Mr. Bentley is an associate in the firm’s litigation department, focusing on all areas of civil and appellate litigation. Mr. Bentley is currently serving a one-year clerkship with the Supreme Court of Utah..
Education
J.D. J Reuben Clark Law School,
Brigham Young University, 2008 – Magna Cum Laude, Order of the Coif
Lead Articles Editor,
BYU Law Review
J. Reuben Clark Award
2008
Distinguished Service
Award 2007
Scholarly Writing
Award 2007
M.A. Geography, University of Iowa 2005
B.S. Geography, Minor History, Brigham Young University 2003
Personal
Born: Waterloo, Iowa 1977
Married: 4 children
Interests: Running, history, web design, road biking, photography, and hiking
Publications
Chesapeake, in A Geographical
History Of United States City-Systems: From the Frontier to the Urban Transformation
(Sam Otterstrom, ed.) 53–83 (2004).
Constrained by the Liberal Tradition: Why the Supreme Court Has Not Found
Positive Rights in the American Constitution, 2007 BYU L. Rev. 1721
Student Speech in Public Schools: A Comprehensive Analytical Framework Based
on the Role of Public Schools in Democratic Education, 2009 BYU Education
& Law Journal, Vol. 1
