International Center for Law and Religion Studies

BYU ICLRS and University of Utah co-sponsor Tolerance Means Dialogue Event at Utah State Capitol

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土曜日, 10月 28, 2023

PROVO, Utah, Oct. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tolerance Means Dialogue will host an event at the Utah State Capitol on October 30 from 5-6:15 pm.

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  • PROVO, Utah, Oct. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Tolerance Means Dialogue will host an event at the Utah State Capitol on October 30 from 5-6:15 pm.
  • The event is co-sponsored by the University of Utah and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University Law School.
  • Additional sponsors include Equality Utah, the 1st Amendment Partnership, the Fairness for All Initiative, Braver Angels and the Federalist Society at both BYU and the U's law schools.
  • Utah State Senator J. Stuart Adams will close the event.

BYU Law School Celebrates 50th Anniversary

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火曜日, 8月 22, 2023

PROVO, Utah, Aug. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BYU Law, a global law school affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The youngest of the top 25 law schools, BYU Law is renowned for its strong student body and influential faculty who have pioneered such fields as law and entrepreneurship, disaster law, transactional design, law and leadership, law and corpus linguistics, international religious freedom, and legal technology. The school, which opened its doors for the first time on Aug. 27, 1973, will hold a series of quinquagenary celebrations beginning with a charter class reunion on Saturday, August 26.

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  • PROVO, Utah, Aug. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BYU Law, a global law school affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
  • The youngest of the top 25 law schools, BYU Law is renowned for its strong student body and influential faculty who have pioneered such fields as law and entrepreneurship, disaster law, transactional design, law and leadership, law and corpus linguistics, international religious freedom, and legal technology.
  • Only four of the top 25 law schools were founded after the 1800s, with BYU Law ranking as the youngest law school on the list.
  • "In 50 short years, BYU Law has become a leader among law schools in the U.S. and beyond," said David H. Moore, dean of BYU Law.

Successful 2020 Tang Prize Award Ceremony Highlights Laureates' Achievements and Influence

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土曜日, 11月 20, 2021

TAIPEI, Nov. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2020 Tang Prize Award Ceremony took place virtually at 2p.m.

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  • TAIPEI, Nov. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2020 Tang Prize Award Ceremony took place virtually at 2p.m.
  • In his opening remarks, Dr. Jenn-Chuan Chern, CEO of the Tang Prize Foundation, explained that the COVID pandemic that engulfed the entire world in 2020 had disrupted the plans the Foundation previously worked out.
  • With the enthusiastic participation of audiences around the globe, the first virtual Tang Prize Award Ceremony has come to a successful end.
  • We hope life will return to normal in the coming year, so that an in-person award ceremony can be held in Taiwan, a tradition of the Tang Prize that has been observed since 2014.

BYU Law Establishes Geneva and London Law Seminars

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水曜日, 10月 13, 2021

"The Washington Law Seminar has been extraordinarily successful and has provided BYU Law students with unique opportunities to leverage their experience to land preferred jobs in Washington, D.C.," said D. Gordon Smith, Dean, BYU Law.

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  • "The Washington Law Seminar has been extraordinarily successful and has provided BYU Law students with unique opportunities to leverage their experience to land preferred jobs in Washington, D.C.," said D. Gordon Smith, Dean, BYU Law.
  • BYU Law Professor Matthew Jennejohn will direct the London Law Seminar, and Professors Cree Jones and David Moore will direct the Geneva Law Seminar.
  • London Law Seminar students will have the opportunity to live at the BYU London Centre, a BYU-owned facility that provides housing at a reasonable cost in central London.
  • BYU is taking applications now for both new programs, which are open to BYU Law students.The law school anticipates offering the Geneva and London Law Seminar programs each semester going forward, COVID-19 travel permitting.

ADF International and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies Host Conference on the Future of Religious Freedom in the Americas

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土曜日, 7月 10, 2021

In "Fulton, Pavez and the Future of Religious Freedom in the Americas," international experts will offer their insights on possible answers.

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  • In "Fulton, Pavez and the Future of Religious Freedom in the Americas," international experts will offer their insights on possible answers.
  • The panel will be moderated by Tomas Henriquez, Advocacy Director for the OAS and Latin America, ADF International.
  • About the International Center for Law and Religion Studies:
    The International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University's J. Reuben Clark Law School is dedicated to securing and maintaining the blessings of freedom of religion and belief for all people.
  • The Center launched the annual Religious Liberty Review in 2014 to provide information and debate on current religious liberty issues in the United States.