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Associate Professor Jamie Pleune co-leads multi-national workshop in Albania on mining policy
May 12, 2026Associate Research Professor Jamie Pleune traveled to Tirana, Albania, in April as part of a team from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Commercial Law Development Program that facilitated a multi-lateral workshop and legal consultation on mining policies and responsible mining.
Professor Brigham Daniels publishes book about history of environmental law
Apr 22, 2026Professor Brigham Daniels, who co-directs the Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment, has written a book called “Lessons for a Warming Planet: A Vital History of U.S. Environmental Law” with Professor Alejandro E. Camacho of UCLA School of Law.
Professor Brigham Daniels quoted in Atlantic article about Utah warehouse purchased for ICE detention center
Apr 08, 2026Professor Brigham Daniels was quoted in an Atlantic article about a Utah warehouse the Department of Homeland Security bought in March for an ICE detention center.
Environmental Justice Clinic students partner with Navajo Nation communities on water settlement agreement
Apr 08, 2026Three students participating in the Environmental Justice Clinic—an experiential education opportunity in which students build community lawyering and advocacy skills through close collaboration with Indigenous communities in the southwest—traveled to San Juan County, Utah, in March to work with Navajo Nation chapters on the Navajo Utah Water Settlement Agreement.
Associate Professor Lingxi Chenyang to present research at Harvard-Yale-Stanford Junior Faculty Forum
Apr 07, 2026Associate Professor Lingxi Chenyang, an natural resources and food law expert, was chosen to present her paper “Feasting on Fish: The Egalitarian Origins of the Public Trust Doctrine” at the Harvard-Yale-Stanford Junior Faculty Forum, held May 21-22, 2026.
Stegner Center’s 31st Annual Symposium America’s Public Lands: At a Crossroads?
Apr 01, 2026The Stegner Center’s 31st annual symposium “America’s Public Lands: At a Crossroads?” brought together 31 speakers and more than 500 in-person and online attendees. Keynote presentations […]
Overview of Stegner Center 2025-26 Annual Programs
Apr 01, 2026During the 2025-26 academic year, the Stegner Center had a robust lineup of programs including the 31st annual symposium, 21st young scholar lecture, and a […]
Professor Robert Keiter receives University of Utah Hatch Prize in Teaching
Mar 11, 2026Professor Robert Keiter has received the 2026 Calvin S. and JeNeal N. Hatch Prize in Teaching, awarded to an outstanding faculty member who has made significant contributions to teaching at the University of Utah for an extended period of time.
Great Salt Lake Project releases a policy guide for the 2026 legislative session
Feb 13, 2026The Stegner Center’s Great Salt Lake Project released a policy guide for the 2026 legislative session, which outlines the bills introduced this legislative session that could meaningfully accelerate the lake’s recovery before the 2034 Olympic Games.
Stegner Center partners with new cross-partisan initiative for public lands
Feb 10, 2026The Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment is one of seven inaugural academic partners for Ground Shift, a new independent, cross-partisan initiative to reimagine how the United States manages its public lands, waters and ocean.
International Law Clinic connects students with opportunities to help impacted communities throughout the world
Jan 30, 2026Utah Law’s International Law Clinic, directed by Associate Professor (Lecturer) Jackie Morrison (JD ’12), launched in January 2025. Morrison designed the clinic to give students hands-on experience and bridge international law classes with practical skills-building.
Not one for the sidelines: Meet 3L Andie Madsen
Jan 23, 20263L Andie Madsen says law school was always in the back of her mind when she began her undergraduate degree at Columbia University. She studied political science and enjoyed the law-style classes on voting rights and the First Amendment.
Register for the 31st annual Stegner Symposium, held March 19-20, 2026, to discuss public lands
Jan 22, 2026Scholars, advocates, and constituents will focus on the future of public lands March 19-20, 2026, at the Wallace Stegner Center Symposium, hosted by the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law’s Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment.
Sparks fly: Britt Ide discusses her 15-year career in energy law consulting
Jan 08, 2026After earning a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Britt Ide (JD ’99) began working for a consulting company doing energy analysis and policy work. As she listened to hearings with the Department of Energy and saw what lawyers were involved in on the policy side, Ide started considering a different career path.
2025 EDR blog year in review
Jan 01, 2026As we move into 2026, we’ve been looking back at the last year. Topics we covered in our blogs in 2025 included facilitation, situation assessment, lessons learned about how to set collaboratives up for success, making your meetings count, and setting effective boundaries.
Wide-open views: Founding director Professor Robert Keiter tells the story of Utah Law’s renowned environmental law program
Dec 08, 2025Wallace Stegner passed away in 1993, not long before Professor Robert Keiter began teaching at Utah Law. At the time, the law school’s environmental program had morphed from an energy law center in the 1970s to a general land, water and energy program, and it needed some rejuvenation.
If you want to move conflict in a productive direction, start with an assessment
Dec 01, 2025Situations—including conflict situations—are always ready for something. Unfortunately, people tend to act without really stepping back to understand the situation and what would move it in a productive direction.
Research Professor John Ruple quoted in Bloomberg Law about resource management plan rollback
Nov 26, 2025Research Professor John Ruple, an environmental law expert, is quoted in a Bloomberg Law article about lawmakers using the Congressional Review Act to get rid of land use plans restricting fossil fuel development.
Let’s be clear about boundaries
Nov 01, 2025One thing I have noticed is that many people seem to understand the importance of healthy boundaries, while also struggling to really understand what boundaries are—and are not—and how to implement them.
What are we co-creating?
Oct 01, 2025In the wake of recent events here in Utah and around the world, I have been thinking a lot about where we are as a society. We have managed to create scarcity and suffering amid a world of abundance and opportunity.
3L Isaac Santos explores Indian law and environmental justice
Sep 25, 2025Environmental advocacy has been on 3L Isaac Santos’ mind since high school, spurred in part by his childhood on the Kitsap Peninsula west of Seattle, Washington.