University of Utah : S.J. Quinney College of Law

Leslie P Francis

Alfred C. Emery Professor of Law
Professor of Philosophy

Leslie P. Francis holds joint appointments as Alfred C. Emery professor of law and professor and chair, department of philosophy. Professor Francis received a B.A. from Wellesley (1967), where she graduated with high honors in philosophy and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She received a Ph.D. in philosophy (1974) from the University of Michigan. After joining Utah's philosophy faculty, she received her J.D. from the University of Utah (1981). Appointed to the law faculty in 1982, she teaches and writes extensively in the areas of health law, bioethics, and disability. Professor Francis has been a member of the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee and of the American Bar Association.s Commission on Law and Aging.

Professor Francis teaches contracts, disability law, and bioethics and the law.

Scholarship Highlights

Book Chapters

Francis, Leslie P., M.P. Battin, J. Botkin, J. Jacobson, and C. Smith. (2004). "Research Ethics and Infectious Disease: the Moral Significance of Communicability." IAB, Sydney; forthcoming in Hayry, et al.

"Disability," in Frey and Wellman, eds., A Companion to Applied Ethics (Blackwell's 2002).

Books

Battin, Margaret, Francis, Leslie, Jacobson, Jay, & Smith, Charles.  The Patient as Victim and Vector. Oxford 2009.


Land Wars: Property, Community and Land Use in an Interconnected World (with John G. Francis), Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003.

Americans with Disabilities: Implications for Individuals and Institutions, ed. Leslie Francis and Anita Silvers, Routledge, 2000.

Legal Writing

Terry, Nicholas P. and Leslie P. Francis. "Ensuring the Privacy and Confidentiality of Electronic Health Records," Illinois Law Review 2007(2): 681-736.


"Employment and Intellectual Disability," 8 Journal of Gender, Race & Justice 299 (2004).

"Legitimate Expectations, Unreasonable Beliefs, and Legally Mandated Coverage of Experimental Therapy." Indiana Health Law Review 1: 215-251 (2004).

Smith, Charles B., Battin, MP, Botkin, J, Francis, LP & Jacobson, J. (2004). "Are there Characteristics of Infectious Diseases that Raise Special Ethical Issues?" Developing World Bioethics 4:1, pp.1-16.

"Global Systemic Problems and Interconnected Duties," Environmental Ethics 25: 115-128 (2003).

"Alzheimer's Disease: An Issue for Women's Health Care." (2001) Journal of Gender-Specific Medicine 4: 6-9.

Papers

Francis, Leslie P., Battin, Margaret P., Jacobson, Jay, and Smith, Charles, " Syndromic Surveillance and Patients as Victims and Vectors," Journal of Bioethical Inquiry (forthcoming).