With its small class sizes and a student-to-faculty ratio of 4.8:1, Utah Law is known for a close-knit community with lots of collaboration. Students often work with faculty members on projects and law review articles. Here are a few examples.
Professor Paul Cassell
Having taught at the College of Law for more than 30 years, Professor Paul Cassell has lots of experience partnering with students on moot courts, research projects, and fellowships. Recently, 3L Constance Holder worked with Professor Cassell to conduct research for his book about victims’ rights.
Cassell also involves students, including previous students who’ve now established their own careers, in pro bono cases he takes. He often collaborates with alumna Heidi Nestel (JD ’97) in her work at the Utah Crime Victims Legal Clinic.
“It’s always great to work with students, whether it be on law review articles or court briefs. I can help pass along the ‘tricks of the trade’ that I’ve learned over the years,” Cassell says. “They bring enthusiasm and a fresh perspective that always improves my arguments.”
Dean Elizabeth Kronk Warner
A recognized Indian law scholar, Dean Elizabeth Kronk Warner has also taught a course on federal Indian law and likes to collaborate with students within environmental and Indian law. She recently co-authored a law review article with Jensen Lillquist (JD ’23) about the rights of nature in international, federal, state, and tribal contexts and what states and the federal government can learn from tribal governments in this space.
In spring 2025, Kronk Warner co-authored an article for the Kansas Law Review with 3L Matthew McGrath about how tribes can address power imbalances with the federal government through avenues outside the courts.
Kronk Warner also partnered with 3L Isaac Santos several times, including coaching him and other team members for the 2025 National Native American Law Students Association (NNALSA) competition, providing feedback on his 2025 Environmental Law Reporter article, and inviting him to attend the Tenth Circuit Tribal Relations Advisory Committee meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico, during summer 2025.
“I am interested in pursuing a career in Indian law, so we talked for a while about the different pathways I could take. She mentioned that she had been invited to speak at the meeting and asked if I’d like to come with her if she got it approved. Judge Tymkovich, who heads that committee, said ‘Sure, bring him along,’” Santos says. “It was a phenomenal experience. I am so grateful I got to go and meet some incredible people.”
Associate Professor Daniel Aaron
Since Associate Professor Daniel Aaron holds both MD and JD degrees, his research often focuses on the intersection between food and drug law and pharmaceutical sciences. Most recently, he co-authored an article with 3L Jack Wolthuis in the American Journal of Public Health called “Designating Cartels as Terrorist Organizations: The Wrong Path to Addressing the Illicit Fentanyl Crisis.”
Also this year, Aaron co-authored another American Journal of Public Health article with 2025 alum Avery Emery about the tactics used by opponents of diversity, equity, and inclusion and how the health sphere can respond.
“The students are fun to work with, full of energy and creative new ideas—including ones law professors haven’t thought of. Writing together builds meaningful one-on-one relationships that the classroom alone can’t provide,” Aaron says. “I see writing articles with students as a way to make their education more original and interesting. They’re not just reading and digesting information: They’re creating it.”
Professor Brigham Daniels
As co-director of the Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment and director of the Great Salt Lake Project, Professor Brigham Daniels is an environmental law expert and particularly focuses on the Great Salt Lake. He and Associate Director Beth Parker frequently work with students enrolled in the Great Salt Lake Policy Accelerator to highlight the legal pathways to restoring the lake and provide advice to policymakers and stakeholders.
Daniels also recently co-authored two opinion pieces about the Great Salt Lake and changing water rates in Provo with 3L Kyle Lowe, who worked with Daniels and Parker in the Great Salt Lake Policy Accelerator.
Lecturer Professor Amos Guiora
An author of several books about institutional complicity, Lecturer Professor Amos Guiora leads Utah Law’s Bystander Initiative, which focuses on books, law review articles, and legislative efforts to hold enablers and bystanders accountable. As part of the Bystander Initiative, he works with student research assistants each year, including 3L Sophia Gulgulian and alumna Anna Hall (JD ’24).
Guiora most recently co-authored law review articles with Gulgulian and 3L Lindsay Allan, along with University of Utah senior honors student Gianna LaRoche, about institutional accountability under Title IX and concept of “enabling” within universities as well as the Pelicot case from France and questions about consent and culpability.
“A huge shoutout to Sophia, Lindsay, and Gianna. They did a great job of presenting the two law review articles we are writing under the auspices of the Bystander Initiative. Truly well done!” Guiora said in a LinkedIn comment about the articles.
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