Choosing a career as a public defender
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Working in a homeless shelter inspired Maria Fernandez.
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Creative Advocacy Lab coming to S.J. Quinney College of Law
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The cross-disciplinary clinic will be dedicated to promoting access to justice and democratizing legal information.
Read MoreManaging emergencies: Behind the scenes
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The past few months have brought new challenges for emergency managers.
Read MoreThe rise of ‘Zoom Towns’ in the rural west
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COVID-19 has accelerated a trend of rapid growth in western gateway communities. This “amenity migration” is causing urgent planning challenges.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah welcomes the Utah Tribal Leaders
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Leaders from all eight federally recognized sovereign tribes of Utah meet at the U.
Read MoreSeminar addresses Native American Downwinders
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Nuclear tests, uranium industry effects in Southern Utah continue.
Read MoreThe changemaker: Elizabeth Kronk Warner
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The first female and first Native American dean in the College of Law’s 106-year history is ready to revolutionize legal education at a time when the industry is ripe for innovative ideas to accommodate a changing workforce.
Read MoreNew dean for S.J. Quinney College of Law
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Elizabeth Kronk Warner is the first woman named to the deanship in the 106-year history of the law school.
Read MoreThe politics of blame
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Professor Martha Nussbaum—one of the world’s most celebrated political philosophers—will visit the U on Feb. 22, for the 2019 Tanner-McMurrin Lecture to examine the current political crisis and recommendations for how to mend divides in the country.
Read MoreHumans of the U: Ronnell Andersen Jones
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“There just aren’t very many more rewarding things you can do with your life than spending every day encouraging the process of learning and having a hand in helping those light bulbs go on. That’s especially true when the subject is constitutional law and those light bulbs are illuminating new insights into the nation’s history, the workings of democracy and the hard questions that divide both the country and the court.”
Read MoreCRIME RESEARCH
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U researchers identify link between Chicago homicide spike and decline in stop-and-frisk policing.
Read MoreMAKING A MURDERER
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New seminar course and public event at S.J. Quinney College of Law explores flaws in the criminal justice system through the lens of the popular Netflix documentary series, which examines the murder of Teresa Halbach and the two Wisconsin men convicted of killing her.
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