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0FacultyRosky, CliffordProfessorConstitutional Law, Criminal Law, Family Law, Gender
0FacultyKessler, LauraProfessorEmployment Discrimination, Family Law, Gender
EmeritusF, LindaProfessorClinics, Family Law, Poverty Law, Professional Responsibility

News and Events

Hot Topics / Current Issues in Adoption Law

12:15-1:15 p.m., Room 106 The Family Law Society will hold a lunch hour panel on Tuesday, March 31st on “Hot Topics / Current Issues in Adoption Law.” Panelists will discuss issues such as intercountry adoption, adoption and the foster care system, adoption and due process, and adoption by gay families. Come learn from local experts […]

Rosky Interviewed on Future of Same-Sex Marriage

Clifford Rosky, Professor of Law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, was recently interviewed on issues surrounding same-sex marriage by KUTV 2 News and the on-line news site Gay Salt Lake. Rosky explained to the latter that, even if same-sex marriage becomes the law of the land, there will still be […]

Rosky Interviewed by Guardian, ABC 4 on Supreme Court and Same-Sex Marriage

Clifford Rosky, Professor of Law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of law, was interviewed for a July 11, 2014 story in the Guardian, “Gay marriage in the U.S.: what’s the legal status?” The article deals, in part, with whether the U.S. Supreme Court will agree to consider the constitutionality of same-sex marriage […]

Rosky Interviewed about 10th Circuit’s Decision Upholding Same-Sex Marriage

June 25, 2014–As the news spread about the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals decision striking down Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage, Clifford Rosky, Professor of Law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law and chairman of the board of directors Equality Utah, was a popular interview subject. Rosky was interviewed by The […]

Rosky Quoted on Utah’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban in The Advocate

University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Professor Clifford Rosky is quoted in the new issue of The Advocate., a publication that bills itself as “the oldest and largest LGBT publication in the United States.” In the story, titled “Utah Gov. Says Failure to Defend Marriage Bans Courts Anarchy,” Gov. Herbert criticizes states that […]

Local Media Interview Rosky After Judge Orders AG to Appear in Court Over Same-Sex Adoption Matter

June 16, 2014 —3rd District Judge Andrew Stone this week ordered Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes to appear in court on June 16 to explain the state of Utah’s refusal to recognize a same-sex adoption. Clifford Rosky, Professor of Law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law and the chairman of Equality […]

Rosky Interviewed by KUTV News on Amendment 3 Ruling

Clifford Rosky, Professor of Law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, was recently interviewed by KUTV News about the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on Utah’s Amendment 3 which prohibits same-sex marriage. “the Supreme Court said the Defense of Marriage Act humiliates tens of thousands of children being raised by […]

SL Trib Interviews Rosky after Judge Strikes Down Idaho’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban

After U.S. District Magistrate Judge Candy Dale May 13 ruling that Idaho’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Professor Clifford Rosky was interviewed by The Salt Lake Tribune. “Last summer, the [U.S.] Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act because it humiliates tens of thousands […]

Rosky to Discuss the Future of Same-Sex Marriage in Utah in Live Radio Broadcast and CLE

On April 18, Clifford Rosky, Professor of Law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, will be one of several panelists discussing “Same-Sex Marriage in Utah: Legal Strategies and Likely Outcomes” in a live KUER radio-panel discussion and CLE. This CLE will be broadcast live and will focus on the Tenth Circuit […]

Rosky to Present at U of Chicago Workshop on Family, Sex and Gender

On April 2, Clifford Rosky, Professor of Law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, is attending a Workshop on Regulating Family, Sex & Gender at the University of Chicago Law School. His presentation is titled “Is Queer Theory for Kids?  Prop 8 and the Liberation of Children’s Queerness.”