The Clark Memorandum

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2022

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2022 General Joseph Smith and His Candidacy for the Presidency of the United States Leadership Lessons from the Life of Dallin H. Oaks Flunking the Founding Seven Lessons from the Life of Rex Lee

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2021

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2021 Truth, Civility, and Advocacy Cultivating a Deeper Faith in Jesus Christ Can Religion Be a Healing Force in Society? Navigating Life’s Uncertainties

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2021

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2021 Rooting Out Racism How Do We Practice Our Religion While We Practice? Hope in Hardship The Unity Paradox

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2020

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2020 A Feast of Fat Things And When He Came to Himself No Other Gods Before Me The Economics of Goodness

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2020

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2020 Of Rights and Responsibilities: The Social Ecosystem of Religious Freedom I am the Woman Who Can Flashes of Light: Thoughts on Circumstantial Evidence Capital Markets and Human Flourishing

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2019

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2019 In Essentials, Unity; in Nonessentials, Liberty; and in All Things, Charity Choose to Trust the Lord First Amendment Harms "To Do Justly, and to Love Mercy"

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2019

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2019 Declaring Human Dignity (Photographs by Steve McCurry) How Not to Be Stupid (Michael Mosman) Religion, Democracy, and the Habits of the Heart (Elder Bruce C. Hafen) Loving Our Neighbors (D. Carolina Núñez...

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2018

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2018 Dean's Message Heroes of Unity: Latter-day Saints, the "Bonds of Affection," and the Atonement of Christ Defend Divinely Inspired Freedoms Homicides in the Old Testament and the Book of Mormon How to Enjoy...

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2018

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2018 The Path of Present Intention Scholarship as Dialogue and a Constructive Exercise: A Look at the Investitures of Three BYU Law Professors Kif Augustine-Adams Christine Hurt Brett Scharffs A Pattern of...

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2017

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2017 Ascending the Mountain: A Story of the People of the Great Hill Unlocking Potential: How a Law Degree Amplifies Your Ability to Bless the World The EU Apple Case: Who Has a Dog in the Fight?

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2017

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2017 A Graduate Program of Real Consequence Promoting Religious Freedom in a Secular Age Religious Liberty Versus Secularity Audacious Faith

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2016

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2016 To Shoot the Moon: A Conversation with D. Gordon Smith, Eighth Dean of the BYU Law School The Lord is Good to Me: Thoughts on Humility, Gratitude, and Happiness Think About It: The Value of Law School A...

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2016

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2016 Law and Perspective The Boundary Between Church and State Thoughts on the Special Mission of J. Reuben Clark Law School In and Out of Africa

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2015

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2015 The State of Religious Freedom in the World Messages from the Tiger Mother Gratitude for Our Rights On Justice, Mercy, and the Atonement

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2014

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2014 In Praise of Thinking Like a Lawyer Choices Be Not Afraid of Greatness Marriage, Family Law, and the Temple

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2014

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2014 Guardians of the Law Revisiting Humility Defending Innocence Martin Luther King and the Good Samaritan Oliver Cowdery

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2013

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2013 Looking Beyond the Stacks A Lesson in Flying Faith, Family, and Religious Freedom Instruments in His Hand

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2013

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2013 Becoming a Fruitful Tree Unfolding in Time Faith to Forgive Grievous Harms The 21st Century as the Century of Duties?

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2012

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2012 Education Multipliers Integrity and the Practice of Law He Answered Discreetly On Becoming a Good Apple

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2012

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2012 A Handful of Pumpkin Seeds Musings of a Small-Town Lawyer The Boundaries of Belonging Timpanogos Legal Center

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2011

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2011 Two Cheers for Thinking Like a Lawyer The Struggle for Gender Equality Predicting Violence Women of Influence Wheels to Keep Us Moving

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2011

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2011 Law and Becoming Ambiguity in Law and in Life "Serve God, Love Me, and Mend" Do U.S. Courts Discriminate Against Treaties?

