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Making waves: Utah Law professors and alum Brian Steed partner to save the Great Salt Lake

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In early 2023, a widely publicized report predicted that the Great Salt Lake would disappear within five years if its loss rate continued. To highlight legal pathways to restoring the lake, the Wallace Stegner Center launched the Great Salt Lake Project—and a brand-new class called the Environmental Policy Accelerator to give students firsthand experience working with policymakers to address environmental challenges.

July 15, 2024

Utah Law welcomes Assistant Lecturer Professor Aaron Christenson

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Faculty

2024 will be a year of firsts for Assistant Lecturer Professor Aaron Christenson: He will be teaching at Utah Law for the first time in the fall, and he and his wife recently welcomed their first child.

July 10, 2024

Cycle-breaker: Find out why Shyanne Blackburn chose to attend Utah Law

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Rising 2L Shyanne Blackburn grew up in a small rural town in south-central Utah. As a Navajo first-generation student, she was excited to recently receive the Flora Sombrero and Neeta Lind Diné Law Scholarship, a fund started by alum Jeffrey Fillerup and his wife, Neeta Lind, to help Diné students attend local colleges on or near the Diné Nation.

July 8, 2024

Advancing economic fairness: Meet rising 3L Josh Allen

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Students

Rising 3L Josh Allen is spending his summer working at the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC). While working as a research assistant at the S.J. Quinney College of Law last fall, Allen became interested in this aspect of law.

July 5, 2024

Utah Law faculty updates: June 2024

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Faculty

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

July 3, 2024

Professor Paul Cassell quoted by national media about Department of Justice Boeing Max prosecution decision

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Professor Paul Cassell is quoted in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, and other national publications about the the Boeing Max case, most recently the plea deal that would allow Boeing to avoid a trial.

July 2, 2024

When dealing with conflict, don’t just be nice—be kind and firm

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As I explain, being kind and firm helps us focus on what really matters and get good outcomes for ourselves and others when dealing with conflict—and, in doing so, it helps us avoid many of the problems people create by focusing on “just being nice.”

July 1, 2024

Never too late to celebrate! F. Bryant McOmber Jr. walks with class of 2024

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Alumni

McOmber successfully completed his law studies in January 1973, but further obligations prevented him from participating in the graduation ceremonies.

June 27, 2024

Trees to torts: Rising 3L Natalie Merline pursues interest in environmental justice

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Rising 3L Natalie Merline earned her bachelor’s degree in environmental science and says she always assumed she would work within science. While earning her undergraduate, however, she couldn’t see a clear career path within science.

June 25, 2024

Utah Business 2024 Legal Elite list honors Utah Law alumni and faculty

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Utah Business partnered with law firm Kirton McConkie to present the 2024 Legal Elite, which honors 100 leading Utah lawyers who have made significant contributions in their respective legal fields. The award judges included Dean Elizabeth Kronk Warner, along with alums Mike Mower and Noella Subdury.

June 24, 2024

Supreme Court justice cites Prof. Teneille Brown’s amicus brief in Diaz v. United States case

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The U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in the case Delilah Guadalupe Diaz v. United States (No. 23-14) on June 20, 2024, finding that the government’s expert witness did not violate Rule 704(b). In her concurring opinion, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson cited an amicus brief co-written by Professor Teneille Brown.

June 21, 2024

Sharing memories: Honoring alums George K. Fadel and Roger Thompson

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Alumni

The College of Law recently introduced a brand-new way to celebrate older alums and, on the same day, honored both the class of 2024 and graduates spanning the decades at the annual Alumni Awards. We’ve spotlighted just two of the attendees—George Fadel and Roger Thompson.

June 21, 2024