Utah Law faculty updates: April 2025

May 01, 2025 | Faculty

Each month, we share notable updates—including presentations, publications, panels, and other accomplishments—from Utah Law faculty members.

A portrait of Associate Professor Daniel AaronAssociate Professor Daniel Aaron

  • Publications
    • “Presidential Powers for LGBTQI+ Equity: Advances and Rollbacks,” HEALTH AFFAIRS FOREFRONT (2025) with Gilbert Gonzales, Kyle Gavulic, and Carson Ferrara.
  • Media appearances
    • Interviewed on Radio Health Journal “The FDA Is Failing—Here’s What Needs to Change,” (Apr. 27, 2025). 

Photo of Professor RonNell Andersen JonesProfessor RonNell Andersen Jones

 

 

Professor Paul CassellA portrait of Professor Paul Cassell

  • Presentations/panels
    • “Who is the Prosecutor Here? The Michael Flynn, January 6, and Eric Adams Cases and Rule 48(a)” (panelist), Federalist Society National Webinar (Apr. 10, 2025).
    • “Is It Time to Reform the Miranda Decision,” University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Debate for the Federalist Society, Salt Lake City, UT (Apr. 7, 2025). 
  • Legislative/judicial
    • Received a unanimous (5-0) Utah Supreme Court decision in favor of my position in the case of State v. Jolley, on behalf of sexual assault victim T.T.
  • Media appearances
    • Quoted in KSL News story about suicide pacts and criminal prosecution (Apr. 13, 2025).

Associate Professor Lingxi Chenyanga photo of Professor Lingxi Chenyang

  • Presentations/panels
    • “Food Anti-Democracy with Lingxi Chenyang,” Yale Law School, The Law, Ethics, and Animals Program, New Haven, CT (Apr. 1, 2025). 
    • “2025 All Journal Symposium: A Place to Call Home” (panel speaker) University of Maine School of Law, Portland, ME (Apr. 4, 2025).

Professor Brigham Daniels

  • Publications
    • Co-authored two opinion pieces with 2L Kyle Lowe in the Deseret News and the Daily Herald, along with BYU Assistant Professor Andrew South (Apr. 25, 2025).

Professor Amos GuioraLecturer Professor Amos Guiora

  • Presentations/panels
    • “Enablers, Bystanders, and the Holocaust,” New York State Unified Court System (Apr. 28, 2025).
    • “Audioversity,” Reichman University Department of Communications, Herzliya, Israel (Apr. 22, 2025).
    • “Is It Time to Reform the Miranda Decision,” University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Debate for the Federalist Society, Salt Lake City, UT (Apr. 7, 2025). 
  • Other accomplishments

Associate Professor Ruhan Nagra, a young woman of Indian descent with long dark-brown hair and brown eyesAssociate Professor Ruhan Nagra

  • Media appearances
    • Quoted in Reuters article about the Trump administration’s withdrawal from a lawsuit against a chloropene-emitting plant (Apr. 23, 2025).

 

 

Research Associate Professor Jamie PleuneJamie Pleune, a white woman with blonde hair wearing a pink blouse and light-grey blazer

 

 

Dean Elizabeth Kronk WarnerPhoto of Dean Elizabeth Kronk Warner

  • Appointments
    • Appointed to the Tenth Circuit Tribal Council by Chief Judge Tymkovich.
  • Media appearances
    • Quoted in Reuters article about the Trump administration’s moves to close the U.S. Department of Education and how it could affect law school finances (Apr. 1, 2025).
  • Other accomplishments
    • Provided remarks at the University of Utah’s annual Blanket Ceremony honoring Native students who are graduating.

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