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2010

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2010 A Walk of Thanksgiving Carl S. Hawkins (1926-2010) Keys to Being Happy, Successful, and Fulfilled "How Shall This Be?" Essentials of a Mormon Jurisprudence

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2010

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2010 The Most Important Three Things in the World Stories that Defined Our Law School Still on the Border "Unto Whom Much is Given"

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2009

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2009 Latter-day Saint Lawyers and the Public Square Originalist Roots of Substantive Due Process The Triumph of the Atonement The Heart of Lawyering

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2009

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2009 Lawyers and the Rule of Law The Truth About Media Subpoenas A Mother's Pace Liberty, Civility, and Professionalism Leaders and Learning

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2008

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2008 A Law upon Which All Blessings are Predicated The Lawyer as Peacemaker Women in the Law With Charity for All

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2008

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2008 On Being Ethical Lawyers On the Wings of My Fathers The Relevance of Religious Freedom A Walk by Faith

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2007

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2007 Packing Your Briefcase Religiously Affiliated Law Schools Peacemaking Telling Our Stories of Jesus

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2007

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2007 Learning from Our Conflicts Aligning Our Ethical Compass Balancing Family, Church, and Profession The House that Rex Built

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2006

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2006 Grief and Hope Thoughts on the Family: A Proclamation to the World The Other Side of Time Utah's Board of Pardons and Parole

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2006

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2006 In Search of Atticus Finch Reflections on the Lord's Legal Storehouse Lifting Others

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2005

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2005 Looking Ahead Three Assumptions Lawyers Must Never Make Religious Doctrine and the Language of the Law Faithful Sacrifice

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2005

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2005 The Beginning and the End of a Lawyer Jehovah's Code of Civil Justice Worlds of Joseph Smith Happy Anniversary

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2004

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2004 On the Shoulders of Giants How Do We Practice Our Religion While We Practice? In His Own Words The Essence of Lawyering in an Atmosphere of Faith

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2004

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2004 Unto This Very Purpose Safe Passage And With All Thy Mind The Men Who Created the Market

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2003

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2003 Words of Hate, Words of Love The Trial of Christ A Personal Philosophy of Professionalism Avoiding Pitfalls

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2003

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2003 Be Healers Escape from the 85th Floor Law School: A Sacred Experience Opening Doors Never Again Foundation

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2002

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2002 A Song of Redemption Lawyers Who Made a Difference in My Life Knowing God by Receiving Him in the World Become Deliverers The Lawyer as Composer

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2002

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2002 The Lawyer As Composer One on One Glimpses of the Law School's Founding A Pairing of Disciplines

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2001

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2001 Confirm Thy Soul in Self-Control Lawyers and the Atonement Where the Rubber Meets the Road Duty to Rescue

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2000

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2000 Latter-day Saint Reflections on the Trial and Death of Jesus Basic Mediation Training Good Words for the Journey Ahead From the Orange County Register

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2000

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2000 Just Lawyers Morality and Professional Ethics Paradise Found Is it Possible to be a Lawyer and a Christian?

Clark Memorandum: Fall 1999

Clark Memorandum: Fall 1999 The Four Deans Gettysburg High Crimes and Misdemeanors?

Clark Memorandum: Spring 1999

Clark Memorandum: Spring 1999 Weightier Matters The Constitutional Thought of J. Reuben Clark, Jr. A Courtroom with a View The Challenge

Clark Memorandum: Fall 1998

Clark Memorandum: Winter 1998 Centering on Humility The Real Generation Gap If at First You Don't Succeed, You're Normal Past Imperfect

Clark Memorandum: Fall 1997

Clark Memorandum: Fall 1997 Where Art Thou? A Song to Sing We Are to Love God and Our Neighbors

Clark Memorandum: Spring 1997

Clark Memorandum: Spring 1997 Anonymous No More In the Beginning Unmeasured Factors of Success

Clark Memorandum: Fall 1996

Clark Memorandum: Fall 1996 A Brief Tribute to Dean H. Reese Hansen Reenter the Realm of Feelings Perception versus Reality The Charter Class Looks Back Making a Difference

Clark Memorandum: Spring 1996

Clark Memorandum: Spring 1996 In Memoriam: Rex E. Lee The Ethical Professional Selected Letters The Best Season The Man Behind the Bow Tie

Clark Memorandum: Fall 1995

Clark Memorandum: Fall 1995 Soldiers of the Spirit The Profession Everyone Loves to Hate Selected Letters The Atonement—Infinite and Eternal Out of Kindergarten, Out of Law School

Clark Memorandum: Spring 1995

Clark Memorandum: Spring 1995 The Church and the Common Good Finding Family Harmony in a Dissonant World Learning in the Light Temples

