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The ACS Innocence Project hosted guest speakers Katie Monroe and Penny Beernsten who spoke on the collateral damages of wrongful convictions. Beerntsen is a crime survivor from a case that resulted in a wrongful conviction, and Monroe is the daughter of an exoneree. Katie Monroe’s mother was wrongfully convicted of a crime she did not…

The Federalist Society hosted a debate on March 28, 2017, about what Congress should do with the Affordable Care Act. The debate featured Deroy Murdock, a nationally syndicated columnist with the Scripps Howard News service and a senior fellow with the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, and Greg Matis, Deputy General Counsel to Intermountain Healthcare. Murdock…

BYU Law students had the privilege of hearing advice from a panel of judges on March 22, at an event hosted by the Utah Litigation Section: “How to Win Friends and Influence Judges.” The panel included Judge Laura Scott, Third District Court; Judge Paige Petersen, Third District Court; Judge David Connors, Second District Court; Judge…

A line of fifth-grade students from Wasatch Elementary School in Provo weave their way into the court room.  A ten-year-old judge wearing a shirt and tie takes his place on the stand next to the bailiff. A few students sneak over to say hi to their BYU Law student mentors and then take a seat…

Helping others heal has been an important aspiration of BYU Law student Andee DeVore ‘17. She originally intended to fulfill this desire by attending medical school. She had completed her medical pre-requisite courses and graduated in public health when she felt nudged in a different direction. As she considered options, her brother, who was finishing…

Daniel Chavez’s life direction changed after he walked in his second-year Federal Income Tax class. “From the first class, Professor Fleming had me converted,” Chavez said. Chavez found tax law fascinating. “[It] challenged me in ways other areas of the law did not,” he said. “That class opened a whole new world to me.” Chavez’s…

“Carolina Núñez will serve as our new Associate Dean of Research and Academic Affairs beginning May 1, 2017,” announced Dean Gordon Smith. “I am confident that she will bless the Law School community in her new role. She is a popular teacher, who just last month received the 2L/3L Professor of the Year Award from…

Friday, April 28, 2017, the 42nd graduating class of the J. Reuben Clark Law School joined in convocation ceremonies in the DeJong Concert Hall on Brigham Young University campus. Student speakers Brooke Heard Ellis and Tanner James Bean addressed the audience of graduates and their family and friends along with law school faculty and staff.…

BYU Law students will be in Las Vegas on September 12, 2015, to interview with employers in the area. The Las Vegas Job Fair is part of BYU Law’s Traveling Interview Program that includes: Washington D.C., New York City, Dallas, and Houston[.].The program is convenient for employers and beneficial for students who have the opportunity…

Several BYU Law faculty members participated in the 2015 annual meeting for the American Association of Law Schools (AALS), January 2-5 in Washington, D.C. This year’s theme was “Legal Education at the Crossroads.” Faculty members RonNell Andersen Jones, Christine Hurt, Brett Scharffs, and Gordon Smith serve on section boards. Professor Jones is a member of…