Will the efforts of music and movie companies to control or prohibit the release of their products via the Internet prevail? Or will “The Matrix: Revolutions” be downloaded for free? These and other questions about the future commerce of art and culture will be discussed during the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law’s 38th annual William H. Leary Lecture.
Read MoreGeorge Schaller, one of the world’s most famous conservation biologists, will discuss his research and efforts to protect some of the world’s most beautiful species in a reading and book signing at the Salt Lake City Public Library main auditorium on Feb. 23 at 7:00 p.m. The event, which is sponsored by the Wallace Stegner Center for Land, Resources and the Environment at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, is free and open to the public. No pre-registration is required.
Read MoreThis morning, the University of Utah graduated 7,132 students from 76 countries, 50 U.S. states and 28 of Utah’s 29 counties. University President Michael K. Young officiated at the commencement ceremony, held in the Jon M. Huntsman Center.
Read MoreOn Saturday June 7th, The University of Utah law school welcomed its latest cohort of students – sixteen active prosecutors from Afghanistan.
Read MorePaul Cassell, a professor at the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah and nationally recognized crime expert on victims’ rights, announced today that the Tenth Circuit has just released a ruling rejecting his appeal on behalf of Trolley Square crime victims.
Read MoreMartha Nussbaum, American philosopher and Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago Law School will speak on Thursday, March 1 at 5 p.m. at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts Dumke auditorium.
Read MoreThe latest issue of U.S. News & World Report/America’s Best Graduate Schools once again establishes the University of Utah as the most recognized school in the state. The University is ranked in the top 50 in four separate categories.
Read MoreThe Middle East Center (MEC) at the University of Utah, one of 15 national resource centers in the U.S. devoted to the academic study of the Middle East, will sponsor a series of six public lectures titled “U.S. Public Diplomacy in the Middle East.” The presentations are part of the MEC’s continuing mission to increase understanding of Middle East history, culture, religions, literature, politics and contemporary dynamics. Each free lecture, followed by a question-and-answer discussion, will be held from 3 until 4:30 p.m., in the Dumke Auditorium in the Museum of Fine Arts, located south of the David Eccles School of Business.
Read MoreThe University of Utah will honor 12 Utah veterans at a full-dress military ceremony as part of its annual Veteran’s Day commemoration program on Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. in the Olpin Union Building on campus. University of Utah President Bernie Machen will present commemorative medallions to this year’s honorees. Nearly 100 cadets and midshipmen from the military science ROTC programs will present the ceremony which will include a 21-gun cannon salute.
Read MoreDuring his time on the bench, Paul Cassell, a professor of law at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law and former federal judge, wrote opinions criticizing the rigidity of imposing mandatory minimum sentences, regardless of whether a defendant’s circumstances called for an adjustment in his or her sentence.
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