BYU Faculty

Clark Asay, Professor of Law

Professor Asay’s research and teaching interests focus on intellectual property law, technology, and innovation. He has published papers relating to patents, copyright, open source software licensing, and information privacy. Prior to entering legal academia, Professor Asay worked at Amazon’s Lab126 and supported the Kindle, Kindle Fire, and Amazon Fire teams. Professor Asay also worked at the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he practiced in the field of technology transactions and intellectual property licensing. Professor Asay is a graduate of Stanford Law School, where he was an Executive Editor for the Stanford Law Review. Professor Asay also earned an M.Phil from the University of Cambridge and a BA, summa cum laude, from Brigham Young University. View Full Profile.

Matthew Jennejohn, Professor of Law

Professor Jennejohn’s research focuses on corporate law, contract design, and the legal system’s role in promoting innovation, and has been published in leading journals, including the Stanford Law Review, the Univ. of Chicago Law Review, the Northwestern Univ. Law Review, and the Georgetown Law Journal. In autumn 2019, Professor Jennejohn served as the Justin W. D’Atri Visiting Professor of Law, Business & Society at Columbia Law School. Prior to joining the academy, Professor Jennejohn practiced in the Global Antitrust Group of Shearman & Sterling LLP and served as a law clerk for (then) Vice Chancellor Leo E. Strine, Jr. of the Delaware Court of Chancery. Professor Jennejohn is a graduate of Columbia Law School, the London School of Economics, and Brigham Young University. View Full Profile.

Cree Jones, Professor of Law

Professor Jones is an economist and legal academic whose research centers on contract theory and pioneering empirical methods to study the evolution and diffusion of contracting innovations in settings ranging from international investment treaties to large corporate mergers and acquisitions agreements. Professor Jones holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago, a JD and MPP from the University of Michigan, an MA in Teaching from Johns Hopkins University, and a BS in Mathematics from Brigham Young University. Prior to joining the faculty at BYU Law School, Professor Jones worked as a Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellow and Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago Law School. View Full Profile.

Brooke Clason Smith, Visiting Assistant Professor

Brooke Clason Smith is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, where her teaching and research explore the relationships among individuals and firms in the modern economy, with particular focus on antitrust, consumer protection, and data privacy laws. She brings nearly a decade of litigation experience to her scholarship, having previously represented private litigants and government enforcers in antitrust and consumer cases around the country, and continues to be trusted for her substantive expertise as a litigation consultant. Brooke earned her JD from The University of Chicago Law School, where she was a Rubenstein Scholar and editor of The University of Chicago Law Review. She graduated with honors from Brigham Young University, where she received degrees in economics and music. View Full Profile.

D. Gordon Smith, Ira A. Fulton Chair and Professor of Law

Professor Smith is a leading scholar in business law, law and entrepreneurship, and fiduciary theory, recognized for his foundational work and leadership in these areas. He served as Dean and is currently the Ira A. Fulton Chair at BYU Law School, where he has made contributions to the fields of corporate governance and transactional lawyering. He is a co-author of the leading treatise on partnerships and is currently writing a history of the corporation in the United States, which necessarily deals with the history of antitrust law.
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