan, and Jonathan Radford swept the Regional Trial Advocacy Competition held February 16-19, qualifying for the National Trial Competition in March. The team competed against teams from law schools in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming. The competition was hosted by the…

The BYU Law Black Law Student Association hosted Keith Hamilton, the first black graduate of the Law School, as its speaker for Black History Month. Hamilton recounted his experiences at the Law School, talked about the need for diversity and unity, and urged students to be leaders and activists in bettering their communities. Hamilton began…

Professor Eric Jensen returned to BYU Law to share his experience of serving as Special Counsel to Jennifer O’Connor, the Department of Defense’s General Counsel, on February 27, 2017. Professor Jensen took a year-long leave of absence starting in September 2016 to lend his expertise on international law, the law of armed conflict, and cyber…

A former software engineer before going to law school, Harry Surden, now a professor of law at the University of Colorado Law School and affiliated faculty at the Stanford CodeX Center, spoke to law students and prospective law students at the Future of Law Lecture Series, March 6, 2017 at BYU Law School. He addressed…

Twenty years ago, President Gordon B. Hinckley gave the dedicatory prayer at the dedication of the new Howard W. Hunter Law Library on March 21, 1997.  The BYU Law community is celebrating this 20th anniversary with an open house on March 21, 2017, from 1-3 p.m. in the Rex Lee Reading Room. A display highlighting…