Faculty
Utah Law faculty updates: February 2024
Each month, we share notable updates—including presentations, publications, panels, and other accomplishments—from Utah Law faculty members.
Here’s what’s next: Utah Law faculty discuss innovative legal research in new video series
Five members of our Utah Law faculty discuss the cutting-edge research they’re conducting—and the pressing societal questions they’re working to answer—in our brand-new video series.
Associate Professor Daniel Aaron centers research on how law shapes life and death
After earning his JD at Harvard Law School, Aaron served as assistant chief counsel at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and clerked for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit with Judge John K. Bush. He says he is proud of the interdisciplinary perspectives he brings to his work.
Utah Law faculty and programs featured in Daily Utah Chronicle
Our faculty members, along with the Pro Bono Initiative and Director Caisa Royer, have recently been featured in the University of Utah’s student-run newspaper, the Daily Utah Chronicle.
Professor Randy Dryer receives 2024 Distinguished Faculty Service Award
Professor Randy Dryer has been selected as one of two recipients of the 2024 Distinguished Faculty Service Award from the U’s Bennion Center for Community Engagement.
Utah Law faculty updates: January 2024
Each month, we’ll share notable updates—including presentations, publications, panels, and other invitations—from Utah Law faculty members.
Professor Amos Guiora quoted in Washington Post article about Hockey Canada scandal
Professor Amos Guiora, an expert in complicity law and director of the S.J. Quinney College of Law Bystander Initiative, was quoted in a Washington Post article about Hockey Canada’s sexual assault scandal.
Professor Teneille Brown files SCOTUS amicus brief in ‘drug mule’ case
Professor Teneille Brown, along with more than 20 other evidence law professors, filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Delilah Guadalupe Diaz v. United States (No. 23-14) on Friday, Feb. 2.
Professor RonNell Andersen Jones publishes guest essay in The New York Times about E. Jean Carroll verdict
Professor RonNell Andersen Jones, a First Amendment expert, wrote a guest essay in The New York Times about the E. Jean Carroll libel verdict.
Act II: Professor Jensie Anderson’s Post-Conviction Clinic gives clients a second chance
Though she earned a bachelor’s of fine arts degree in theater performance from the University of Utah and spent five years pursuing acting in Houston and New York City before beginning law school, Professor Jensie Anderson hadn’t set foot on stage for nearly 30 years. That changed in fall 2023.
Professor Cliff Rosky weighs in on proposed Utah bill requiring schools to display the Ten Commandments
Professor Clifford Rosky, a constitutional law expert, recently spoke to KSL News about a proposed Utah bill that would require public schools to display the Ten Commandments.
Correlativity of rights and duties: Why should I care? (Part 1)
This post introduces correlativity by addressing the “why” and “how” of the disappearance of correlativity as a fundamental jural concept, while the libertarian, as well as the law and economics and schools of jurisprudence, have gained predominance.