Students engaged in three-hour backroom crisis simulations at the S.J. Quinney College of Law’s two-day counterterrorism simulation last Thursday and Friday as part of the law school’s Global Perspectives on Counterterrorism course. After each simulation, students were questioned by an expert panel of political and legal scholars.
Read MoreProfessor RonNell Andersen Jones, a First Amendment expert, was quoted in New York Times and Reuters articles about a National Guard pilot defamation case and Sarah Palin’s defamation retrial.
Read MoreDean Elizabeth Kronk Warner was interviewed for a Reuters article about the Trump administration’s moves to close the U.S. Department of Education and how it could affect law school finances.
Read MoreEach month, we share notable updates—including presentations, publications, panels, and other accomplishments—from Utah Law faculty members.
Read MoreProfessor Jorge Conteras has been named a distinguished professor of law, effective July 1, 2025.
Read MoreFourth 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).
Read MoreAssociate 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.
Read MoreProfessor Leslie Francis, an expert in health law, ethics, and philosophy, has received the University of Utah’s 2025 Distinguished Faculty Service Award. This recognition honors faculty committed to fostering connection between the campus and wider community through active, unpaid community service and integrate service with research and teaching.
Read MoreEach month, we share notable updates—including presentations, publications, panels, and other accomplishments—from Utah Law faculty members.
Read MoreIn a dissenting opinion in the case Richard Glossip v. State of Oklahoma, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas extensively cited an amicus brief authored by […]
Read MoreClinical Professor Jensie Anderson (’93) considers it an honor to have spent her career teaching and helping individuals access justice. Yet, growing up in Logan, Utah, she envisioned quite a different trajectory for herself. Her family was in the theatre business, so stepping out on stage was a natural fit for her.
Read MoreProfessor Chris Peterson, a consumer law expert, spoke to The New York Times, Reuters, CNN and Fast Company about consumer protection concerns, including deceptive bank practices and the idling of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau.
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