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Backman, James H.

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1943-

Biographical History

James H. Backman (born 1943) is a law professor in Utah.

James Hilmer Backman was born December 31, 1943. He joined the Brigham Young University faculty in 1974. He served as the original editor-in-chief of the BYU Law Review (1974). He was founding director of BYU's Jacobsen Center for Service and Learning and university director of BYU's Office of Academic Internships. He founded the Law School Placement Office in 1974, the BYU Journal of Public Law in 1975, the LL. M. program for visiting foreign lawyers in 1986, the externship program in 1992, and the BYU International Law and Management Review in 2003.

Professor Backman is married to Lynn Kimball Jones. He is the father of six children and three step-children.

Citation:
His A practical guide to disputes between ... c1989- : t.p. (James H. Backman)

James H. Backman papers, 1992-2008 (James H. Backman is a Professor of Law at the J. Rueben Clark Law School, Provo, Utah ; he joined the faculty in 1974)

BYU Law, August 13, 2014 (James H. Backman; Stephen L. Richards Professor of Law; began successful law externship model program; joined BYU faculty in 1974; editor of Law Review; founder of Jacobsen Center; director of Office of Academic Internships; Law School Placement Office; Journal of Public Law; LL. M. Program; externship program; International Law and Management Review; married to Lynn Kimball Jones; father of six children and three step-children)

Familysearch, August 13, 2014 (James Hilmer Backman: United States Public Records, 1970-2009; b. Dec. 31, 1943)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

James H. Backman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 7666
Scope and Contents

Contains publications, curriculum materials, and other items produced and collected by Backman related to his work at the J. Reuben Clark Law School. Contains teaching materials from his courses, as well as documentation on the school's internship program. Materials date from between 1977 and 2008.

Dates: 1977-2008
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / James H. Backman papers

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