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Law of artificial intelligence: Professor Matthew Tokson prepares students for AI legal issues

Mar 12, 2025

Fourth Amendment scholar Professor Matthew Tokson has taught at Utah Law since 2017, focusing on law and technology and originally teaching a cyberlaw seminar. In January, he began teaching a new seminar about what has become a new research interest: artificial intelligence (AI).

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Associate Professor Ruhan Nagra’s environmental survey cited in Scientific American article

Mar 10, 2025

Associate Professor Ruhan Nagra, an environmental law expert, is quoted in this Scientific American article about chloroprene, a cancer-causing chemical at the center of a federal lawsuit against a petrochemical plant. The article also cites Nagra’s 2021 study that found higher cancer incidence closer to the Denka plant.

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Bench to Bedside: Students get practical IP law experience through medical device competition

Mar 06, 2025

What do OrthoBolt, Noriscope, CathSecure, AdhesioNix, and T-Scope have in common? They’re all award-winning medical innovations designed by Utah teams in the annual Bench to Bedside (B2B) program—.and Utah Law students have a unique role in helping these teams protect their inventions.

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We believe that we, as members and future members of the legal profession, all have a distinct role to play in making America’s future better. One of our top goals is to create an accessible College of Law community in which everyone belongs.

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Our research centers and programs produce cutting-edge scholarship, abundant student research opportunities, and collaborations across the nation.

Centers and programs offer opportunities for faculty and students to collaborate on specialized research, engage with our community, and study in focused areas of expertise and interest.

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Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment

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Center for Law and Biomedical Sciences

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Program in Criminal Law

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Program in Intellectual Property and Technology Law

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Jessica Arthurs, JD ’23

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