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Scharffs CV 20190419 BRETT GILBERT SCHARFFS 530 JRCB, BYU Law School, Provo, Utah 84602 h: 801-960-9915 / w: 801-422-9025 / [email protected]. TEACHING EXPERIENCE BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, J. Reuben Clark School of Law Rex E. Lee Chair and Professor of Law, - November 2017 – present Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, May 2016 – present Francis R. Kirkham Professor of Law, September 2009 – November 2017 Associate Dean of Faculty and Curriculum, July 2014 – May 2016 Associate Dean of Research and Academic Affairs, July 2013 - July 2014 Associate Director, International Center for Law and Religion Studies, September 2009 – May 2016 Professor of Law, September 2003 - 2009 Associate Professor of Law, September 1999 – August 2003 Assistant Professor of Law, July 1997 - August 1999 • Teaching: • Business Associations (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010 (winter), 2010 (fall), 2011, 2012) • International Business Transactions (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) • Regulation of International Securities (1998, 2000, 2001) • Regulation of Mutual Funds and Investment Advisors (1998) • Fiduciary Duty in Law and Equity (2003 (co-taught with Professor John W. (Jack) Welch), 2005, 2008) • Church and State in the United States (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018) (co-taught with Professor Cole Durham) • International Protection of Religious Liberty (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018) (co-taught with Professor Cole Durham) • Theories of Adjudication (1999) • Logic for Lawyers (2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 (winter), 2011 (fall), 2012, 2015, 2016 • Adjudication Seminar: Rules and Balancing (2002, 2004) • Professional Seminar (2000) • Legal Reasoning and Persuasion Seminar (2013) • Legislation and Regulation (2014, 2015, 2016, 2019) • Law and Religion Colloquium (co-taught with Professors Cole Durham and Fred Gedicks) (2013) • Law School Committee Assignments: • Admissions Committee (1997-98, 2002-03, 2003-04) • American Constitutional Society Faculty Advisor (2003-04) • Appointments Committee (2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10) • Art Committee (2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16) 1 • Awards Committee (1999-2000 (chair), 2000-01 (chair)) • BYU Journal of Public Law Faculty Advisor (1998-99) • BYU Law Review Faculty Advisor (2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08) • Clerkship Committee (1997-98) • Co-Curricular (2013-14 (chair), 2014-15(chair)) • Curriculum Committee (2009-10, 2010-11 (chair), 2011-12 (chair), 2012-13(chair)) • Dean Search Committee (2008-09) • Discovery Committee / Diversity Committee (1998-99, 1999-2000) • Faculty Research Grants (2013-14 (chair), 2014-15 (chair), 2016-17) • Guest Lectures and Visitors (2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 (chair)) • International Committee (1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003- 04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07) • Law School Youth Mentoring Program Faculty Advisor (1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010- 11, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17) • Library Policy (2002-03 (chair), 2003-04 (chair), 2004-05 (chair), 2005-06 (chair), 2006-07 (chair)) • Professional Skills (2014-15, 2015-16) • Post-CFS Review Coordinator (2014-15, 2015-16) • Professorships (2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17) • Publications Committee (2013-14 (chair), 2014-15 (chair), 2015-16 (chair)) • Moot Court Faculty Advisor (2001-02) • Works-in-Progress Presentation Coordinator (2013-14) • University Committee Assignments: • Graduate Fellowship Application Committee / Faculty Coach for Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships (1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03) • University Curriculum Committee (2010-11) • University Council on Rank and Status (2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13) • University Faculty Development Council – Council on Research and Creative Activities (2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16) • Awards and Honors: • Student Bar Association, Professor of the Year, 1999-2000 CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, BUDAPEST, HUNGARY Visiting Professor of Law Spring 2007 • International Protection of Religious Freedom (co-taught with W. Cole Durham, Jr.) • Freedom of Religion in Comparative Perspective (co-taught with W. Cole Durham, Jr.) Spring 2008 • Comparative Freedom of Religion Spring 2009 • Comparative Freedom of Religion Spring 2010 • Comparative Freedom of Religion 2 Spring 2011 • Comparative Freedom of Religion Spring 2012 • Comparative Freedom of Religion Spring 2013 • Comparative Freedom of Religion Spring 2014 • Comparative Freedom of Religion Spring 2015 • Comparative Freedom of Religion Spring 2016 • Comparative Freedom of Religion Spring 2017 • Comparative Freedom of Religion Spring 2018 • Comparative Freedom of Religion Spring 2019 • Comparative Freedom of Religion DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY, Kyoto, Japan Spring 2015 • International Business Transactions GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE NATIONAL LAW CENTER Associate Professorial Lecturer in Law Spring 1997 •Taught advanced “International Business Transactions Seminar,” Spring 1997 MUHAMMADIYA UNIVERSITY, EAST JAVA, INDONESIA June 2013 • Helped organize and taught at Master-Level Course on Sharia and Human Rights: Background and Core Issues in Contemporary Indonesia June 2014 • Helped organize and taught at Master-Level Course on Sharia and Human Rights: Background and Core Issues in Contemporary Indonesia June 2015 • Helped organize and taught at Master-Level Course on Sharia and Human Rights: Background and Core Issues in Contemporary Indonesia July 2016 • Helped organize and taught at Master-Level Course on Sharia and Human Rights: Background and Core Issues in Contemporary Indonesia; course was developed into 2-year master’s degree program on Sharia and Human Rights at Muhammadiyah University July 2017 • Scheduled to help organize and teach at Master-Level Course on Sharia and Human Rights: Background and Core Issues in Contemporary Indonesia 3 PEKING UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL, BEIJING, PRC Visiting Professor, Center for Constitutional and Administrative Law August 2010 • Helped organize academic program and taught three-week course for Chinese professors, government officials and judges, Certificate Training Program on Religion and the Rule of Law July 2011 • Helped organize academic program and taught two-week course for Chinese professors, government officials and judges, Certificate Training Program on Religion and the Rule of Law July 2012 • Helped organize academic program and taught two-week course for Chinese professors, government officials and judges, Certificate Training Program on Religion and the Rule of Law, held at Beijing Communications University July 2013 • Helped organize academic program and taught two-week course for Chinese professors, government officials and judges, Certificate Training Program on Religion and the Rule of Law, held at Beijing Foreign Studies University July –August 2014 • Helped organize academic program and taught two-week course for Chinese professors, government officials and judges, Certificate Training Program on Religion and the Rule of Law, to be held at Beijing Foreign Studies University July 2015 • Helped organize academic program for Chinese professors, government officials and judges, Certificate Training Program on Religion and the Rule of La July – August 2016 • Helped organize academic program for Chinese professors, government officials and judges, Certificate Training Program on Religion and the Rule of Law August 2017 • Scheduled to help organize academic program for Chinese professors, government officials and judges, Certificate Training Program on Religion and the Rule of Law SITAGU INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST ACADEMY, YANGON, MYANMAR December, 2015 • Helped organize academic program and taught two-week course for Burmese religious leaders, professors, legislators, community activists, government officials and judges, Certificate Training Program on Religion and the Rule of Law February – March 2017, Mandalay, Myanmar • In partnership with Mandalay Community Center and other partners, helped organize academic program and taught two-week course for Burmese religious leaders, professors, legislators, community activists, government officials and judges, Certificate Training Program on Religion and the Rule of Law UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE SCHOOL OF LAW, ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA Visiting Professor of Law Summer 2012 • Co-taught course, Law and Religion (with Professor Paul Babie and Professor Joshua Neoh, The University of Adelaide (the first course of its kind taught in South Australia, with 50 students 4 from several universities) UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES, VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY December 2012, Hanoi Campus • Helped organize academic program and taught two-week course for Vietnamese professors, government officials and judges, Certificate Training Program on Religion and the Rule of Law September 2013, Ho Chi Minh City Campus • Helped organize academic program and taught two-week course for Vietnamese professors, government officials and judges, Certificate Training Program on Religion and the Rule of Law July 2014, Denang Campus • Helped organize academic program and taught two-week course for Vietnamese professors, government officials and judges, Certificate Training Program on Religion and the Rule of Law September 2015, Hanoi Campus • Helped organize academic program and taught two-week course
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