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James R. Rasband
Rasband in 2018
Born (1963-03-20) March 20, 1963 (age 61)
Alma mater
Employers

James R. Rasband (born March 20, 1963) is an American academic and religious leader who has been a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since April 2019.[1] He was previously the Academic Vice President (AVP) at Brigham Young University (BYU) from June 2017 until shortly after he was called as a general authority.[2] He also previously served as dean of the J. Reuben Clark Law School (JRCLS). He has also been the Hugh W. Colton Professor of Law.[3]

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Legal and academic career

Rasband received a bachelor's degree from BYU (1986) and later graduated from Harvard Law School (1989), where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.[4]

Following law school, Rasband clerked for Judge J. Clifford Wallace of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.[5] He then worked as a lawyer in Seattle for the Perkins Coie law firm. In 1995, he joined the faculty of the JRCLS. He has been a visiting professor in Australia at the University of Queensland and Murdoch University. Rasband is a specialist in public land law and natural resources law.[6]

From 2004 to 2008, Rasband served as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at the JRCLS. In 2008 and 2009, he was BYU's Associate AVP for Faculty. Rasband served as dean of the JRCLS from 2009 to 2016.[7][8]

Rasband was succeeded as BYU's AVP by C. Shane Reese.[9]

LDS Church service

As a young man, Rasband was a full-time missionary in the church's Seoul Korea Mission. He served in the church as president of the Provo Utah YSA 8th Stake from 2011 to 2016.[10] In April 2017, he was called as an area seventy.[11] Rasband was sustained as a General Authority Seventy on April 6, 2019, at age 56.[1] Since August 2020, Rasband has been serving as a counselor in the presidency of the church's Asia North Area.[12][13]

Personal life

Rasband and his wife, Mary Williams, are the parents of four children.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b "New Sunday School Presidency and General Authorities Announced at April 2019 Conference". Newsroom. LDS Church. 2019-04-06.
  2. ^ "| Brigham Young University". News.byu.edu. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  3. ^ "Faculty Profiles". www.law2.byu.edu. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Editorial Board 102 Harvard Law Review 1988-1989". heinonline.org. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  5. ^ "Public Lands Summit of the West - Speaker Bios | Washington County of Utah". Secure.washco.utah.gov. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  6. ^ "James Rasband, James Salzman, Mark Squillace and Sam Kalen's Natural Resources Law and Policy, 3rd Ed". Rss-naturalresources.com. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  7. ^ "News Page". Jrcls.org. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  8. ^ "BYU's J. Reuben Clark Law School names new dean". Deseret News. 2016-03-29. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  9. ^ article on Reese's appointment as Academic Vice President
  10. ^ "New stake presidents". DeseretNews.com. 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
  11. ^ "Six New General Authority Seventies Announced at April 2017 General Conference: First Presidency also calls 36 Area Seventies", Newsroom, LDS Church, 2017-04-01
  12. ^ This area supervises the church's operations in Mongolia, Japan, South Korea, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau
  13. ^ Nov 2020 article on Rasband's change of assignment
  14. ^ "Jim Rasband". Mormon.org. Retrieved 2017-05-13.

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