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John Ruple

Professor of Law (Research)

Research Profile Phone: 801/581-6545
Email: john.ruple@law.utah.edu
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News / Articles:


  • Utah Law faculty updates: August 2025

  • Utah Law faculty updates: September 2025

  • Utah Law faculty updates: July 2025

  • Wallace Stegner Center faculty write letter to Congress urging lawmakers not to repeal BLM resource management plans

  • Stegner Center Faculty Updates

  • Public lands are not “enclaves” and other errors in the report to Utah’s Legislative Commission on Federalism

  • Utah Law faculty updates: October 2025

  • Utah Law faculty updates: March 2025

  • Utah Law faculty updates: January 2025

  • Research Professor John Ruple authors opinion piece about Congressional Review Act in The Hill

  • Utah Law faculty updates: November 2024

  • Utah Law faculty updates: December 2024

  • Law & Policy Program Update

  • Research Professor John Ruple featured in media about Utah lawsuit to take control of federal lands

  • Research Professor John Ruple discusses CEQ appointment and Law and Policy program

  • Stegner Center Faculty Updates Fall 2024

  • White House Taps Utah Law Professor John Ruple for Council on Environmental Quality

  • Professor John Ruple invited to White House meeting to discuss mining reform

  • Professor John Ruple and Associate Professor Jamie Pleune discuss updates to the National Environmental Policy Act in op-ed in The Hill

  • Professor John Ruple discusses Biden’s national monuments decision with the Salt Lake Tribune

  • Professor John Ruple quoted in the Washington Post about climate policy

  • Ruple article on fossil fuel development featured by Environmental Law Reporter

  • Recent publications from Utah Law faculty members

  • Ruple Named Trustee of Foundation for Natural Resources & Energy Law