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Jay S. Bybee
Biography

Jay S. Bybee currently serves as Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice. He graduated Magna Cum Laude and with Highest Honors from Brigham Young University and earned his J.D., Cum Laude, from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University, where he was on the editorial board of the BYU Law Review.

Following graduation, Mr. Bybee served as law clerk to the Honorable Donald Russell of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. In 1981, he became an associate in the Washington, DC office of Sidley & Austin. In 1984, he joined the Department of Justice, working first in the Office of Legal Policy and then on the Appellate Staff of the Civil Division. In the Civil Division, Mr. Bybee prepared briefs and presented oral arguments in the U.S. Courts of Appeals and drafted Supreme Court briefs. Mr. Bybee served at the White House from 1989-91 as Associate Counsel to the President.

In 1991, he joined the faculty of the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University as Assistant Professor of Law. He became Professor of Law in 1998. In 1999, Mr. Bybee joined the founding faculty of the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. At both LSU and UNLV, he taught constitutional law, administrative law, and civil procedure. His scholarly interests have been primarily in the areas of constitutional and administrative law. He has published articles in numerous journals, including The Yale Law Journal, Vanderbilt Law Review, Northwestern University Law Review, The George Washington University Law Review, and Tulane Law Review. He was appointed by President George W. Bush to his current position in 2001.

Mr. Bybee is married and has four children


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