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January 2020
Law, Economics & Business Workshop
4:10-5:10 p.m., University of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law, Room 3609 The Law, Economics & Business Workshop brings together scholars, students, and faculty for seminar-style discussion of innovative and complex topics in the field. We are excited to welcome nine distinguished scholars from law schools and business schools throughout the country. All faculty and students at the College of Law are invited to attend. Students and faculty from other University of Utah departments are invited to attend with…
Find out more »2020 Law and Biomedicine Colloquium
The Center for Law and Biomedical Sciences presents the 6th Annual Law and Biomedicine Colloquium January 8 – February 26, 2020 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…
Find out more »Stegner Center Green Bag – Solar Development Panel
Stegner Center Green Bag Series Utility-scale solar development on Utah School Trust Lands Michael S. Johnson, Assistant Director & Chief Legal Counsel, Keli Beard and Chris Shiraldi, Legal Counsel, Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration 12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m., S.J. Quinney College of Law, 6th Level, Moot Courtroom. Mike Johnson, Keli Beard and Chris Shiraldi, attorneys for the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, will discuss SITLA’s expanding utility-scale solar energy leasing program. Topics addressed will include:…
Find out more »6th Annual Human Trafficking Symposium -UTIP Annual Conference
A Victim Centered Approach 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., S.J. Quinney College of Law, Moot Courtroom (Level 6) The 2020 Human Trafficking Symposium will feature a keynote speaker, panel, and breakout sessions about human trafficking in Utah including perspectives from attorneys, case managers, law enforcement, and medical providers based around this year's theme of a victim-centered approach. Featuring: Julie Dahlstrom, JD Director, Boston University Law's Immigrants' Rights and Human Trafficking Program. Panel: Victim-Centered Collaboration Breakout Sessions: -Human Trafficking Legistlation: Past…
Find out more »Stegner Center Green Bag – Brian Steed
Stegner Center Green Bag Series Details coming soon! Brian Steed, Executive Director, Utah Department of Natural Resources 12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m., S.J. Quinney College of Law, 6th Level, Moot Courtroom. 1-hour CLE (pending). Lunch provided. Free and open to the public. Brian Steed, Executive Director, Utah Department of Natural Resources Brian Steed was appointed DNR executive director in 2019 by Governor Gary R. Herbert. He leads an agency of 1,300 employees from seven divisions, including Forestry, Fire and State…
Find out more »February 2020
The Big Thaw
A Wallace Stegner Center Green Bag 12:15-1:15 p.m., S.J. Quinney College of Law, Moot Courtroom (Level 6) Permafrost--permanently frozen ground that lies under tundra and boreal forests across the Arctic--covers more than 12 percent of the earth’s land. In The Big Thaw, readers meet scientists and students who have been studying the permafrost and what it contains: a vast store of ancient carbon, more than four times the quantity found in all of today’s forests, a ticking “carbon bomb” releasing…
Find out more »Water Banking
A Wallace Stegner Center Green Bag 12:15-1:15 p.m., S.J. Quinney College of Law, Moot Courtroom (Level 6) Details coming soon! 1 hour of CLE (pending). Lunch provided. No registration required. Free and open to the public. Emily E. Lewis is an attorney at the law firm of Clyde Snow & Sessions in Salt Lake City, Utah. Ms. Lewis focuses her practice primarily on water law and works with both individual rural water users and organized water entities to settle…
Find out more »March 2020
Stegner Center Green Bag – Cliff Villa
A Wallace Stegner Center Green Bag The Gold King Mine Spill: Environmental Law and Liability 12:15-1:15 p.m., S.J. Quinney College of Law Moot Courtroom (Level 6) After grabbing headlines across the country in 2015, the Gold King Mine spill receded from the public eye but has remained the subject of significant policy questions as well as active litigation. This presentation will share the results of research into many of these questions, in support of an article published in the current…
Find out more »Wallace Stegner Lecture – Jessica Fanzo
This lecture is in conjunction with the Wallace Stegner Center 25th Annual Symposium - “Food and the Environment: Resilient and Equitable Food Security for the West.” Details coming soon! Jessica Fanzo, Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor of Global Food & Agriculture Policy & Ethics, Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins Nitze School of Advanced International Studies 12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m., S.J. Quinney College of Law, 6th Level, Moot Courtroom. 1-hour CLE (pending). Lunch provided. Free and open to the…
Find out more »Wallace Stegner Center 25th Annual Symposium – “Food and the Environment: Resilient and Equitable Food Security for the West”
Join us for the Wallace Stegner Center lecture in conjunction to the symposium on Wednesday, March 18 with Jessica Fanzo. S.J. Quinney College of Law, Moot Courtroom (Level 6) The Wallace Stegner Center’s 25th annual symposium, to be held on Thursday and Friday. March 19 and 20, 2020, will address “Food and the Environment: Resilient and Equitable Food Security for the West.” The Symposium will focus on the connections between food and the environment through two lenses. First, it…
Find out more »54th Annual William H. Leary Lecture
Details coming soon! Pamela S. Karlan Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law Co-Director, Supreme Court Litigation Clinic Stanford Law School
Find out more »April 2020
Why the Future of Legal Work Won’t Look Like the Present (and What to do About it)
A Legal Technology Discussion with Gabriel Teninbaum 12:15-1:15 p.m., S.J. Quinney College of Law, Level 6 A confluence of new economic pressures and the increasing adoption of new technologies mean that thefuture of law will look very different than the present. This talk focuses on the impact of innovation and technology on legal work, and will propose a new approach for professional development of legal professionals capable of thriving in a changing environment. 1 hour Utah CLE (pending). Free and open to the public. No registration required. Gabe…
Find out more »Annual Alumni Dinner 2020
5:30 – 7:30 p.m., S.J. Quinney College of Law, Level 6 Join the S.J Quinney College of Law and your fellow alums for this year’s annual alumni dinner at the College of Law. This event is a great opportunity to catch up with old friends and network with new ones. Reception: 5:30 p.m. Dinner & Awards: 6:00 p.m. Registration required (will open March 1) »
Find out more »May 2020
Commencement – Class of 2020
Law commencement ceremony: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Kingsbury Hall 1395 East Presidents Circle Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Reception for law graduates and guests: 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. S.J. Quinney College of Law 383 S. University Street After the ceremony campus shuttles will take you from Kingsbury Hall to the College of Law. Commencement will be streamed live and archived on the College of Law YouTube channel » Commencement Speaker: TBA Guest Seating & Tickets: Tickets are not…
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