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25 years ago
BYU's J. Reuben Clark Law School was dedicated by President Marion G. Romney of the First Presidency on Sept. 5, 1975, according to the Sept. 13, 1975, Church News. Warren E. Burger, chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, attended the dedication and was the keynote speaker at a convocation earlier in the day.
Also participating in the dedication were President Spencer W. Kimball, BYU President Dallin H. Oaks and Rex E. Lee, dean of the law school.
The article quoted Justice Burger: "A new law school such as yours has a rare opportunity available to few others. It can engage in a reexamination of the basic assumptions on which our system of justice functions, always remembering that some are fundamental and immutable and some are open to change."
According to the article: "President Romney said, 'On this campus, we believe that the fundamental concepts upon which laws for a peaceful, progressive, prosperous and happy society must be built are prescribed in the Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount.'"
