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

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Saturday, October 28, 2023
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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.

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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 Hosts 8th Annual Law and Corpus Linguistics Conference

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Wednesday, October 4, 2023
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PROVO, Utah, Oct. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BYU Law today announced it will hold its eighth annual Law and Corpus Linguistics Conference on October 13. The event, sponsored by Schaerr Jaffe, LLP, BYU College of Humanities and the Judicial Education Institute, will convene prominent legal and linguistics scholars, judges and industry professionals interested in furthering the discipline of corpus linguistics – the methodology for understanding the meaning of words at the time they were written by analyzing language in large collections of texts called "corpora."

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  • Lineup to include keynote by D. Gordon Smith, linguist workshop, panel on the intersection of IP law and corpus linguistics
    PROVO, Utah, Oct. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BYU Law today announced it will hold its eighth annual Law and Corpus Linguistics Conference on October 13.
  • Its law and corpus linguistics platform search interface has been used by thousands of researchers, including federal and state judges, and appellate attorneys.
  • Smith spearheaded the Law and Corpus Linguistics project during his tenure as dean of BYU Law.
  • The study of law and corpus linguistics was pioneered by BYU Law School.

BYU Law School Celebrates 50th Anniversary

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Tuesday, August 22, 2023
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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. 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.

BYU Law Partners with Top Corporate Law Firms to Broaden Scope of Spring 2023 Academies Program

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Wednesday, April 12, 2023
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PROVO, Utah, April 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BYU Law, a global law school focused on leadership in legal theory and practice, today announced the addition of five new boot camp-style Academies for spring 2023, providing more opportunities for first-year BYU Law students to connect with top-flight attorneys for hands on experience in areas of interest. Offered in partnership with several leading law firms, the Academies being added this year include the Appellate Academy in Los Angeles (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher), the Corporate Compliance Academy in Los Angeles (Mayer Brown), the Restructuring Academy in Philadelphia (Greenberg Traurig), the Chancery Academy in Delaware (Potter Anderson & Corroon), and the International Commercial Arbitration Academy in Geneva.

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  • "Our Academies program has been in great demand with students and law firms alike, recognizing the unmatched benefit from networking and hands-on learning that this program provides," said Gordon Smith, dean of BYU Law.
  • "It's gratifying to have interest from such a diverse lineup of topnotch firms in legal markets throughout the country, as well as globally."
  • The BYU Law Academies provide each first-year BYU Law student the opportunity to participate in an area of interest for their future legal career exploration.
  • Each Academy will be supervised by a full-time BYU Law faculty sponsor with relevant practice experience and a dedicated academy-specific adjunct faculty coordinator from BYU Law, in addition to lawyers who work for collaborating law firms.

BYU Law to Host Inaugural Design Thinking Competition, Furthering Commitment to Law, Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship

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Thursday, March 9, 2023
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PROVO, Utah, March 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BYU Law, a global law school focused on leadership and innovation in the legal field, today announced that it will hold the inaugural Design Thinking Competition on Saturday, March 11 at its campus in Provo, Utah. Organized by the school's Law, Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship (LITE) Group in conjunction with the LawX legal design lab, the one-day, hackathon-style competition will introduce students to problem solving with design thinking, enable them to showcase their skills, and allow them to connect with peers and experts who share their interest legal industry innovation.

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  • "BYU Law students have really embraced the notion that user centered design and legal technology is poised to play a role in the future of the legal field," said Shawn Nevers, Deputy Director of the BYU Law Library and the faculty advisor for the LITE Club.
  • This year's Design Thinking Competition is open to BYU Law students with plans to expand the competition into an annual event that welcomes competitors from other law schools.
  • Since 2018, BYU Law has participated in the Global Legal Hackathon, the largest legal hackathon in history.
  • The students utilize design thinking to research, ideate, prototype and test a solution in a fast-paced environment.

BYU Law Hosts 2023 Winter Deals Conference to Address the Modern Global Economy's Most Pressing Legal Issues

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Tuesday, March 7, 2023
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PROVO, Utah, March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BYU Law, a global law school focused on leadership in legal theory and practice, today announced that it will host the 2023 BYU Law Winter Deals Conference from March 8-10, continuing its annual tradition of convening researchers to discuss the modern global economy's most pressing legal issues. Focusing on "New Ideas for Modern Markets' Most Difficult Challenges," the Winter Deals Conference explores policies for addressing a variety of domains, from mergers and acquisitions to VC to corporate governance.

