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Campus

BYU Law School's Habeas Chorus provides musical outlet for students

By Makeilah Law
October 25, 2024 10:39 AM
Habeas Chorus, an official student organization within the BYU Law School, allows students to gather once every week to sing together.
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Metro

Utah Legislature adds Ten Commandments to Utah school curriculum

Dylan Eubank
By Dylan Eubank
July 22, 2024 12:00 AM
H.B. 269, which added the Ten Commandments to public schools' list of historical documents and to the curriculum, went into effect on July 1.
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Nation

Sandra Day O'Connor: a life dedicated to promoting justice, civil discourse

By Angela Hernandez
December 18, 2023 12:00 AM
Sandra Day O'Connor, retired Supreme Court associate justice, died on Dec. 1. O'Connor's funeral services will be held at Washington National Cathedral Tuesday, Dec. 19.
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Campus

Female enrollment in law school on the rise at BYU

By Courtney Tietjen
April 30, 2019 12:00 AM
Kurt London is a 2016 graduate of the J. Reuben Clark Law School.
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Nation

Ginsburg makes first public appearance since cancer surgery

By Associated Press
February 05, 2019 12:00 AM
Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, nominated by President Bill Clinton, sits with fellow Supreme Court justices for a group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Campus

BYU Law admissions offer tips for entry

By Sadie Anderson
July 19, 2018 12:00 AM
When BYU students decide they want to go to law school, many don’t know where to start. There are many different types of law, and the idea of taking the LSAT can be daunting. That’s where Kris Tina Carlston comes in.
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Local

HB241: Bill would eliminate non-compete agreements in broadcast news

By Katie Harris
March 06, 2018 12:00 AM
KUTV 2NEWS reporter Jeremy Harris reports on the 2017 Las Vegas shooting. HB241 would affect all broadcasting reporters' ability to work. (Jeremy Harris)
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Nation

Utah statute of limitations: what it is and why it matters

By Kelsey Johnson
July 18, 2017 12:00 AM
Practicing lawyer and BYU School of Communications Director Ed Carter explains statutes of limitations are time restraints on how long after a crime a person has to prosecute. He said while it brings benefits, it can be seen as a 'deadline on justice.' (Dani Jardine)
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Campus Events

BYU law professor teaches as Scholar in Residence at USC

By Jenny Lee
March 20, 2017 12:00 AM
John W. 'Jack' Welch (left) shakes hands with Larry Eastland, chairman and president of the Widtsoe Foundation, and Edina Lekovic, former public policy director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, at a two-day conference at USC. (Jan Hemming)
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Campus

BYU law school ranked No. 1 for return on investment

By Maddy French
February 17, 2017 12:00 AM
Professor Aaron Nielson teaches a class at the J. Reuben Clark Law School. (Ari Davis)
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Religion

Russia another example of changing missionary landscape

By Laura Spilsbury
September 29, 2016 12:00 AM
MTC teacher Emily Hoskins enjoys the snow while on her mission in January 2015 in Vyborg, Russia — one of the first places in Russia where the church was established. (Emily Hoskins)
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Music

YouTube: Home to illegal and not-so-illegal content

By Jesse King
September 01, 2016 12:00 AM
YouTube is inundated with music covers, but what is concerning to some is the legal implications of people posting videos of copyrighted content.
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Religion

BYU law student survived brain surgery during mission

By Whitney Hales
June 09, 2016 12:00 AM
She brought her family lots of gifts from her mission in Paris: clothes, caramels, paintings and trinkets. But Emily Anderson kept one souvenir all to herself.
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Uncategorized

Utah lawmaker wants opt-in requirement for porn

By Natalie Hollingshead
May 25, 2016 12:00 AM
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah lawmaker who succeeded in having pornography declared a public health crisis intends to continue his crusade through a bill that could require porn filters to be placed on the internet.
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Local

World Congress of Families IX: Churches, individuals must defend religious freedom

By Austin Tenny
November 03, 2015 12:00 AM
Evan Lenow tells World Congress of Families delegates that faith groups must organize and lead out in defense of religious freedom. (Austin Tenny)
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Nation

Senators introduce landmark bipartisan Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015

By Beau Jones
October 16, 2015 12:00 AM
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, left, gestures that it is time to leave a news conference with a bipartisan group of Senators who spoke about criminal justice reform, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Local

Provo police officers to start wearing body cameras this year

By Megan Kennedy
June 15, 2015 12:00 AM
The Provo Police Department has spent the last two years testing body cameras. Now the department sees the implementation of these cameras becoming a reality in the near future.
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Local

Three more step forward to being tricked by BYU catfish

By Jenna Koford
March 24, 2015 12:00 AM
Second in a series. Part one begins the look at BYU women victimized by 'catfish' relationship deception. Part three shows the national media attention catfishing attracted.
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