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BYU President Kevin J Worthen
January 12, 2021, Devotional
Kevin J Worthen began serving as the 13th president of Brigham Young University on May 1, 2014. He previously served as BYU s advancement vice president and as the dean of its J. Reuben Clark Law School, where he was the Hugh W. Colton Professor of Law. President Worthen currently serves as an area seventy in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. President and Sister Worthen have three children and six grandchildren.
President Worthen was born in Dragerton (now East Carbon-Sunnyside), Utah, and grew up in nearby Price. After serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Monterrey, Mexico, he earned an associate degree from the College of Eastern Utah (now USU Eastern). He then received his Bachelor of Arts in political science and his Juris Doctor from BYU. Following his graduation from the J. Reuben Clark Law School, President Worthen served as a law clerk to Judge Ma
Jurisdictions with COVID-19-related diploma privilege are going back to bar exam admissions
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As of Dec. 3, the five jurisdictions with emergency diploma privilege precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic had announced plans for a remote bar exam in February 2021.
Louisiana scheduled a remote open-book bar in February, according to a Nov. 25 state supreme court order. The other four jurisdictions Washington, D.C.; Utah; Oregon; and Washington have announced remote Uniform Bar Exams, which are offered by the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
None of the jurisdictions has yet released plans for July 2021 admissions, but law school deans in those regions are telling third-year students to plan for a bar exam, which could be in-person or online. Also, state supreme courts in some jurisdictions have appointed task forces to study the issue.
Published: Friday, December 11, 2020
At last Tuesday s virtual Midwest Pork Conference, keynote speaker Ray Starling recounted a meeting he had with President Trump in the Oval Office in early 2017. During the meeting, Trump abruptly stopped the discussion and aggressively pushed a red button on his desk. Fearing the worst, Starling said he was both surprised and much relieved to learn that was a signal for a White House staffer to bring the president a diet Coke. I wish agriculture had a red easy button like the president, but that s not the case, he said. Agriculture could use one now, because we have a number of thorny issues confronting us.
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