BYU Law Review

BYU Law Professor Aaron Nielson Appointed Solicitor General of Texas

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Monday, November 13, 2023

PROVO, Utah, Nov. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BYU Law today announced Professor Aaron Nielson has been appointed to serve as Solicitor General of Texas.

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  • PROVO, Utah, Nov. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BYU Law today announced Professor Aaron Nielson has been appointed to serve as Solicitor General of Texas.
  • Professor Nielson will take a one-year leave of absence from BYU Law School to serve as Solicitor General.
  • He supervises BYU Law's Washington, D.C. program and was selected as BYU Law Alumni Professor of the Year in 2019.
  • "I'm grateful to BYU Law for its willingness to allow me to take a one-year leave to work with the world-class appellate lawyers in the Texas Solicitor General Division.

BYU Law Hosts 8th Annual Law and Corpus Linguistics Conference

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Wednesday, October 4, 2023

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

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Thursday, March 9, 2023

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

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 Announces Global Business Law Program

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Wednesday, November 2, 2022

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.

Gilmore Bell Adds New Attorneys in Salt Lake City

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Thursday, October 20, 2022

, a leading public finance law firm, is pleased to announce that Adam Daly and Haley Holloway have joined the firm as associates in the Salt Lake City office.

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  • , a leading public finance law firm, is pleased to announce that Adam Daly and Haley Holloway have joined the firm as associates in the Salt Lake City office.
  • Gilmore Bell is one of the leading public finance law firms in the United States.
  • For more than 25 years, Gilmore Bell has ranked in the top 10 nationally in the number of bond counsel opinions rendered on municipal bond issues.
  • Gilmore Bell has offices in Utah, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Illinois.

BYU Law Dean to Step Down at End of Academic Year

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Thursday, October 13, 2022

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.

Wilson Sonsini Launches Salt Lake City Office With Retiring Utah Supreme Court Justice, Veteran Corporate Team

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Tuesday, November 2, 2021

Divvy Series D : Wilson Sonsini represented Divvy, a leader in spend management with corporate users including the Utah Jazz, in a $165 million funding round that valued the company at $1.6 billion.

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  • Divvy Series D : Wilson Sonsini represented Divvy, a leader in spend management with corporate users including the Utah Jazz, in a $165 million funding round that valued the company at $1.6 billion.
  • J.D., Brigham Young University Law School, summa cum laude, 2000
    J.D., New York University School of Law, 2008
    First Greek American to serve on the Utah Supreme Court.
  • Before leaving the bench, he was the only non-Mormon on the Utah Supreme Court.
  • Marc Porter: "Wilson Sonsini has no peer, in Utah or elsewhere, in providing sophisticated counsel to emerging technology companies.

BYU Law Establishes Geneva and London Law Seminars

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Wednesday, October 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.