Robert M. Daines (born July 28, 1964) is an American lawyer and current Pritzker professor of law and business at Stanford Law School. [1] [2] His work focuses on the intersection of law and economics, such as issues related to IPOs and mandatory disclosure regulations. [3]
Daines has a bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University (BYU) and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School. Prior to joining Stanford's faculty in 2004, Daines was a professor at New York University from 1997 to 2004. Daines has served as associate dean for global and graduate programs at Stanford Law School and also been head of the admissions committee for Stanford Law School. [4] [5] Daines is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was called as a general authority at the church's general conference on April 1, 2023. [6] [7] Daines and his wife are the parents of five children.
Stanford University is a private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford, the eighth governor of and then-incumbent senator from California, and his wife, Jane, in memory of their only child, Leland Jr.
The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School is the law school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Penn Carey Law offers the degrees of Juris Doctor (J.D.), Master of Laws (LL.M.), Master of Comparative Laws (LL.C.M.), Master in Law (M.L.), and Doctor of the Science of Law (S.J.D.).
Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), officially the John F. Kennedy School of Government, is the school of public policy and government of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Stanford Law School (SLS) is the law school of Stanford University, a private research university near Palo Alto, California. Established in 1893, Stanford Law had an acceptance rate of 6.28% in 2021, the second-lowest of any law school in the country. George Triantis currently serves as Dean.
The University of Georgia School of Law is the law school of the University of Georgia, a public research university in Athens, Georgia. It was founded in 1859, making it one of the oldest American university law schools in continuous operation. Georgia Law accepted 14.77% of applicants for the class entering in 2023.
The University of Chicago Law School is the law school of the University of Chicago, a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. It employs more than 180 full-time and part-time faculty and hosts more than 600 students in its Juris Doctor program, while also offering the Master of Laws, Master of Studies in Law and Doctor of Juridical Science degrees in law.
The University of Virginia School of Law is the law school of the University of Virginia, a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Michael Anthony McFaul is an American academic and diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014. McFaul became the Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Professor in International Studies in the Department of Political Science at Stanford University in 1995, where he is the Director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. He is also a Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is also a contributing columnist at The Washington Post. Prior to his nomination to the ambassadorial position, McFaul worked for the U.S. National Security Council as Special Assistant to the President and senior director of Russian and Eurasian affairs, where he was the architect of U.S. President Barack Obama's Russian reset policy.
William & Mary Law School, formally the Marshall-Wythe School of Law, is the law school of the College of William & Mary, a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the oldest extant law school in the United States, having been founded in 1779 at the urging of alumnus Thomas Jefferson. As of 2023, it has an enrollment of 606 full-time students seeking a Juris Doctor (J.D.) or a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in the American legal system, a two or three semester program for lawyers trained outside the United States.
Henry Johnson Eyring is an American academic administrator who served as the seventeenth president of Brigham Young University–Idaho (BYU–Idaho) from 2017 to 2023. From 2019 to 2023, he also served as an area seventy in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He previously served as both the academic and advancement vice president at BYU–Idaho, as well as director of the master of business administration (MBA) program in Brigham Young University's (BYU) Marriott School of Business.
The Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan is the business school of the University of Michigan, a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
James R. Rasband is an American academic and religious leader who has been a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since April 2019. 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. 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.
Larry D. Kramer is an American legal scholar serving as the president and vice chancellor of the London School of Economics since April 2024. Previously, Kramer served as president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation from 2012 through 2023. Prior to that role, he was the Dean of Stanford Law School (2004–2012). He is a scholar of both constitutional law and civil procedure.
Robert H. Daines III was an American leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and academic who was the Driggs Professor of Strategic Management at Brigham Young University (BYU).
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