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Professor (Lecturer), Honors College
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Professor (Lecturer), College Of Law - Dean
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Professor (Lecturer), College Of Law
Professional Service
- The Salt Lake Tribune.
Role: Board of Directors.
The Tribune became the first legacy daily newspaper in the country to become a non-profit organization recognized by the Internal Revenue Service.
01/2020 - 12/2020
- Utah State Courts.
Role: Chair.
Chairing the Utah Judicial Council Standing Committee on Court Forms.
06/2017 - 12/2020
- Utah State Courts.
Role: Chair.
Standing Committee on Court Forms.
03/01/2017 - present
- Governor's Commission on Strengthening Utah's Democracy.
Role: Commissioner.
Study ways to improve democracy and citizen engagement in Utah.
03/2009 - 09/2010
- Campaign Legal Center.
Role: Governing Board of Trustees.
501(c)(3) organization advocating campaign finance reform.
01/2004 - 12/2011
Internal Service
- Service on the College Curriculum Committee.
Member,
08/2020 - 08/2021.
College service.
- President, Academic Senate.
05/2020 - 05/2021.
University service.
- Professional Development Committee.
Member,
08/2019 - 08/2021.
College service.
- President's Leadership Council.
Member,
08/2019 - 08/2021.
University service.
- Campus Safety Task Force.
Member,
01/2019 - 12/2019.
University service.
- Honors College Faculty Review Committee.
Member,
08/2018 - 08/2021.
College service.
- Curriculum Committee.
Member,
08/2018 - 08/2019.
College service.
- Honors College Admissions Committee.
Member ,
08/2018 - 08/2019.
College service.
- Search Committee for Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs.
Member,
02/01/2018 - 04/30/2018.
University service.
- Career Development Advisory Council.
Member,
01/01/2018 - 08/20/2018.
College service.
- Search Committee for Executive Director of Alumni Relations and Constituent Engagement.
Member,
09/01/2017 - 04/09/2018.
University service.
- Academic Senate Personnel & Elections Committee.
Chair,
08/21/2017 - 05/01/2018.
University service.
- University Teaching & Portfolio Committee.
Member,
08/2017 - 08/2021.
University service.
- Career-Line Faculty Standards Committee.
Member,
08/2017 - 08/2018.
College service.
- Administrative position.
Acting Dean,
07/2017 - 01/2018.
College service.
- University Academic Senate.
Senator elected to represent College of Law,
05/2017 - 05/2019.
University service.
- Senate Advisory Committee on IT.
Member,
05/2017 - 05/2018.
University service.
- Curriculum Committee.
Member,
08/22/2016 - 05/31/2018.
College service.
- Curriculum & Teaching Committee.
Member,
08/2015 - 08/2020.
College service.
- Faculty I.T. Ad Hoc Committee.
member,
01/15/2015 - present.
University service.
- National Advisory Council.
member,
05/29/2014 - present.
University service.
- Academic Senate.
Elected Senator & member of Executive Committee,
01/06/2014 - 05/2019.
University service.
- Board of Advisors for Undergraduate Advancement.
Member of Board,
05/2012 - present.
University service.
- Board of Advisors, Museum of Natural History of Utah.
Member and President in 2017-18,
06/2011 - present.
University service.
- Search Committee for Honors College Dean.
Member of committee,
05/2011 - 01/2012.
College service.
- Search Committee for Sr. V.P. Health Sciences.
Member,
04/2010 - 05/2011.
University service.
- University of Utah Capital Campaign.
Executive Committee,
06/2007 - 06/2013.
University service.
- Search Committee for S.J. Quinney College of Law Dean .
Member,
01/2006 - 01/2007.
College service.
- Search Committee for University of Utah President.
Member,
06/2003 - 06/2004.
University service.
- University of Utah Board of Trustees.
Member and Chair,
07/2002 - 07/2011.
University service.
Community Partnership
- Speaker at the First Unitarian Church Summer Lecture Series on Facial Recognition.
08/02/2020 - 08/02/2020
- Utah League of Women Voters panel discussion on "The Olympics and Community Benefit Agreements".
02/19/2020 - 02/19/2020
- Governing Board of Salt Lake Tribune.
01/2020 - 01/01/2023
- Honors Think Tank on Privacy & Transparency.
08/22/2011 - 05/04/2012
Honors & Awards
- Professor Dryer named a recipient of the University Distinguished Teaching Award in 2021.
University of Utah,
05/2021
- Recognized for expertise in First Amendment Law.
Best Lawyers in America,
08/2020
- Named one of Utah's 100 Elite Lawyers.
Utah Business Magazine,
08/2019
- One of 21 University Faculty appointed as an inaugural Teaching Fellow, Center for Teaching & Learning Excellence.
University of Utah,
08/2018
- Dryer named to Best Lawyers in America for litigation.
Best Lawyers in America,
08/2017
- Dryer receives the Daniels Fund Leadership in Ethics Award for promoting ethics in his teaching.
Daniels Fund ,
05/04/2017
- Professor Dryer named as a 2016 FastCase 50 winner, an award honoring "the law's smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries and leaders.".
FastCase ,
06/2016
- Named as a Mountain States Super Lawyer.
Super Lawyers Magazine,
05/2016
- S.J. Quinney College of Law 2014 Alumna of the Year.
University of Utah College of Law,
04/29/2014
- Selected as a Center for Teaching & Learning Excellence Teaching Fellow. The program is a select group of faculty from across campus charged with enhancing and advancing the teaching mission of the University.
University of Utah,
10/2012
- Named Salt Lake City 2012 First Amendment Litigation Lawyer of the Year in "Best Lawyers in America." .
Best Lawyers,
01/01/2012
- Lawyer of the Year.
Utah State Bar,
06/30/2010
- Adjunct Outstanding Teacher of the Year.
S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah,
05/01/2010
- Utah's 100 Elite Lawyers .
Utah Business Magazine,
01/2008
- 500 Leading Litigators in the U.S.
Lawdragon,
06/2006
Affiliations
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Museum of Natural History of Utah
(MNHU),
President, Museum Board of Advisors,
01/2017 - 05/2019
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Utah State Judicial Council Forms Committee
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Chair,
05/2016 - present
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University of Utah National Advisory Council
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Member,
05/2014 - present
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University of Utah
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Academic Senate, Elected Member and Executive Commitee,
04/07/2014 - present
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University of Utah
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National Advisory Council,
09/18/2013 - present
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Utah Commission on Strengthening Utah's Democracy
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Commission member,
05/01/2009 - 10/2010
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Campaign Legal Center, Washington DC
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Board of Directors,
01/01/2003 - 09/30/2011
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Utah State Bar
(USB),
Liscensed attorney, admitted in all Utah courts & the US Sup Ct. and the 10th Circuit,
06/01/1976 - present
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