List of Brigham Young University alumni
Government , law , and public policy -- U.S . Circuit Judges
Table:
Name

Class year(s)

Degree(s)

Notability

Reference

Jay S. Bybee

1977
1980

B.A.
J.D. (Clark)

U.S. Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

[118]

Thomas B. Griffith

1978

B.A.

U.S. Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

[119]

Kent A. Jordan

1981

B.A.

U.S. Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Monroe G. McKay

1957

B.S.

Former Chief U.S. Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

[120]

Ryan D. Nelson

1996
1999

B.A.
J.D. (Clark)

U.S. Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Richard Paez

1969

B.A.

U.S. Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

[121]

Randall Ray Rader

1974

B.A.

Former Chief U.S. Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

[122][123]

Milan Smith

1966

B.A.

U.S. Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

[124]

N. Randy Smith

1974
1977

B.A.
J.D. (Clark)

U.S. Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

[125]

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Jay Scott Bybee ( born October 27 , 1953 ) is a Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit . He has published numerous articles in law journals and has taught in law school . His primary research interests are in constitutional and administrative law . While serving in the Bush administration as the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel , United States Department of Justice , he signed the controversial Torture Memos in August 2002 . These authorized enhanced interrogation techniques that were used in the systematic torture of detainees at Guantanamo Bay detention camp beginning in 2002 and at the Abu Ghraib facility following the United States ' invasion of Iraq in 2003 .
A Bachelor of Arts ( BA or AB ; from the Latin baccalaureus artium or artium baccalaureus ) is a bachelor 's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts and sciences . Bachelor of Arts programs generally take three or four years depending on the country and institution . Diplomas generally give the name of the institution , signatures of officials of the institution , type of degree conferred , conferring authority , and location at which the degree is conferred . Diplomas are printed on high-quality paper or parchment ; individual institutions set the preferred abbreviation for their degrees .
The Juris Doctor degree ( J.D . or JD ) , also known as the Doctor of Jurisprudence degree ( J.D. , JD , D.Jur . or DJur ) , is a graduate-entry professional degree in law and one of several Doctor of Law degrees . The Juris Doctor is earned by completing law school in Australia , Canada , the United States , and some other common law countries . It has the academic standing of a professional doctorate ( in contrast to a research doctorate ) in the United States , a master 's degree in Australia , and a second-entry baccalaureate degree in Canada ( in all three jurisdictions the same as other professional degrees such as M.D . or D.D.S./D.M.D. , the degrees required to be a practicing physician or dentist , respectively ) . The degree was first awarded in the United States in the early 20th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree ( such as the Dottore in Giurisprudenza in Italy and the Juris Utriusque Doctor in Germany and central Europe ) . Originating from the 19th-century Harvard movement for the scientific study of law and first denominated LL.B. , it is a degree that in most common law jurisdictions is the primary professional preparation for lawyers . It traditionally involves a three-year program , although some U.S. law schools offer a two-year accelerated program in which students complete courses over two additional summer semesters . The LL.B . was largely replaced by the J.D . in the US in the later 20th century .
The J. Reuben Clark Law School ( BYU Law or JRCLS ) is a professional school for the study of law in the western United States , located at Brigham Young University ( BYU ) in Provo , Utah . Founded 47 years ago in 1973 , the school is named after J. Reuben Clark , a former U.S . Ambassador , Undersecretary of State , and general authority of the institution 's sponsoring organization , The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . BYU Law is fully accredited by the American Bar Association , and a member of the Association of American Law Schools . BYU Law consistently ranks among the nation 's top tier of American Bar Association approved law schools according to U.S. News & World Report , and it is consistently recognized for its low tuition and high placement rate in Article III federal judicial clerkships .
In the United States , the title of federal judge means a judge ( pursuant to Article Three of the United States Constitution ) nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate pursuant to the Appointments Clause in Article II of the United States Constitution . In addition to the Supreme Court of the United States , whose existence and some aspects of whose jurisdiction are beyond the constitutional power of Congress to alter , Congress has established 13 courts of appeals ( also called circuit courts ) with appellate jurisdiction over different regions of the United States , and 94 United States district courts . Every judge appointed to such a court may be categorized as a federal judge ; such positions include the chief justice and associate justices of the Supreme Court , circuit judges of the courts of appeals , and district judges of the United States district courts . All of these judges described thus far are referred to sometimes as Article III judges because they exercise the judicial power vested in the judicial branch of the federal government by Article III of the U.S. Constitution . In addition , judges of the Court of International Trade exercise judicial power pursuant to Article III . Other judges serving in the federal courts , including magistrate judges and bankruptcy judges , are also sometimes referred to as federal judges ; however , they are neither appointed by the president nor confirmed by the Senate , and their power derives from Article I instead .
