Category: Alumni
Adler honored with Board of Trustees gift to endowed scholarship
University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Dean Robert Adler received a parting gift from the law school’s Board of Trustees earlier this month: the fulfillment of an endowed Dean’s scholarship. Board of Trustees members donated over $20,000 in honor of Adler to bring the Dean’s Scholarship Fund to above the U’s minimum endowment […]
Alumni spotlight: Paul and Ann Boyden
College of Law graduates Paul Boyden (Class of 1975) and Ann Boyden (Class of 1987) have each made their mark in the legal world, navigating law practices, community service, and a judgeship while raising a family. They shared their law school experiences in their own words in an interview with alumni relations director Lori Nelson […]
College of Law alumni and students among those honored by Utah State Bar at Law Day awards
*Reprinted with permission from the Utah State Bar. Students, teachers, legal professionals and citizens from around the Wasatch Front gathered to celebrate Law Day in downtown Salt Lake City on May 1. The theme for the annual event was “Free Speech, Free Press, Free Society.” Several S.J. Quinney College of Law alumni —and one current […]
S.J. Quinney College of Law partners with Imagine More U Giving Day
The University of Utah is excited to announce its first-ever Imagine More U Giving Day, a 36-hour effort in support of students, programs, and initiatives campus-wide on May 21st-May 22nd. U Giving Day will be a unique opportunity for the University of Utah community – including alumni, friends, students, faculty, and staff – to advance […]
High school students experience law school for a day through Passageways program
The lesson for the day for more than 100 high school students visiting the S.J. Quinney College of Law was relatable to many teens in the audience: A 13-year-old junior high student wore a black armband to school to protest violence and her school board passed a ban on the practice to stop her, suspending […]
Scholarships – The Gift of Education
An important way to contribute to student success and strong programs The S.J. Quinney College of Law continues to be named a top-ranked law school. Scholarships play an important role in that success by keeping the College of Law competitive through recruiting highly sought-after law students, keeping student debt burdens among the lowest in the […]
Alumna Cristina Ortega to deliver 2019 commencement address
University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law alumna and veteran prosecutor Cristina Ortega will be the featured speaker at the 2019 graduation ceremony for law students on May 10. Eighty-five members of the Class of 2019 are expected to graduate at Kingsbury Hall. Seventy-five spring graduates will join 10 law students who graduated in […]
S.J. Quinney College of Law alumna Cecilia Romero selected to become federal magistrate judge
University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law alumna Cecilia Romero has been selected to become a federal magistrate judge. The U.S. District Court for Utah announced Friday that Romero has been chosen to fill an upcoming vacancy on the federal bench. Romero will fill the vacancy created by Magistrate Judge Brooke Wells, who will […]
November alumni spotlight: Michele Christiansen Forster
Michele Christiansen Forster began law school at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law in the early 1990s as part of the first incoming class in history to consist of more women than men. She’s continued to be a trailblazer since graduating and has held several positions in the public sphere, including serving […]
Free speech on college campuses subject of 35th annual Jefferson B. Fordham Debate on Nov. 15
Should First Amendment rights of members of university communities be constrained if their speech undermines the mission of the university? That question will be the subject of the 35th Annual Jefferson B. Fordham Debate on Nov. 15 at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law. The debate begins at 5 p.m, with a reception […]