Utah Law faculty updates: August 2026

Sep 01, 2026 | Alumni

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

RonNell Andersen JonesProfessor RonNell Andersen Jones

  • Media appearances
    • Quoted in CNN, “Trump sued on First and Fifth Amendment grounds over paid Truth Social access” (Aug. 12, 2026).
    • Quoted in Washington Post, “Truth Social’s sale of fast access to Trump posts draws legal concerns” (Aug. 14, 2026).
    • Quoted in Politico, “Trump’s $100,000 paywall problem” (Aug. 17, 2026).
    • Quoted in SCOTUSblog, “Has the Supreme Court rendered the First Amendment’s press clause invisible?” (Aug. 27, 2026).

 

Associate Professor Beau BeaumannAssociate Professor Beau Baumann

  • Media appearances
    • Referenced in Jacobin Magazine, “Socialists Need to Develop a Constitutional Politics” (Aug. 10, 2026).

 

 

Professor Paul CassellA portrait of Professor Paul Cassell

  • Legislative/judicial engagement
    • Filed an amicus brief in support of Texas in Texas v. Guerrero (Aug. 12, 2026).
  • Media appearances
    • Quoted in LifeSite, “Law professor debunks claim that seal of confession ‘enables’ child sexual abuse on the priest-penitent privilege” (July 6, 2026).
    • Quoted in The Denver Gazette, “Routt County DA’s office faces multiple investigations after it drops high-profile rape case” (July 10, 2026).
    • Quoted in The Wall Street Journal regarding de-policing (July 15, 2026).
    • Quoted in The College Fix, “Title IX ‘holding back’ men’s soccer, scholar says” (July 16, 2026).
    • Quoted on WSB-TV, “Anthony Fauci ‘took the Fifth’ during questioning by Congress: What does that mean?” (July 29, 2026).
    • Quoted in The Washington Examiner, “Title IX didn’t ruin men’s soccer. Football did” (Aug. 3, 2026).
    • Quoted in The Western Journal, “No Death Penalty: Tyler Robinson’s Attorneys Launch Plan to Keep Charlie Kirk’s Accused Murderer Off Death Row—and It Could Work” (Aug. 14, 2026).
    • Quoted in Scripps News, “Prosecutors argue bullet engravings show Charlie Kirk was targeted for his political views” (Aug. 19, 2026).
    • Quoted in The College Fix, “Legal expert: Charlie Kirk’s accused killer needs to flip one juror against death penalty” (Aug. 31, 2026).
  • Other accomplishments
    • Will argue before the Utah Supreme Court on Sept. 2, 2026, on behalf of the National Center for Victims of Crime in Winters v. Hardman.

Portrait of Professor Jorge ContrerasProfessor Jorge Contreras

  • Presentations/panels
    • Intellectual Property Scholars Conference (IPSC), (Stanford, CA, Aug. 2026) (presented paper).
    • American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG), From Lab to Clinic: What Restoring Patent Eligibility for Genetic Material Means for the Genetics Community and Patient Care (online, Aug. 2026).
    • American National Standards Institute (ANSI), Legal Issues Forum: AI and Standards (Denver, CO, July 2026) (panelist).
  • Legislative/judicial engagement
    • Cited by the UK Supreme Court in Tesla, Inc. v. Interdigital Patent Holdings, Inc. [2026] UKSC 27 209, 212, 214 (UK Supreme Court, July 27, 2026).

Professor Amos GuioraLecturer Professor Amos Guiora

  • Publications
    • Amos N. Guiora, Rethinking How We Evaluate School Safety: A Public Health Case for Community-centered Assessment, J. BEHAVIORAL & APPLIED MGMT. (2026) WITH R. Madhury, L.G. Vargas, M.C. Minutolo, & D.N. Poole. 
  • Media appearances
    • Featured in Vocal Media, “Professor Amos N. Guiora Visits Zagreb for Human Rights and Legal Dialogue” (Aug. 4, 2026).
    • Interviewed in International Policy Digest, “Amos Guiora on Netanyahu’s Enablers and the Cost of Complicity” (Aug. 6, 2026).
  • Other accomplishments

Bob Keiter, Director of the Wallace Stegner Center and Wallace Stegner Professor of Law at the S.J. Quinney College of LawProfessor Robert Keiter

  • Publications
    • Robert B. Keiter, Nature Conservation in Yellowstone: Confronting a Jurisdictional Maze, 41 NAT. RES. & ENV’T 4 (summer 2026).
  • Media appearances
    • Quoted in Der Spiegel, “Trump’s Culture War Hits U.S. National Parks Hard” (Aug. 18, 2026).

Professor Nancy McLaughlinProfessor Nancy McLaughlin

  • Media appearances
    • Quoted in Kansas City Defender, “Kansas City Killed the Data Center. The Tax Scheme It Was Feeding Is Still Alive” (Aug. 6, 2026).

 

 

a photo of Research Professor of Law John RupleResearch Professor John Ruple

  • Publications
    • John Ruple, Using Data to Discern Whether NEPA Causes Delay, and What Can Be Done About It, 49 PUB. LANDS & RES. L. REV. 1 (2026) with David Adelman & Jamie Pleune. 
  • Media appearances
    • Quoted in Christian Science Monitor, “In Utah canyons, a clash over federal lands—and the future of the West” (Aug. 7, 2026).

Professor Matthew ToksonProfessor Matthew Tokson

  • Media appearances
    • Quoted in Axios Salt Lake City, “Salt Lake City Council weighs limits on license plate readers” (Aug. 4, 2026).

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