Pulling Back the M&A Curtain
Law student got to be mentored by the largest law firm in the United States, as part of the first-ever BYU Law Deals Academy in New York City.
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March 2024
Jaymon Roan grew up in Casper, Wyoming, and served a French speaking mission in Cameroon and the Republic of the Congo before coming to BYU. He is a senior majoring in history and French studies, and he is interested in early American history and nineteenth-century French literature.
Last fall, Roan attended an event sponsored by Wheatley Institute featuring legal scholar Akhil Reed Amar, who was on campus to speak at a forum. Roan says, “I was struck by Professor Amar’s ability to discuss complex ideas in an understandable manner. Although it initially seemed that his eloquence was extemporaneous, as I thought about it, I realized that his insightful responses came from years of research and thought.”
Roan says that he has a deeper understanding of the law of the harvest because of this experience with Akhil Reed Amar. “I learned from him that to share, I first must acquire,” Roan says. “I am now more eager to give deliberate effort to my studies.” He will attend J. Reuben Clark Law School this fall.
Law student got to be mentored by the largest law firm in the United States, as part of the first-ever BYU Law Deals Academy in New York City.
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