Wheatley Hosts First Law Student Seminar
In August, 24 students from law schools across the country attended the first annual Law Student Seminar. The innovative week-long conference included opportunities for students to hear from prominent speakers Elder Quentin L. Cook, Elder D. Todd Christofferson, Elder James Rasband, Elder Alexander Dushku, and Elder Matthew Holland. BYU faculty Shima Baughman, Paul Edwards, Judge Thomas Griffith, James Phillips, Jeremy Pope, Bradley Rebeiro, Kevin Worthen also led sessions that added to theme of the seminar, “Divinely Inspired Constitutional Principles.”
“I came here because I wanted to learn about the constitution through a faith-based lens, and I definitely got that”
- Denise Jimenez, Yale Law
“I’ve had the chance to learn not only how the constitution is divinely inspired but why that matters.”
- Brock Christensen University of Virginia Law
