25 January 2012
The Press, the Public, and the U.S. Supreme Court
Tomorrow and Friday the Brigham Young University Law Review will put on a symposium titled, The Press, the Public, and the U.S. Supreme Court. I can't honestly say that every law review symposium …
08 November 2011
BYU Law Ranked #2
BYU Law recently came in at number two in National Jurist magazine's ranking of Best Value Law Schools. The original list that came out a few months ago was unranked, but the November …
14 October 2011
Roman Plates Lecture – Oct. 20
As you've passed by the Reserve Library, you've probably noticed the Roman Plates exhibit we are hosting this year. More details about the exhibit can be found in this blog post I did …
14 October 2011
Sample Exams
Not that I want to start you thinking about finals, but I wanted to alert you to a change in the location of our Sample Exams. These are BYU Law-specific sample exams that …
23 August 2011
BYU Law on ATL
Above the Law ran a story today involving BYU Law. Don't worry, don't worry. While finding your law school's name on the pages of ATL is usually the cause for some embarrassment, this …
12 May 2011
Private Ordering with Shareholder Bylaws
Professor Gordon Smith has recently posted his newest article, Private Ordering with Shareholder Bylaws, to SSRN. Co-authors of the paper include Matthew G. Wright and Marcus Kai Hintze. Here's the abstract: In this Article, we propose …
28 March 2011
Law School Awards 2011
Last Thursday, BYU Law School held its Annual Awards Banquet and Barrister's Ball at the Provo City Library. A number of law students, faculty, and staff were recognized for their many achievements and contributions …
08 March 2011
A Ruby Anniversary (40 years)
In honor of 40th anniversary of the BYU Law School (announced March 9, 1971), the Hunter Law Library has a small exhibit on the second floor south of the Reference Desk. The display case …
03 March 2011
Remembering Goldsmith
This coming Sunday would have been the late BYU law professor Michael Goldsmith's 60th birthday. He was born March 6, 1951 in Tel Aviv, Israel, and passed away Nov. 1, 2009 in Albany, New York …
17 February 2011
BYU Law Ranked #17
BYU Law ranks 17th in Brian Leiter's recent rankings of Supreme Court Clerkship Placement, 2000 through 2010 Terms.
22 December 2010
BYU Law Ranked 19th
Professor Paul Caron of the Tax Prof Blog has crunched some numbers from the latest edition of the Princeton Review's Best 172 Law Schools and come up with some alternative rankings for law …
08 December 2010
Prof. Jones Article
Professor RonNell Andersen Jones has recently posted her latest article, Litigation, Legislation and Democracy in a Post-Newspaper America, to SSRN. It will be published in the Washington and Lee Law Review.
19 November 2010
Tribute to Prof. Goldsmith
Earlier this month marked one year since the passing of Professor Michael Goldsmith. The most recent issue of the BYU Law Review contains a "Tribute to Professor Michael Goldsmith" that includes several articles …
15 November 2010
Worthen on the NCAA and Religion
Former law school dean Kevin Worthen recently posted his article The NCAA and Religion: Insights About Non-State Governance from Sunday Play and End Zone Celebrations to SSRN. Dean Worthen is currently serving as …
05 November 2010
When Agencies Go Nuclear
Professor Brigham Daniels has recently posted his paper, When Agencies Go Nuclear: A Game Theoretical Approach to the Biggest Sticks in an Agency's Arsenal, to SSRN. More of Professor Daniels' papers can be …
01 November 2010
Prof. Fleming Article
Professor Cliff Fleming has recently posted his newest article, Can Tax Expenditure Analysis Be Divorced From a Normative Tax Base?: A Critique of the 'New Paradigm' and its Denouement, to SSRN. This article …
26 October 2010
Presumption of Innocence Before Trial in Malawi
Professor Shima Baradaran has posted her recent article, The Presumption of Innocence and Pretrial Detention in Malawi, to SSRN. As many of you know, Professor Baradaran was a Fulbright Senior Scholar at the …
13 October 2010
Lieberman Receives BYU Law Award
Last week, the J. Reuben Clark Law Society and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies presented the International Religious Liberty Award to Senator Joseph Lieberman. Dean Jim Rasband presented the award …
