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Utah Law faculty updates: October 2025
Nov 01, 2025Each month, we share notable updates—including presentations, publications, panels, and other accomplishments—from Utah Law faculty members.
Helping her hometown: Lindsey Blake leads prosecution in small-town Idaho homicide case
Oct 29, 2025Growing up in the small town of St. Anthony, Idaho, Lindsey Blake (JD ’08) never expected that a homicide case in the area would make international headlines and inspire a movie and documentary—or that she would be a prosecutor on that case.
Utah Law faculty updates: September 2025
Oct 01, 2025Each month, we share notable updates—including presentations, publications, panels, and other accomplishments—from Utah Law faculty members.
MLS alum Norma Erekson begins her third act
Sep 21, 2025Norma Erekson, a 2025 graduate of the Master of Legal Studies (MLS) program, has raised her family, nurtured a love for lifelong learning and education, pursued a jack-of-all-trades career, and aided in various humanitarian projects. Now at retirement age, Erekson shows no signs of slowing down.
Utah Law faculty updates: August 2025
Sep 01, 2025Each month, we share notable updates—including presentations, publications, panels, and other accomplishments—from Utah Law faculty members.
Professor Chris Peterson quoted in Newsweek article about voters suing Elon Musk for petition giveaway
Aug 21, 2025Professor Chris Peterson, a consumer finance expert, is quoted in this Newsweek article about a proposed class-action lawsuit against Elon Musk from voters who were misled by a competition to win $1 million daily before the 2024 presidential election.
Utah Law recognizes 2025 Order of the Coif inductees
Aug 14, 2025Congratulations to the nine graduates from the class of 2025 who were inducted into the Order of the Coif national honor society.
Utah Law alumnae recognized as Utah’s Most Influential Women of 2025
Aug 13, 2025Utah Law alumnae Charlotte Miller (JD ’83) and Hope Eccles (JD ’91) were recognized as Utah’s Most Influential Women of 2025 by Utah Business magazine.
‘A tremendous responsibility’: Michelle Oldroyd cultivates connection through Utah State Bar
Aug 11, 2025As a young child, Michelle Oldroyd (JD ’00) already knew she would be a lawyer, a history professor, and an entrepreneur—because the lawyers she knew growing up in Washington, D.C., had achieved these goals.
Utah Law alum Bill White has mastered monk law
Aug 08, 2025Bill White (JD ’94) sorted out all manner of problems involving the elusive lifeblood of the arid American West as both a government lawyer and then as a private consultant. This led him to the doors of the Huntsville monastery when he and his wife, Alane, bought a home in the pristine rural Ogden Valley.
Building and burnishing: Tomu Johnson serves privacy law clients through The Broad Axe
Aug 04, 2025Since graduating, Johnson has worked at two of Utah’s oldest law firms, Snow Christensen & Martineau (now Spencer Fane) and Parsons Behle & Latimer. He started in insurance defense and personal injury law, but after a few years in this field, Johnson wanted to try something new.
Utah State Bar honors Jensie Anderson and Reyes Aguilar with Lifetime Service Awards and recognizes 25 Utah Law alumni
Jun 27, 2025The Utah State Bar has awarded its prestigious 2025 Lifetime Service Awards to former Associate Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Reyes Aguilar and former Professor Jensie Anderson and recognized 25 Utah Law alumni.
Denise Dragoo strikes pay dirt in environmental and natural resources career
Jun 20, 2025Denise Dragoo (JD ’76) credits growing up in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the impetus for pursuing a career in environmental and natural resources law.
Utah Business magazine recognizes more than 40 Utah Law alumni with Legal Elite awards
Jun 17, 2025More than 40 Utah Law alumni were recognized with Utah Business magazine’s Legal Elite awards, which honor Utah’s leading lawyers who have made significant contributions in their respective legal fields.
New alum Emma Noverr discusses confidence-building opportunities at Utah Law
May 30, 2025As a child, recent Utah Law graduate Emma Noverr would write papers about national parks or museums her family visited on school breaks and turn them in to her teachers for grades. Even then, she had a passion for reading and writing—but the idea of a career in law didn’t sink in until later.
Thicker than water: Steve Clyde honors family legacy through environmental law
May 13, 2025As a child, Steve Clyde (’75) watched his father, one of the premier water lawyers in the United States, meeting with clients and walking ditch banks throughout Utah.
Utah Law hosts second annual Golden Gavel Society celebration
Apr 30, 2025The S.J. Quinney College of Law held its second annual Golden Gavel Society event, recognizing alumni who graduated 50 or more years ago, on April 12 at the Utah Law building.
Climbing ahead: Ryan Gellert leads Patagonia in a novel business model that supports environmental causes
Apr 27, 2025“It only took a few weeks of law school before I realized two things. Number one: I was really happy with the decision to go. Number two: I wasn’t going to be an attorney,” says Ryan Gellert (JD ’05).
Alumni Awards 2025: Learn more about our annual celebration
Apr 22, 2025Utah Law honored alumni and the JD and Master of Legal Studies (MLS) class of 2025 at its annual Alumni Awards on Friday, April 11.
Understanding each story: Jess Morrison leads University of Utah OEO office
Mar 31, 2025Though he grew up in Utah, Jess Morrison (JD ’15) left the state for higher education. He returned to Utah and was teaching high school English when his wife, Assistant Lecturer Professor Jacqueline Morrison (JD ’12), convinced him to apply for law school.
Professor Leslie Francis receives Distinguished Faculty Service Award
Mar 04, 2025Professor Leslie Francis, an expert in health law, ethics, and philosophy, has received the University of Utah’s 2025 Distinguished Faculty Service Award. This recognition honors faculty committed to fostering connection between the campus and wider community through active, unpaid community service and integrate service with research and teaching.