22 February 2010
BYU Law Ranked 34th
BYU Law was ranked 34th in this year's Go-To Law School List by The National Law Journal. The Go-To Law School List ranks law schools by percentage of 2009 J.D. graduates who were …
17 February 2010
Worse than Exemption
Professor null has recently posted one of his recent articles, Worse than Exemption, on SSRN. Co-authored with Robert J. Peroni and Stephen E. Shay, this article was published in the Emory Law Journal …
04 February 2010
Nominate Your Classmates
It's time to nominate your classmates and professors for awards that will be given out at the Annual Law School Awards Banquet on March 25. This is a great chance to recognize those …
02 February 2010
Dominguez on Affirmative Action
Professor David Dominguez's article Legal Education and the Ecology of Cultural Justice: How Affirmative Action Can Become Race-Neutral by 2028 has recently been published in the Oregon Law Review.
25 January 2010
Prof. Sun in Deseret News
"Reports of looting and violence in post-earthquake Haiti are likely exagerrated and may hinder relief efforts, according to a Brigham Young University law professor," begins an article in the Deseret News last weekend. …
21 January 2010
Prof. Sun on Haiti
Professor Lisa Grow Sun's recent blog post on Concurring Opinions examines the lessons Haiti can draw from Hurricane Katrina.
14 January 2010
Disaster Law and Policy
Professor Lisa Grow Sun has recently co-authored the second edition of the disaster law textbook Disaster Law and Policy. Professor Sun's co-authors are Professors Daniel A. Farber, Jim Chen, and Robert Verchick. Professor …
03 December 2009
Prof. Gedicks Papers
Professor Fred Gedicks has posted two new articles to SSRN. The first, The Recurring Paradox of Groups in the Liberal State, will be published in the Utah Law Review. The second, American Civil …
11 November 2009
Kucana v. Holder
Oral argument in Kucana v. Holder, the case in which Professor RonNell Andersen Jones acted as co-counsel, was heard before the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday. BYU Law students assisted Professor Jones with the …
10 November 2009
Prof. Tarkington Article
Professor Margaret Tarkington has recently posted her newest article, "A Free Speech Right to Impugn Judicial Integrity in Court Proceedings," to SSRN. Download it here. Professor Tarkington's article has been accepted for publication …
05 November 2009
Michael Goldsmith
I, like many others, am mourning the loss of Professor Michael Goldsmith this week. He was a true "can do" lawyer, like he always taught his students to be. I enjoyed Paul Rolly's …
15 October 2009
BYU Law Ranked #27
Brian Leiter has recently released his Ranking of Top 40 Law Schools by Student (Numerical) Quality for 2009 and BYU Law has come in ranked at #27. The ranking is based on "the …
05 October 2009
Lynn Wardle Articles
Professor null has recently posted two of this articles to SSRN. Click on the titles to read the abstracts and download the papers. Restructuring Democracy or Lawlessness? Critical Reflections on in Re Marriage …
15 September 2009
Kevin Worthen Articles
Professor null, former Dean of the Law School and now Advancement Vice President of BYU, has recently posted many of his articles to SSRN. Click on the following titles to view the abstracts …
04 September 2009
BYU Law Ranked #7
The U.S. News and World Report has recently ranked law schools based on the percentage of graduates in federal judicial clerkships. BYU Law tied for 7th with the University of Michigan at 14%. …
01 September 2009
David Moore Papers
One of our newest faculty members, David H. Moore, has recently posted some of his papers on SSRN. Law(Makers) of the Land: The Doctrine of Treaty Non-Self-Execution Medellin, the Alien Tort Statute, and …
25 August 2009
BYU Law Ranked #2
National Jurist Magazine has recently ranked BYU Law School #2 in its 2009 list of best value law schools. BYU was the only private law school on the list of 65. Read the …
13 August 2009
Fostering Faith
Professor null, former interim dean of the law school, was quoted at length in a recent preLaw Magazine article titled Fostering Faith. The article discusses religiously-affiliated law schools, of which there are 49 …
