icial ▁cl erk ships . ▁ ▁History ▁On ▁March ▁ 9 , ▁ 1 9 7 1 , ▁the ▁BY U ▁Board ▁of ▁Trust ees ▁announced ▁that ▁a ▁law ▁school ▁would ▁be ▁established ▁at ▁the ▁ ▁Just ▁two - and - one - half ▁years ▁later ▁the ▁opening ▁cer emon ies ▁were ▁held ▁on ▁ ▁Class es ▁were ▁initially ▁held ▁several ▁blocks ▁south ▁in ▁an ▁old ▁Catholic ▁school ▁building ▁( St . ▁Francis ▁of ▁Ass isi , ▁ ▁affection ately ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁" St . ▁Re uben ' s " ▁by ▁the ▁students . ▁ ▁Future ▁U . S . ▁Sol ic itor ▁General ▁R ex ▁E . ▁Lee ▁was ▁the ▁char ter ▁de an ▁of ▁the ▁law ▁school . ▁The ▁J R CL S ▁Building ▁was ▁completed ▁and ▁dedicated ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 5 , ▁and ▁the ▁law ▁school ▁graduated ▁its ▁first ▁class ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 . ▁ ▁The ▁law ▁school ▁has ▁since ▁graduated ▁more ▁than ▁ 5 , 0 0 0 ▁students . ▁ ▁Camp us ▁The ▁nearly ▁ ▁BY U ▁Law ▁building ▁is ▁located ▁on ▁the ▁east ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁campus ▁of ▁Br igh am ▁Young ▁University ▁and ▁back dro pped ▁by ▁Y ▁Mountain . ▁The ▁building ' s ▁five ▁flo ors ▁contain ▁eleven ▁class rooms , ▁three ▁sem inar ▁rooms , ▁a ▁student ▁comm ons ▁area , ▁a ▁student ▁l unch room , ▁spaces ▁for ▁student ▁organizations ▁and ▁activities , ▁a ▁large ▁computer ▁lab , ▁and ▁a ▁computer ▁training ▁room . ▁ ▁The ▁Howard