Each month, we share notable updates—including presentations, publications, panels, and other accomplishments—from Utah Law faculty members.
Associate Professor Daniel Aaron
- Legislative/judicial
- Filed an amicus brief in the 23andMe bankruptcy case, In re: 23andMe Holding Co., et al., (Jun. 11, 2025).
- Media appearances
- Interviewed for Medical Economics video series, “The new standard for medical malpractice: Why the law just changed” (Jun. 18, 2025).
Professor Jonas Anderson
- Media appearances
- Quoted in The Salt Lake Tribune about BYU quarterback civil lawsuit (Jun. 11, 2025).
Professor Paul Cassell
- Media appearances
- Quoted in Deseret News about Federalist Society (Jun. 9, 2025).
- Published opinion editorial in The Wall Street Journal about Supreme Court’s treatment of district judge (May 20, 2025).
Professor Jorge Contreras
- Publications
- Jorge L. Contreras, “R2B Contracts: Complexities and Considerations When Contracting with Universities and Other Not-For-Profit Research Organisations,” 60 LES NOUVELLES 141 (2025) with Mark Anderson, Brian A. Coblitz, Steven M. Ferguson, Naomi Hawkins, Alison Slade and Anji Miller.
- Jorge L. Contreras, “A Research Agenda for Standards-Essential Patents,” in A RESEARCH AGENDA FOR PATENT LAW (Enrico Bonadio & Noam Shemtov eds., 2025).
- Presentations/panels
- “Future of Antitrust, Antitrust Remedies: Trends, Challenges, and Innovations” (online panelist), Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark School of Law (Jun. 2025).
- Presented a paper and moderated a panel for the Intl. Assn. for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP) 43rd Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark (Jun. 2025).
- “Circuit Splits in Copyright Law” (moderator), American IP Law Assn. (AIPLA) Spring Meeting, Minneapolis, MN (May 2025).
- Appointments
- Appointed as InterCeBIL Affiliate for the Centre for Advanced Studies in Biomedical Innovation Law (CeBIL) at the University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark (2025).
- Legislative/judicial
- Filed amicus brief: In re. 23andMe Holding Co. et al., Case No. 25-40976-357, Limited Objection of Intellectual Property, Health Law, And Bioethics Scholars to Debtors’ Proposed Asset Sale (E.D. Mo. Bankr., filed Jun. 10, 2025).
- Media appearances
- Quoted in Law 360: “IP, Health Law Scholars Object To 23andMe Ch. 11 Data Sale” (Jun. 11, 2025).
Librarian Valeri Craigle
- Awards
- Received a travel grant to attend 2025 American Association of Law Libraries Annual Conference.
Professor Lincoln Davies
- Media appearances
- Quoted in The Salt Lake Tribune about BYU quarterback civil lawsuit (Jun. 11, 2025).
Professor Leslie Francis
- Presentations/panels
- “Designing a Statute to Enable Individualized Decision-making in and with Dementias,” 2025 Annual Conference: Law, Health Care, and the Aging Brain and Body, Harvard Law School (Jun. 9, 2025).
Lecturer Professor Amos Guiora
- Publications
- Amos N. Guiora, “Sacred Secrets Enabling Child Abuse,” 49 LAW & PSYCH. REV. 56 (2025) with Diana Pogosyan and Matylda Blaszczak.
- Amos N. Guiora, “Israeli Hostages and the Holocaust,” Oxford Diplomatic Disptach, May 30, 2025.
- Presentations/panels
- “Sexual Misconduct in Schools: Changing the Landscape,” Criminalizing Bystanders and Enablers (Jun. 18, 2025).
- “Enablers in the Holocaust,” Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL (Jun. 9, 2025).
- “Enablers: Normalizing the Unimaginable,” Haifa Demonstration Calling for Release of Hostages/Cease Fire in Gaza, Haifa, Israel (Jun. 8, 2025).
- “The Rise in Antisemitism Leads to Rapidly Escalating Violence and Terrorism in the US,” The George Washington University’s Program on Extremism, Washington, D.C. (Jun. 5, 2025).
- Media appearances
- Interviewed on Embracing Abraham: A Jewish-Christian Podcast, “Retrieving His Grandfather’s Books” (Jun. 25, 2025).
- Quoted in KSL, “Will US strikes on Iran risk prolonged war or counter attacks? Here’s what experts say” (Jun. 23, 2025).
- Interviewed on Fox13, “Ceasefire status in unclear after Israel reports continued missiles from Iran” (Jun. 23, 2025).
- Interviewed on KRCL, “Two Dr. Daves Break Down a World Seemingly ‘Gone Mad'” (Jun. 18, 2025).
- Interviewed on Zoomer Radio, “June 16, 2025: Buzz Hargrove Dies at Age 81” (Jun. 16, 2025).
- Interviewed on ABC4, “U of U professor describes situation in Tel Aviv amid Iranian attacks” (Jun. 13, 2025).
- Interviewed on KSL, “US strikes 3 Iranian nuclear sites” (Jun. 23, 2025).
- Interviewed on FOX13, “Amos Guiora interview” (Jun. 16, 2025).
- Interviewed on KUTV, “U of U professor in Israel” (Jun. 26, 2025).
Professor Robert Keiter
Media appearances
- Interviewed by KUER, “Latest draft of Sen. Mike Lee’s public lands sales plan adds millions of acres” (Jun. 18, 2025).
Associate Professor of Law Ruhan Nagra
- Other accomplishments
- Elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the Clinical Legal Education Association for a three-year term beginning July 1, 2025.
Professor Chris Peterson
- Media appearances
- Quoted in Bloomberg Law about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Jun. 12, 2025).
Associate Research Professor Jamie Pluene
- Media appearances
- Quoted in The Regulatory Review, “What are American Public Lands For?” (Jun. 26, 2025).
Research Professor Danya Rumore
- Media appearances
- Quoted in High Country News, “Senate Republicans want to sell 3 million acres of public land,” (Jun. 11, 2025).
Professor Jeff Schwartz
- Publications
- Jeff Schwartz, “The Singular Role of Public Pension Funds in Corporate Governance,” Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance with Jill Fisch (Jun. 2, 2025).