Paul Cassell, Professor of Law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, will present at a May 18 CLE at the College of Law. The all-day program will provide an overview of crime victims’ rights law and offers guidance on asserting crime victims’ rights in Utah state courts.
The program, which is ... Keep reading »
Christopher Peterson, Professor of Law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, will take a two year public service leave of absence from the college to accept a position with the new federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Peterson, one of the nation’s leading experts on payday lending, will join the bureau’s enforcement ... Keep reading »
Clifford Rosky, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, was one of a number of Utahns interviewed by The Salt Lake Tribune about President Obama’s May 9 endorsement of same-sex marriage.
Rosky, who has studied gay and lesbian issues told The Tribune that the president’s comments are symbolically ... Keep reading »
Paul Cassell, Professor of Law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, will argue before 16 judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Thursday, May 3, on behalf of a victim of child pornography, “Amy.” The case involves an important issue of whether child pornography ... Keep reading »
Clifford Rosky, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, has received a 2011 Dukeminier Award for his article, "Perry v. Schwarzenegger and the Future of Same-Sex Marriage Law,” which was published in the Arizona Law Review last year. The Dukeminier Awards are awarded by the Williams Institute ... Keep reading »
On Thursday, April 26, 2012, Paul Cassell, Ronald N. Boyce Presidential Professor of Criminal Law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, will testify in Washington, D.C. before the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution in support of a constitutional amendment protecting the rights of crime victims.
Cassell’s ... Keep reading »
Teneille Brown, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, will speak at the Utah Appellate Court Conference on Thursday, May 3. Brown will speak on “The Affective Blindness of Evidence Law.”
Other speakers at the three-day conference include U.S. Sen. Mike Lee and Chief Justice Matthew Durrant of ... Keep reading »
An amicus brief by Paul Cassell, Professor of Law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, was quoted in an April 17, 2012 editorial in The Washington Post.
The editorial, “Unjust crack penalties continue to plague defendants,” quotes an amicus brief Cassell co-authored and filed to the Supreme Court: ““Many Americans, ... Keep reading »
On Wednesday, April 18 at 7:00 p.m., Daniel Medwed, Professor of Law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, will read at the King’s English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, in Salt Lake City.
Medwed will read from his new book, Prosecution Complex, published by New York University Press. In the book, ... Keep reading »
The concept of Indigent Defense—and Utah’s failure to provide counties with financial support or other resources for public defense—are two of the topics explored in a recent segment of ABC 4’s County Seat program that includes an interview with Emily Chiang, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Utah College of Law ... Keep reading »