Clark Memorandum: Fall 1994

Clark Memorandum: Fall 1994 Too Much Law, Too Little Consensus Pure Religion Keepers of the Flame A Safe Return

Clark Memorandum: Spring 1994

Clark Memorandum: Spring 1994 Why the Founding Fathers Would Call Another Constitutional Convention Now Gospel Teachings About Lying Against the Current The Hurler of Stars: To Serve and To Revere

Clark Memorandum: Fall 1993

Clark Memorandum: Fall 1993 Becoming J. Reuben Clark's Law School Integrity, the Evidence Within Growing Up Satisfaction in the Law

Clark Memorandum: Spring 1993

Clark Memorandum: Spring 1993 Promised Lands On Being Wise Stewards of the Sacred Land Hysteria and the Bill of Rights Portraits

Clark Memorandum: Fall 1992

Clark Memorandum: Fall 1992 Apostles of Equality Portraits A Camelot for Scott Heroes for Our Time

Clark Memorandum: Spring 1992

Clark Memorandum: Spring 1992 It is Given unto You to Judge A View from the Bench Dee Benson The Coriolanus Syndrome

Clark Memorandum: Fall 1991

Clark Memorandum: Fall 1991 Varied Carols Balance The Sweet Taste of Irony In Defense of American Tort Law Reflections on a Changing Era

Clark Memorandum: Spring 1991

Clark Memorandum: Spring 1991 Humor in Law Teaching Values How to Win Friends and Influence Republicans Keeping the Weightier Matters of the Law Christianity and the Mad Dog Litigator

Clark Memorandum: Fall 1990

Clark Memorandum: Fall 1990 Acquired by Character, Not by Money Fundamentals and Initiatives Christ and the Code Truth: a Shield to Memory

Clark Memorandum: Spring 1990

Clark Memorandum: Spring 1990 Legal Olympians Thoughts After Fifteen Years Woody Deem: Colleague, Mentor, Friend

Clark Memorandum: Fall 1988

Clark Memorandum: Fall 1988 Rescue Mission Bridges The Study and Practice of the Laws of Men in Light of the Laws of God

Clark Memorandum: Spring 1987

Clark Memorandum: Spring/Summer 1987 Going Dutch Abandoning Children to Their Rights

Clark Memorandum: Fall 1986

Clark Memorandum: Fall 1986 George Sutherland Chair "A Good Man" Rex Lee Returns To Test or Not to Test

Clark Memorandum: Spring 1986

J. Reuben Clark Memorandum: Spring 1986 Chief Justice Smirnov The SBA and the ABA/LSD Legacies in Law Legislative Drafting Service

Clark Memorandum: Spring 1979

Clark Memorandum: Spring 1979 Legal Education: McDonald's or Antoines? Merit Selection of Federal Judges The "Imperial Congress" Sir William Blackstone and Jeremy Bentham The Ambassador from Ghana at the Law School

Clark Memorandum: Fall 1978

J. Reuben Clark Memo: Fall 1978 J. Reuben Clark,Jr. The Clark Memorandum on the Monroe Doctrine The Role of the Lawyer in Modern Society The Student and Teacher Relationship The Ordinary Religion of the Law School Classroom

The Clark Memorandum is published by the BYU Law School, BYU Law School Alumni Association, and the J. Reuben Clark Law Society. This twice-yearly publication connects law students, lawyers, and others committed to public service and professional excellence modeled on the character of J. Reuben Clark, Jr. (1871-1961).

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Clark Memorandum: Fall 2012

J. Reuben Clark Law Society, BYU Law School Alumni Association, and J. Reuben Clark Law School
- Education Multipliers (Mehrsa Baradaran)
- Integrity and the Practice of Law (William A. Tilleman)
- He Answered Discreetly (Elder L. Whitney Clayton)
- On Becoming a Good Apple (Thomas B. Griffith)
Clark Memorandum: Spring 2012

J. Reuben Clark Law Society, BYU Law School Alumni Association, and J. Reuben Clark Law School
- A Handful of Pumpkin Seeds (Monroe G McKay)
- Musings of a Small-Town Lawyer (Steven E. Snow)
- The Boundaries of Belonging (Lynn D. Wardle)
- Timpanogos Legal Center (Jane H. Wise)
Clark Memorandum: Fall 2011

