Dallin H. Oaks: podcast appearances and interviews

Dallin Harris Oaks, born on August 12, 1932, in Provo, Utah, is an American religious leader and former jurist. He served as the eighteenth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and held the position of first counselor in the church's First Presidency from 2018 to 2025. Oaks was called as a member of the church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1984. His early life was spent in Provo and Vernal, Utah. He studied accounting at Brigham Young University and later attended law school at the University of Chicago, where he was editor-in-chief of the University of Chicago Law Review. After graduating in 1957, Oaks served as a law clerk to Chief Justice Earl Warren of the United States Supreme Court. He then practiced law privately at Kirkland & Ellis before returning to academia as a law professor at the University of Chicago. In 1971, Oaks became the president of Brigham Young University, succeeding Ernest L. Wilkinson, a role he held until 1980, when he was appointed to the Utah Supreme Court. His judicial service continued until his calling to the church's Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1984. During his career, Oaks was twice considered for nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court by U.S. Presidents Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan, though he was not ultimately nominated.