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 The New York Times, “Kash Patel keeps suing the press” (June 14, 2026).
Associate Professor Beau Baumann
- Legislative/judicial engagement
- Cited by the U.S. Supreme Court in Trump v. Slaughter in the Justice Sotomayer’s dissent at 43.
Professor Paul Cassell
- Publications
- Paul Cassell, “Democratizing Criminal Justice Through Crime Victims’ Rights,” in DEMOCRACY’S CHALLENGES: 100 IDEAS (NYU Press forthcoming 2026) with Steven J. Twist.
- Presentations/panels
- “The Past, Present, and Future of the Crime Victims’ Rights Movement” (keynote address), Annual National Crime Victim Law Institute’s Annual Conference, Portland, OR (May 27, 2026).
- Legislative/judicial engagement
- Provided legislative guidance to the Rhode Island Legislature regarding the Rhode Island Victims’ Rights Amendment and revival statutes for past sexual assault claims.
- Media appearances
- Quoted in Associated Press, “Judge in Charlie Kirk killing case to decide if prosecutors could be punished for comments in media” (June 21, 2026).
- Other accomplishments
- Provided advice to a Utah small business on pursuing restitution claims in a federal criminal case.
Professor Jorge Contreras
- Presentations/panels
- “Rate Setting in the European Patent Landscape” (panelist), Munich IP Dispute Resolution Forum (IPDR), Munich Germany (June 2026).
- Appointments
- Appointed to the PhD Committee for Tulika Shree, National Law School of India University, Bengaluru.
- Media appearances
- Quoted in The New York Times, “Greenpeace’s Long War With a Pipeline Titan Enters a Strange New Phase” (May 28, 2026)
Professor Brigham Daniels
- Media appearances
- Quoted in New Lines Magazine, “The AI Boom Sparks a Rural Rebellion in Utah” (June 11, 2026).
- Quoted in ABC4, “Republican primary candidates speak on proposed Stratos Project at Grow the Flow Town Hall” (June 16, 2026).
Lecturer Professor Amos Guiora
- Publications
- Amos N. Guiora, “We Must Not Participate in the Crime of Enabling,” THE HILL (June 2, 2026).
- Presentations/panels
- “‘Black Flag’ Orders in War,” The Orders Project, webinar (June 10, 2026).
- “US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit,” webinar (May 27, 2026).
- Appointments
- Member, Serbian Team (clergy, law enforcement, attorneys) Responding to Pedophilia in Serbian Orthodox Church.
- Appointed to the Board of Advisors for Prosopon Healing.
- Research Fellow for the Institute for the Study of Global Anti-Semitism and Policy.
- Appointed to the Hungary Forum, Faculty of Jewish Studies, Bar Ilan University (Israel).
- Media appearances
- Quoted in The Guardian, “‘Seriously the best boss ever: Inside the world of Jeffrey Epstein’s assistant (May 28, 2026).
- Interviewed on KUTV2, “In-depth on proposed deal between U.S. and Iran” (June 16, 2026).
- Interviewed on KUTV2, “How Israel could impact the tentative U.S. Iran deal” (June 19, 2026).
Lecturer Professor John Ruple
- Media appearances
- Quoted in Outdoor Life, “Environmentalists Use Congress’ Own Public-Land Loophole to Sue Over a Timber Sale” (June 24, 2026).
- Quoted in Stateline, “Oregon lawsuit could upend federal management of public lands” (June 25, 2026).
Professor Matthew Tokson
- Media appearances
- Quoted in The Guardian, “U.S. Supreme Court rules geofence warrants require constitutional privacy protections” (June 29, 2026).