J. Reuben Clark Law Society, BYU Law School Alumni Association, and J. Reuben Clark Law School
- Two Cheers for Thinking Like a Lawyer (Michael W. Mosman)
- The Struggle for Gender Equality (Sherril A. Elsworth)
- Predicting Violence (Shima Baradaran and Frank McIntyre)
- Women of Influence (Jane H. Wise)
- Wheels to Keep Us Moving (Sara Nielson)
Clark Memorandum: Spring 2011

J. Reuben Clark Law Society, BYU Law School Alumni Association, and J. Reuben Clark Law School
- Law and Becoming (Elder D. Todd Christofferson)
- Ambiguity in Law and in Life (Elder Bruce C. Hafen)
- "Serve God, Love Me, and Mend" (Annette W. Jarvis)
- Do U.S. Courts Discriminate Against Treaties? (David H. Moore)
Clark Memorandum: Fall 2010

J. Reuben Clark Law Society, BYU Law School Alumni Association, and J. Reuben Clark Law School
- A Walk of Thanksgiving (David Dominguez)
- Carl S. Hawkins (1926-2010)
- Carl Hawkins, Teacher (Monte Stewart)
- Keys to Being Happy, Successful, and Fulfilled (J. Clifford Wallace)
- "How Shall This Be?" (Jane H. Wise)
- Essentials of a Mormon Jurisprudence (John W. Welch)
Clark Memorandum: Spring 2010

J. Reuben Clark Law Society, BYU Law School Alumni Association, and J. Reuben Clark Law School
- The Most Important Three Things in the World (Brett G. Scharffs)
- Stories that Defined Our Law School (Dale A. Kimball)
- Still on the Border (D. Carolina Núñez)
- "Unto Whom Much is Given" (James R. Rasband)
Clark Memorandum: Fall 2009

J. Reuben Clark Law Society, BYU Law School Alumni Association, and J. Reuben Clark Law School
- Latter-day Saint Lawyers and the Public Square (Elder Quentin L. Cook)
- Originalist Roots of Substantive Due Process (Frederick Mark Gedicks)
- The Triumph of the Atonement (Elder Earl C. Tingey)
- The Heart of Lawyering (Kristin B. Gerdy)
Clark Memorandum: Spring 2009

J. Reuben Clark Law Society, BYU Law School Alumni Association, and J. Reuben Clark Law School
- Lawyers and the Rule of Law (James D. Gordon III)
- The Truth About Media Subpoenas (RonNell Anderson Jones)
- A Mother's Pace (Gwyn Goodson McNeal)
- Liberty, Civility, and Professionalism (Ming W. Chin)
- Leaders and Learning (Kim B. Clark)
Clark Memorandum: Fall 2008

J. Reuben Clark Law Society, BYU Law School Alumni Association, and J. Reuben Clark Law School
- A Law upon Which All Blessings are Predicated (David A. Thomas)
- The Lawyer as Peacemaker (Matthew B. Durrant)
- Women in the Law (Nan Barker)
- With Charity for All (Matthew S. Holland)
Clark Memorandum: Spring 2008

J. Reuben Clark Law Society, BYU Law School Alumni Association, and J. Reuben Clark Law School
- On Being Ethical Lawyers (Sandra Day O'Connor)
- On the Wings of My Fathers (Larry Echo Hawk)
- The Relevance of Religious Freedom (Michael K. Young)
- A Walk by Faith (Elder Bruce C. Hafen)
Clark Memorandum: Fall 2007

J. Reuben Clark Law Society, BYU Law School Alumni Association, and J. Reuben Clark Law School
- Packing Your Briefcase (Deanell Reece Tacha)
- Religiously Affiliated Law Schools (Kevin J Worthen)
- Peacemaking (Chieko N. Okazaki)
- Telling Our Stories of Jesus (Tessa Meyer Santiago)
Clark Memorandum: Spring 2007

J. Reuben Clark Law Society, BYU Law School Alumni Association, and J. Reuben Clark Law School
- Learning from Our Conflicts (Gerald R. Williams)
- Aligning Our Ethical Compass (Deborah L. Rhode)
- Balancing Family, Church, and Profession (Annette W. Jarvis, Brent J. Belnap, Keith K. Hilbig, Marcus B. Nash, Steven E. Snow)
- The House that Rex Built (Dee v. Benson)