Each month, we share notable updates—including presentations, publications, panels, and other accomplishments—from Utah Law faculty members.
Professor Paul Cassell
- Presentations/panels
- “Crime Victims’ Rights Act,” Lewis and Clark Law School, Portland, OR (Sept. 25, 2025).
- “Originalism and Textualism” (panel presentation), Utah Attorney General’s Office, Salt Lake City, UT (Sept. 28, 2025).
- Media appearances
- Quoted in Daily Utah Chronicle regarding the death penalty in the Charlie Kirk murder case (Oct. 5, 2025).
- Quoted in USA Today regarding death penalty aggravators (Sept. 18, 2025).
Professor Jorge Contreras
- Publications
- Jorge Contreras, “NIH’s Access Planning Policy for Patent Licenses: Part 1,” Bill of Health Blog (Oct. 22, 2025).
- Presentations/panels
- Presented at multiple universities, chambers of commerce and trade associations regarding U.S. academic technology transfer practices and experience for the U.S. Speaker Program, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Oct. 2025).
- Panelist and speaker, Fifth Annual Northwestern Empirical Conference on Standardization, Chicago, IL (Oct. 2025).
- Guest lecture, Corporate Innovation and Legal Policy Seminar, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA.
- Rocky Mountain IP Workshop 2025, Boulder, CO (Oct. 2025).
Professor Brigham Daniels
- Media appearances
- Quoted in The Salt Lake Tribune, “What will it take to save the Great Salt Lake by the Winter 2034 Olympics?” (Oct. 22, 2025).
Lecturer Professor Amos Guiora
- Publications
- Amos N. Guiora, “What’s Next in Israel,” Deseret News (Oct. 13, 2025).
- Amos N. Guiora, “There are no Words,” Deseret News, (Oct. 9, 2025).
- Presentations/panels
- “Enablers and Bystanders: The Bystander Initiative” Parson Behle & Latimer, Salt Lake City, UT (Oct. 16, 2025).
- Media appearances
- Quoted in Zoomer Radio, KUTV, Inside Sources KSL Newsradio and other media about Israel/Hamas ceasefire deal.
Professor Robert Keiter
- Presentations/panels
- “Wildlife Management in Greater Yellowstone: The Interplay of Science, Law, Politics, and Policy in an Iconic Ecosystem” (keynote), Managing Wildlife in Large Landscapes Conference, Univ. of Wyoming Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources, Jackson, WY (Oct. 2025).
Associate Research Professor Beth Parker
- Media appearances
- Quoted in The Salt Lake Tribune, “What will it take to save the Great Salt Lake by the Winter 2034 Olympics?” (Oct. 22, 2025).
Research Professor Danya Rumore
- Presentations/panels
- “Conflict Competence: How to productively navigate conflict and build bridges,” Utah Outdoor Recreation Summit, Orem, UT (Oct. 14, 2025).
- Collaboration 101, Clinical and Translational Science Institute Fall Retreat (keynote), Salt Lake City, UT.
- Other accomplishments
- Designed and facilitated a full-day Conflict Competence 101 training for municipal officials in partnership with the Utah League of Cities and Towns. The training, which was attended by almost 100 elected and appointed municipal officials from rural and urban communities across Utah, was held at the S.J. Quinney College of Law on Oct. 3, 2025.
Research Professor John Ruple
- Media appearances
- Quoted in Deseret News, “Unprecedented use of this law could throw all federal land-use plans into ‘chaos’” (Oct. 15, 2025).
Dean Elizabeth Kronk Warner
- Publications
- Elizabeth Kronk Warner, NATIVE AMERICAN NATURAL RESOURCES (5th ed. 2023) with Michael Blumm and Monte Mills.
- Elizabeth Kronk Warner, “Advancing Tribal Co-Management: Lessons Learned from International Comparisons, 73 KANSAS L. REV. 807 (2025) with Matt McGrath.
- Presentations/panels
- “Originalism and Indian Law,” Virtual CLE (Oct. 13, 2025).
- Appointments
- Nominated to the Executive Committee of the Association of American Law Schools.