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BYU Law launches Global Business Program

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Brigham Young University – J. Reuben Clark Law School in Provo, Utah announced a Global Business Law Program.

The program will focus on topics of interest in the international business community. The curriculum will focus on corporate governance, securities regulation, antitrust law, mergers and acquisitions, sustainability, and diversity, equity and inclusion.

One of the first initiatives under the program is The Future of Antitrust Series, which is funded by BYU Law and Amazon.com. It received an unrestricted $500,000 grant from Amazon.com to fund “conferences and webinars, research fellows and assistants, proprietary data used for empirical research and administrative costs.”

The series will allow for collaboration and debate in antitrust law, based on the research and experience of the school’s faculty. It will also create a forum for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers are advancing antitrust policy around the world.

“Antitrust law is front page news, and a technocratic policy tradition is now challenged by new – and often political – alternatives,” said Matthew Jennejohn, a BYU Law professor. “The Future of Antitrust series focuses on providing a bridge between perspectives in what is now a highly competitive intellectual landscape.”

The school describes the program as an “umbrella” to its other global offerings. It hosts an annual Winter Deals Conference and law seminars in London, Geneva and Dubai. This new program will develop new events, research and curriculum for its students. It will also receive assistance from corporate partners, Amazon.com being one of them, to work on cross-border engagement and policies in developing markets.

BYU Faculty in the program are looking into future programs and will soon be traveling to East Asia and India to identify possible sites.

“It’s exciting to formally announce BYU Law’s Global Business Law Program, which we believe will help us further our reach, identify issues of importance, attract partners and influence policy,” said Gordon Smith, dean of BYU Law said in a release. “With a vast global network of alumni, supporters, and students and faculty – most of whom speak multiple languages and have lived outside the U.S. – BYU Law is uniquely positioned to effect positive change on the international stage on topics ranging from food insecurity to leveling the playing field for small and medium enterprises.”

For information about the program, visit https://gblp.byu.edu/.

Julia Brunette Johnson

Julia Brunette Johnson

Julia is a contributing reporter for the National Jurist and preLaw magazines.

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