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Professor (Clinical), College Of Law - Dean
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Professor (Clinical), College Of Law
Research Keywords
Wrongful Convictions
Post-conviction
Innocence
Criminal Law
Presentations
- Actual Innocence and Wrongful Conviction: Nationally and in Wyoming.
Presentation,
Presented, 03/2020.
- Race, Wrongful Convictions and the Criminal Justice System, University of Utah Honors Program Critical Race Theory.
Invited Talk/Keynote,
Presented, 02/2020.
- True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality, Utah Film Center.
Panel,
Presented, 02/2020.
- Just Mercy, Park City Film Festival.
Panel,
Presented, 01/2020.
- Actual Innocence and Wrongful Convictions, Utah Libertarian Convention.
Invited Talk/Keynote,
Presented, 10/2019.
- Death Penalty Town Hall Meeting and Debate, Cache Valley Utah Legislative Forum.
Panel,
Presented, 10/2018.
- Actual Innocence and Wrongful Convictions Nationally and in the Intermountain West, University of Utah Professors Emeriti Club.
Presentation,
Presented, 10/2018.
- Wrongfully Convicted in Wyoming: The Road to Exoneration and DNA and the Pursuit of Justice; A Discussion about Post-Conviction Testing and Wrongful Conviction in Wyoming, University of Wyoming College of Law.
Presentation,
Presented, 10/2018.
- DNA and Actual Innocence, Leadership in Social Justice, University of Utah Education Leadership & Policy.
Invited Talk/Keynote,
Presented, 03/2018.
- Utah’s Death Row: A Broken System, Weber State University.
Panel,
Presented, 03/2018.
- Actual Innocence and Abolishing the Death Penalty, Utah Legislature Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee, Summer and Fall, 2015, Winter 2018.
Presentation,
Presented, 01/2018.
- Utah’s Death Row: A Broken System, University of Utah.
Panel,
Presented, 10/2017.
- Utah’s Death Row: A Broken System, Utah Valley University.
Panel,
Presented, 10/2017.
- Actual Innocence and Wrongful Convictions, Medical Humanities, University of
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Invited Talk/Keynote,
Presented, 02/2017.
- Political Theatre and Innocence, University of Utah Department of Theatre, Spring 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017.
Invited Talk/Keynote,
Presented, 01/2017.
- Practitioner’s Guide to Post-Conviction Litigation, Utah State Bar Summer Convention (with Dean Strang).
Presentation,
Presented, 06/2016.
- An Examination of Actual Innocence and Wrongful Convictions Nationally and in the Intermountain West, NAKAMA.
Presentation,
Presented, 04/2016.
- The Rocky Mountain Innocence Center and Actual Innocence, Community Presentation for the Town Club.
Presentation,
Presented, 04/2015.
- Actual Innocence, CLE presented by the Women Lawyers of Utah, Utah State Bar Young Lawyers Division and the Salt Lake County Bar Association.
Presentation,
Presented, 03/2014.
- Debra Brown vs. State of Utah and the Law of Exoneration, CLE presented by the Utah State Bar and the Rocky Mountain Innocence Center.
Panel,
Presented, 01/2014.
- An Actual Innocence Primer and the Joe Hill Case, Utah Justice Court Judges Annual Spring Conference.
Presentation,
Presented, 04/2013.
- An Actual Innocence Primer, WestPac Annual Meeting.
Presentation,
Presented, 10/2012.
- Writing PreSentence Reports, Utah Adult Probation and Parole Training Seminar.
Presentation,
Presented, 10/2012.
- An Actual Innocence Primer, Parsons, Behle & Latimer CLE Event.
Presentation,
Presented, 09/2012.
- Never Fight a Shark in Water: The Gregory Bright Exoneration, University of Utah Social Justice Series.
Panel,
Presented, 11/2011.
- An Actual Innocence Primer, Salt Lake County Criminal Justice Service – Pretrial Section Retreat.
Presentation,
Presented, 09/2011.
- The Ethics of Innocence: Tips for Prosecutors & Defense Counsel When the Accused is Convicted, Utah State Bar Criminal Law Section.
Presentation,
Presented, 06/2011.
- Handling Non-DNA Cases, National Innocence Network Conference, Roundtable Session, Atlanta, GA, Spring 2010.
Presentation,
Presented, 2010.
- Persuading Judges and Jurors to Question the Reliability of Eyewitness Identification, Utah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Annual Conference, Park City, UT, Fall 2009.
Presentation,
Presented, 2009.
- Disturbing the Universe: William Kunstler, Salt Lake City Film Center and the American Civil Liberties Union Film Series, Salt Lake City, UT, Fall 2009.
Presentation,
Presented, 2009.
- The Innocence Project: Race, Class, and the Justice System, Westminster College Bastian Foundation Diversity Lecture Series, Salt Lake City, UT, Winter 2009.
Presentation,
Presented, 2009.
- Innocence Investigation and Post-Conviction Process, University of Nevada-Las Vegas Innocence Clinic Orientation, Las Vegas, NV, Fall 2008.
Presentation,
Presented, 2008.
- Actual Innocence and Wrongful Convictions: An Introduction Salt Lake Legal Defenders CLE Series, Salt Lake City, UT, Fall 2007 Utah Appellate Courts Conference, Torrey, UT, Spring 2007.
Presentation,
Presented, 2007.
- Improving the Reliability of Eyewitness Testimony with Kirk Bloodsworth, Jennifer Thompson Cannino & Dr. Stephen Clark, Utah Judicial Conference, Heber City, UT, Fall 2007.
Presentation,
Presented, 2007.
- The Exoneration and Assistance Bill in Utah, Beyond Biology: Wrongful Convictions in the Post-DNA World, Utah Law Review Symposium, Salt Lake City, UT, Fall 2007.
Presentation,
Presented, 2007.
- Investigating Wrongful Convictions: A Practical Approach, Private Investigators Association of Utah Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, Fall 2007.
Presentation,
Presented, 2007.
- Criminal Procedure I and II, Legal Institute for Justice Court Judges, Salt Lake City, UT, Fall 2006 and Winter 2009.
Presentation,
Presented, 2006.
Geographical Regions of Interest