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BYU Law School, ranked in the top 25, once struggled to recruit faculty

Compared to other top law schools, BYU started late. Some thought it was a bad idea. Here's how Latter-day Saint leaders, President Dallin H. Oaks and Rex Lee got it off the ground.

Compared to other top law schools, BYU started late. Some thought it was a bad idea. Here's how Latter-day Saint leaders, President Dallin H. Oaks and Rex Lee got it off the ground. (Jaren Wilkey, BYU)


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The search for a new president for Brigham Young University in 1971 led a member of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which sponsors BYU, to interview a highly regarded professor from the prestigious University of Chicago law school.

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