The Center for Law and Biomedical Sciences presents the 5th Annual Law and Biomedicine Colloquium

January 9 – February 27, 2019
3:10-5:10 p.m., S.J. Quinney College of Law, Room 4609

The Law and Biomedicine Colloquium brings together scholars, practitioners in our community, law students, and law faculty for seminar-style discussion of complex and controversial topics in the field. We are excited to be welcoming four distinguished scholars from other law schools in the region, as well as leaders in legal practice in law and the biosciences. Registered students at the College of Law will receive one hour of credit for participating in the colloquium; other interested participants are welcome to join us. A small reception with light refreshments will be held after each session. Visit the Center’s webpage to learn more about the Center for Law and Biomedical Sciences.

1 hour CLE. Free and open to the public. For questions about this event, contact Cynthia (801) 581-5050, or visit law.utah.edu/labs.
*Visitors will need to check in at the information desk on level 1 or level 2 to receive access to level 4.

  February 27 – Marc Rinehart, Director, Conflict of Interest Office, University of Utah

2019 Colloquium Schedule

January 9 – Medicalization and the New Civil Rights.
Craig Konnoth, Associate Professor of Law, University of Colorado Boulder Law School

January 16 – Disaggregating Disasters
Lisa Grow Sun, Professor of Law, Brigham Young University Law School

January 23 – The Problem of Disclosing Medical Errors in the CANDOR Program
Anne Armstrong, General Counsel Intermountain Healthcare

January 30 – The Pick-and-Shovel Play: Bioethics of Gene-Editing Vector Patents
Jacob S. Sherkow, Professor of Law, New York Law School

February 6 –
Scott Smith, Associate General Counsel, University of Utah

February 13 –
Barbara Evans, Mary Ann & Lawrence E. Faust Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center

February 20 – Dead Letters and Stem Cell Markets: Can Consumer Protection Law Combat the Challenge of Unproven Stem Cells
Ubaka Ogbogu, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Alberta

February 27 –
Marc Rinehart, Director, Conflict of Interest Office, University of Utah

Paid parking is available at the Rice-Eccles Stadium using the pay-by-phone app. We encourage you to use public transportation to our events. Take TRAX University line to the Stadium stop and walk a half block north. For other public transit options use UTA’s Trip Planner. The law school is on the Red Route for the University’s free campus shuttles (College of Law stop).