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  • PROVO, Utah, March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BYU Law, a global law school focused on leadership in legal theory and practice, today announced that it will host the 2023 BYU Law Winter Deals Conference from March 8-10, continuing its annual tradition of convening researchers to discuss the modern global economy's most pressing legal issues.
  • Focusing on "New Ideas for Modern Markets' Most Difficult Challenges," the Winter Deals Conference explores policies for addressing a variety of domains, from mergers and acquisitions to VC to corporate governance.
  • BYU Law's Winter Deals Conference brings leading scholars and practitioners to Park City, Utah, located within one of the most vibrant technology clusters in the United States, to discuss some of the modern global economy's most pressing legal issues.
  • "An incubator for developing new policy and law, the Winter Deals Conference brings together thinkers from academia, public sectors and private practice to debate solutions to these emerging problems."

BYU Law to Address Wellness During 2023 Law and Leadership Conference

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Thursday, January 26, 2023
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PROVO, Utah, Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BYU Law, a global law school focused on leadership in legal theory and practice, today announced that its 2022-23 Law and Leadership Conference will focus on "Well-being in the Legal Profession." This year's event will be held on January 27 at the law school's campus in Provo, Utah.

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  • PROVO, Utah, Jan. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BYU Law, a global law school focused on leadership in legal theory and practice, today announced that its 2022-23 Law and Leadership Conference will focus on "Well-being in the Legal Profession."
  • "Each year, BYU Law School hosts a Law and Leadership Conference to address an issue of current importance with a focus on how the industry might make the world a better place," said D. Gordon Smith, Dean, BYU Law.
  • "We are concerned by the prevalence of mental and physical wellness issues in the legal profession.
  • During the lunch session, Jane Mitchell, BYU Law Research Fellow, will speak about "How Law Schools Fuel Student Threat Responses."

ELSA JACOBSEN AND KATHLYN MCHENRY JOIN EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION CONSORTIUM'S STATE POLICY TEAM

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Friday, November 4, 2022
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Early Care and Education Consortium (ECEC) welcomes Elsa Jacobsen and Kathlyn McHenry to its team as directors of state policy and government relations.

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  • WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Early Care and Education Consortium (ECEC) welcomes Elsa Jacobsen and Kathlyn McHenry to its team as directors of state policy and government relations.
  • They will both help elevate ECEC's state work through their strategic insight into the policy landscape.
  • "They provide long-term experience working on early childhood education with a wide range of lawmakers in state legislatures and executive offices.
  • Jacobsen previously served as director of public policy at Child360, an early learning non-profit in Los Angeles.

BYU Law Announces Global Business Law Program

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Wednesday, November 2, 2022
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PROVO, Utah, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BYU Law, a global law school focused on leadership in legal theory and practice, today announced the establishment of its Global Business Law Program to facilitate research, curriculum, conversations and policy engagement on contemporary topics of interest to the international business community. The program will address issues including, but not limited to corporate governance, securities regulation, antitrust law, mergers and acquisitions, sustainability, and diversity, equity and inclusion.

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  • PROVO, Utah, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BYU Law, a global law school focused on leadership in legal theory and practice, today announced the establishment of its Global Business Law Program to facilitate research, curriculum, conversations and policy engagement on contemporary topics of interest to the international business community.
  • The Global Business Law Program will serve as an umbrella to several existing BYU Law offerings, including its annual Winter Deals Conference, Global Law Seminars in London, Geneva and Dubai, as well as the New York Deals and Palo Alto Startups Academies.
  • "It's exciting to formally announce BYU Law's Global Business Law Program, which we believe will help us further our reach, identify issues of importance, attract partners and influence policy," said Gordon Smith, dean, BYU Law.
  • The Future of Antitrust Series , the first new initiative of BYU Law School's Global Business Law Program, fosters collaboration and constructive debate among a range of perspectives in contemporary antitrust law and policy.

BYU Law Dean to Step Down at End of Academic Year

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Thursday, October 13, 2022
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PROVO, Utah, Oct. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BYU Law, a global law school focused on leadership in legal theory and practice, today announced that Dean D. Gordon Smith will step down following the 2022-23 academic year to return to the faculty.

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  • "BYU Law School is flourishing, and my enthusiasm for the Law School has never been greater.
  • Prior to his initial appointment as dean, he served as an associate dean for faculty and curriculum at BYU Law.
  • Prior to joining the faculty at BYU Law in 2007, he was a professor of law at the University of Wisconsin Law School.
  • In its most recent rankings, National Jurist recognized BYU Law as the #1 best-value law school in its 2021 ranking.