Each month, we share notable updates—including presentations, publications, panels, and other accomplishments—from Utah Law faculty members.
Professor RonNell Andersen Jones
- Media appearances
- Quoted in CNN, “Trump’s bizarre $10 billion BBC lawsuit has even more holes than his other media actions” (Dec. 16, 2025).
Professor Paul Cassell
- Publications
- Paul Cassell, “The Self-Incrimination Clause,” in THE HERITAGE GUIDE TO THE CONSTITUTION (Josh Blackman & John Malcolm eds., 3rd ed. 2025).
- Presentations/panels
- “Missing the Mark? Discussion of the FBI Shooting Statistics” (panel moderator), SJQ Federalist Society, Student Chapter.
- “The History of the Crime Victims’ Rights Movement” Utah Law CLE (Dec. 3, 2025).
- Legislative/judicial engagement
- Presentation the Utah’s Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice (CCJJ) regarding restricted rape kits (Nov. 17, 2025).
- Media appearances
- Quoted in The Salt Lake Tribune, “Here’s how Utah lawmakers want to change state gun law after the deadly ‘No Kings’ shooting” (Dec. 22, 2025).
Professor Jorge Contreras
- Publications
- Jorge L. Contreras, “Impact of the 23andMe bankruptcy on preserving the public benefit of scientific data,” 57 NATURE GENETICS 2933-36 (2025) with Jonathan E. LoTempio Jr, Christopher R. Donohue, Jonathan D. Moreno, Ana Santos Rutschman, Joshua Sarnoff, Michael S. Sinha, and Thomas Stoeger.
- Jorge L. Contreras, “Intellectual Property in Technical Standards,” in ELGAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW 321-25 (Paul Torremans, Irini Stamatoudi, Peter K. Yu, & Bernd Justin Jütte, eds. 2025).
- Jorge L. Contreras, “Patent Pledges,” in ELGAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW 348-51 (Paul Torremans, Irini Stamatoudi, Peter K. Yu, & Bernd Justin Jütte, eds. 2025)
- Presentations/panels
- “The Prospects for Green Patent Commons” (online speaker), Innovation Policy Amid the Climate Crisis, University of Haifa (Dec. 2025).
Professor Brigham Daniels
- Media appearances
- Quoted in The Salt Lake Tribune, “US Magnesium’s bankruptcy leaves a looming question: What happens to the Great Salt Lake cleanup?” (Dec. 7, 2025).
- Quoted in The Salt Lake Tribune, “US Magnesium is mothballed, leaving Utahns with a giant and expensive mess. Here’s what to know.” (Dec. 10, 2025).
Lecturer Professor Amos Guiora
- Presentations/panels
- “Enablers: The Need for Accountability,” Danino Group, Israel (Dec. 20, 2025).
Professor Jason Iuliano
- Media appearances
- Quoted in The New York Times, “More Student Loan Borrowers Are Shedding Debts in Bankruptcy” (Dec. 27, 2025).
- Quoted in CNBC, “Bankruptcy success rate for student loan borrowers jumps to 87%, study finds” (Dec. 29, 2025).
- Quoted in Moneywise, “As Trump takes 2 hard swings at Americans with student loan debt, some are discovering a surprising way out” (Dec. 31, 2025).
Professor Robert Keiter
- Presentations/panels
- Made several presentations on his new book CONSERVING NATURE IN GREATER YELLOWSTONE: CONTROVERSY AND CHANGE IN AN ICONIC ECOSYSTEM (University of Chicago Press 2025) at the University of Wyoming College of Law, Washburn University School of Law, University of Kansas School of Law, Indiana University Indianapolis School of Law, Indiana University School of Law, University of Utah College of Law Wallace Stegner Center-Natural History Museum of Utah, and Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance-Jackson Hole Museum.
- Media appearances
- Quoted in SFGATE, “Trump’s face on national parks pass is illegal, experts say” (Dec. 4, 2025).
Associate Professor Nicolás Parra-Herrera
- Publications
- Nicolás Parra-Herrera, “A Road Not Taken in Dispute Resolution,” 40 Ohio State J. Dispute Resolution (2025).
Research Professor John Ruple
- Media appearances
- Quoted in The New York Times, “Trump May Give 775 Acres of a Federal Wildlife Refuge to SpaceX” (Dec. 23, 2025).
Professor Matthew Tokson
- Media appearances
- Quoted in Fox 13, “What does Trump’s executive order on AI regulation mean for Utah?” (Dec. 11, 2025).