Cheryl Bailey Preston is

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scholar and "a nationally recognized expert in Internet regulation and a strong advocate for children in the fight against

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." She works with the CP80.org Foundation to fight internet child pornography, and is currently the Edwin M. Thomas endowed chair at the BYU

J. Reuben Clark Law School The J. Reuben Clark Law School (BYU Law or JRCLS) is the graduate law school of Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah. Founded in 1973, the school is named after J. Reuben Clark, a former U.S. Ambassador, Undersecretary of State, and g ...

Law studies and career

Preston graduated from

Brigham Young University Brigham Young University (BYU, sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y) is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...

(BYU) in 1975 with high honors, majoring in English. She went on to BYU

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, J. Reuben Clark, where she graduated ''Magna Cum Laude'', was awarded the

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, and was an articles editor for the flagship journal. Preston is a Latter-day Saint. After graduating from J. Reuben Clark in 1979, Preston clerked for the Honorable Monroe G. McKay of the Tenth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals, in

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. From 1981 to '83 she worked for the law firm of

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, in

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. She then returned to Utah where she worked for a law firm until being hired as in-house counsel by

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, where she stayed until 1989. In the fall semester of '89, she began teaching at her alma mater, the J. Reuben Clark Law School, and has since become well known for her legal expertise in online contracting and the Infancy doctrine, among other areas of focus relating to contracts.

Publications

Among her articles ''Legal Osmosis: The Role of Brain Science in Protecting Adolescents'' with Brandon Crowther, ''The Spiritual Concept of Form and Function as One': Structure, Doctrine, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints'', and ''All Knowledge is Not Equal: Facilitating Children’s Access to Knowledge by Making the Internet Safer''. A list of her works can be found at her SSRN author page.

References

External links

Profile at J. Reuben Clark Law School
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