S.J. Quinney College of Law

Each month, we share notable updates—including presentations, publications, panels, and other accomplishments—from Utah Law faculty members.

Associate Professor Daniel Aaron

• Publications
  • Daniel Aaron, Legal Accountability for Health Crises: “Unshielding” the Sackler Family, JAMA (2024) with Adam Levitin and Michael S. Sinha.
    
  • Daniel Aaron, FDA’s New Rule for Regulating Laboratory-Developed Tests, JAMA HEALTH FORUM e242917 (2024) with Eli Y. Adashi & I. Glenn Cohen.
• Presentations/panels
  • “The Law, Policy, and Business of Cancer” (speaker), 2024 American Academy of Legal Medicine & Medical Association of Georgia Educational Conference (Oct. 11, 2024).
  • “Consumer Finance and Public Health” (moderator), From AI to Junk Fees to Public Health: The Future of Consumer Financial Services, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, Salt Lake City, UT (Oct. 11, 2024).
  • “States of Health: The Ethics and Consequences of Policy Variation in a Federal System” (moderator), University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law (Sept. 27, 2024).

Professor Paul Cassell

• Legislative/judicial engagement
  • In U.S. Supreme Court, amicus brief cited by justices in Glossip v. Oklahoma oral arguments. 
  • In Utah Supreme Court, submitted reply brief in State v. Jolley for rape victim “T.T.”
  • In U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, argued for Boeing 737 MAX crashes victims’ families in U.S. v. Boeing.
• Media appearances
  • Quoted in New York Times regarding Glossip v. Oklahoma U.S. Supreme Court case (Oct. 7, 2024).
  • Quoted in New York Times regarding recently released emails concerning cause of the Ethiopian Flight 302 Boeing 737 MAX crash (Oct. 8, 2024).
  • Quoted in New York Times regarding oral argument against the Boeing plea deal (Oct. 11, 2024).
  • Quoted in Bloomberg and other national media on Glossip v. Oklahoma (Oct. 8, 2024 and following).
  • Quoted in AP, Law 360, Bloomberg and other national media on U.S. v. Boeing (Oct. 11, 2024 and following).
  • Interviewed by KUER regarding the Utah Supreme Court and election impact (Sept. 25, 2024).
  • Quoted in ABA Journal on wrongful convictions (Sept. 26, 2024).

Professor Jorge Contreras

• Presentations/panels
  • “Secrecy and Public Genomic Data,” Trade Secrecy Workshop, New York University School of Law, New York City, NY (Oct. 2024). 
  • “Unpacking Open Source Bio” (guest class), DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, IL. (Oct. 2024). 
  • “Consensus Templates,” Fourth Annual Empirical Standards Conference, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, Chicago, IL (Oct. 2024).
• Media appearances
  • Quoted in Bloomberg Law: “Bill to Lower Bar for Patent Injunction Re-Sparks ‘Troll’ Fight” (Aug. 8, 2024). 

Associate Librarian Valeri Craigle

• Presentations/panels
  • “DOI Event Data: The New Frontier in Measuring Scholarly Impact,” Westpac Annual Meeting, Whitefish, MT (Sept. 19, 2024).

Professor Leslie Francis

• Publications
  • Daniel G. Aaron and Leslie P. Francis, Health Law and Bigotry Distractions, 52 J. of L., Med., & Ethics 350 (2024).
• Presentations/panels
  • “States of Health” (book launch panel), University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, Salt Lake City, UT (Sept. 27, 2024).
• Appointments
  • Elected president elect of the Utah Disability Law Center.

Professor Amos Guiora

• Presentations/panels
  • “Whether There Is a Need for a New Geneva Convention on Treatment of Non-State Actors,” Cox International Law Center Conference, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, OH (Sept. 2024).
  • “The Holocaust and Lessons Learned,” Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis (Sept. 2024).
  • “Complicity of Silence,” Office of the Attorney General, State of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ (Sept. 2024).
  • “October 7, 2023: The Costs and Consequences of Enablers,” Hope for Israel Alliance/ Israeli Democracy, New York City, NY (Sept. 2024).
  • “One Year Later: The Army of Enablers Marches On,” Bruce Ogron Hosts, online (Oct. 7, 2024). 
• Media appearances
  • Utah Public Radio: Confronting ecosystems of child sexual abuse in schools (Oct. 16, 2024).
  • A Little More Conversation podcast: Why bystanders and accomplices should be held accountable for helping sexual predators (Oct. 11, 2024.
  • “Professor Amos Guiora speaks to local, national, and international media about war in Israel,” University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law (Oct. 10, 2024).
  • Quoted in the Toronto Star (Sept. 29, 2024).

Research Professor Danya Rumore

• Publications
  • Danya Rumore, To Overcome Divisiveness, We Need to Focus on Interests (and Not Positions), EDR BLOG (Oct. 1, 2024). 
• Presentations/panels
  • “Planning for Conflict” (keynote address), Montana Association of Planners Conference, Lewistown, MT.
  • “Conflict Competence,” Basecamp Conference, Moab, UT.

Dean Elizabeth Kronk Warner

• Presentations/panels
  • “Alternatives to the bar exam for admission to practice,” 2024 Arkansas Law Review Symposium, University of Arkansas School of Law, Fayetteville, AR (Sept. 2024).
• Awards
  • Named one of Utah Business Magazine’s Utah’s Most Influential Women 2024.

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