LOUISA M.A. HEINY portrait
  • Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College Of Law
  • Professor (Lecturer), College Of Law - Dean
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Professional Service

  • Utah Supreme Court. Utah Supreme Court Attorney Licensing Task Force . 09/01/2020 - 01/01/2021
  • Utah Bar Association. Role: Member. Success Through Service 360 Working Group. 05/01/2020 - 05/01/2021
  • Utah Supreme Court. Utah Supreme Court Diploma Privilege Working Group . 03/15/2020 - 04/15/2020
  • Utah Bar Association . Role: Member. Innovation in Law Practice Committee. 09/01/2017 - 09/01/2019

Internal Service

  • Chair, Clerkship Committee. 09/01/2017 - 09/01/2020. College service.
  • Clerkship Committee. Member, 09/01/2016 - 09/01/2017. College service.
  • Faculty Advisor, Women's Law Caucus. 09/01/2017 - 09/01/2021. College service.
  • Faculty Advisor, Federal Bar Association. Faculty Advisor, 09/01/2017 - 09/01/2021. College service.

Community Partnership

  • Canon Chancellor’s Council of Advice, Episcopal Diocese of Utah. 01/2015 - present

Honors & Awards

  • Outstanding Professor. University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, 05/01/2019
  • Peter J. Billings Excellence in Teaching Award . University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, 05/01/2019
  • Outstanding Faculty Award. University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, 04/01/2017
  • Outstanding Faculty Award. University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, 04/01/2016
  • Peter J. Billings Excellence in Teaching Award. University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, 05/05/2015
  • Outstanding New Faculty. University of Colorado Law School, 05/01/2004

Affiliations

  • Clinical Section of the Association of American Law Schools , Member, 01/01/2017 - 01/01/2021
  • Evidence Section of the Association of American Law Schools , Member, 01/01/2017 - 01/01/2021
  • Association of Academic Support Educators (AASE), Member, 01/01/2016 - present
  • Legal Writing Institute , Member, 01/2003 - present

In the Media

  • ABC Radio (Australian Public Radio) Interview: Sunday Extra with Julian Morrow . 06/2021.
  • The Five Words that Changed America (Interview). 05/24/2021. https://www.deseret.com/platform/amp/utah/2021/5/2...
  • Opinion: Five Words That Changed America. 04/21/2021. https://kslnewsradio.com/1947219/opinion-five-word...
  • Heiny on Eyewitness Identifications, CrimProf Blog. 03/29/2021. https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/20...
  • C. Dane Nolan, Book Review: The Five Words That Changed America: Miranda v. Arizona and the Right to Remain Silent by Amos Guiora and Louisa M. A. Heiny, Utah J. of Crim. L. 03/2021.
  • Lisa Sledge Pays it Forward to Single Moms, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Website, Feb. 1, 2021, available at https://law.utah.edu/news/alumni-lisa-sledge-pays-it-forward-to-single-moms/ Student’s Title IX Records Subpoenaed in Former Professor’s Sexual Abuse Case, THE DAILY UNIVERSE . 02/10/2021. https://universe.byu.edu/2021/02/09/students-title...
  • Student’s Title IX Records Subpoenaed in Former Professor’s Sexual Abuse Case, THE DAILY UNIVERSE. 02/10/2021. https://universe.byu.edu/2021/02/09/students-title...
  • Federal Rule of Evidence 106, Excited Utterance Evidence and Proof Podcast, Interview with Professor Edward K. Cheng (forthcoming 2020). 10/10/2020.
  • What to Expect Your First Year of Law School, Part II, Law School Life Podcast (University of Utah, Fall 2019). 09/01/2020.
  • Clerkships, Law School Life Podcast (University of Utah, Fall 2019). 09/01/2020.
  • Diploma Privilege in Utah: A Town Hall with the Dean and Utah Supreme Court Justices, available at https://youtu.be/KySjJForP9E (June 9, 2020). 07/09/2020. https://youtu.be/KySjJForP9E
  • Diploma Privilege in Utah, Success Through Service Social Media Video Series, University of Utah. 07/2020.
  • Diploma Privilege in Utah, Success Through Service Social Media Video Series (University of Utah, July 2020). 07/01/2020.
  • Diploma Privilege in Utah: A Town Hall with the Dean and Utah Supreme Court Justices. 06/09/2020. https://youtu.be/KySjJForP9E
  • New Graduates Face Strong Headwinds, Courthouse News Service (April 17, 2020). 04/17/2020. https://www.courthousenews.com/new-law-school-grad...
  • What to Expect Your First Year of Law School, Part I, Law School Life Podcast (University of Utah, Fall 2019). 09/02/2019.
  • Women now hold the majority on the Utah Court of Appeals for the first time. 08/14/2017. http://www.sltrib.com/news/2017/08/14/women-now-ho...
  • "An Out of Classroom Experience". 01/01/2015. http://www.americanbar.org/publications/student_la...
  • “A Law Professor’s Detailed, Thoughtful and Comprehensive ‘Local Rules’ for Class: A Response to ‘Above the Law,’". 02/14/2014. http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/legalwriting/2014...