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ( in case citations , 9th Cir . ) is a court of appeal that has appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts :
Thomas Beall Griffith ( born July 5 , 1954 ) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit . Before his appointment to the bench he was Senate Legal Counsel , the chief legal officer of the United States Senate . In November 2011 , Griffith was included on The New Republic 's list of Washington 's most powerful , but least famous , people .
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ( in case citations , D.C . Cir . ) is one of the thirteen United States Courts of Appeals . It has the smallest geographical jurisdiction of any of the U.S. federal appellate courts , and covers only one district court : the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia . It meets at the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse , near Judiciary Square , Washington , D.C . The D.C . Circuit is one of the most prominent and prestigious American courts - second only to the U.S. Supreme Court itself - because its jurisdiction contains the U.S. Congress and many of the U.S. government agencies , and therefore it is the main appellate court for many issues of American administrative law and constitutional law . Four of the current nine justices on the Supreme Court were previously judges on the D.C . Circuit : Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Clarence Thomas , Ruth Bader Ginsburg , and Brett Kavanaugh . Former justices Fred M. Vinson , Wiley Blount Rutledge , and Antonin Scalia also served as judges on the D.C . Circuit before their appointments to the Supreme Court . Because the D.C .
Kent Amos Jordan ( born October 24 , 1957 ) is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit . He was previously a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware .
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ( in case citations , 3d Cir . ) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts for the following districts :
Monroe Gunn McKay ( born May 30 , 1928 ) is a Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit .
A Bachelor of Science ( Latin Baccalaureus Scientiae , B.S. , BS , B.Sc . or BSc ; or , less commonly , S.B. , SB , or Sc.B. , from the equivalent Latin Scientiae Baccalaureus ) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for programs that generally last three to five years . The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University of London in 1860 . Whether a student of a particular subject is awarded a Bachelor of Science degree or a Bachelor of Arts degree can vary between universities . For example , an economics degree may be given as a Bachelor of Arts ( BA ) by one university but as a BS by another , and some universities offer the choice of either . Some liberal arts colleges in the United States offer only the BA , even in the natural sciences , while some universities offer only the BS , even in non-science fields . At universities that offer both BA and BS degrees in the same discipline , the BS degree is usually more extensive in that particular discipline and is targeted toward students who are pursuing graduate school or a profession in that field .
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ( in case citations , 10th Cir . ) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts :
Ryan Douglas Nelson ( born June 23 , 1973 ) is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit . He was previously nominated to become Solicitor of the United States Department of the Interior , but was never confirmed .
Richard Anthony Paez ( born May 5 , 1947 ) is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit .
Randall Ray Rader ( born April 21 , 1949 ) is a former United States Circuit Judge and former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit .
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ( Federal Circuit ; in case citations , Fed . Cir . or C.A.F.C . ) is a United States court of appeals headquartered in Washington , D.C . The court was created by Congress with passage of the Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982 , which merged the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals and the appellate division of the United States Court of Claims , making the judges of the former courts into circuit judges . The Federal Circuit is particularly known for its decisions on patent law , as it is the only appellate-level court with the jurisdiction to hear patent case appeals . The court occupies the Howard T. Markey National Courts Building , and the adjacent Benjamin Ogle Tayloe House , the former Cosmos Club , and the Cutts-Madison House in Washington , D.C . The court sits from time to time in locations other than Washington , and its judges can and do sit by designation on the benches of other courts of appeals and federal district courts . As of 2016 [ update ] , Washington and Lee University School of Law 's Millhiser Moot Courtroom had been designated as the continuity of operations site for the court .
Milan Dale Smith Jr. ( born May 19 , 1942 ) is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit . Smith 's brother , Gordon Smith , was a Republican United States Senator from Oregon from 1996 to 2009 .
Norman Randy Smith ( born August 11 , 1949 ) is a Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit . He lives and maintains chambers in Pocatello , Idaho .