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Spring/Summer 2023

  • President’s Message by Mark Kittrell

  • Profiles:

    • Judicial Profile of Judge Coral Sanchez by Mike Lehr

    • Practitioner Profile of Jackie Rosen by Dani Cepernich

  • Meet the New United States Attorney, Trina A. Higgins, by Judge Michele Christiansen Forster

  • Reviews:

    • Television Review – Welcome to (a review of) Wrexham by Brady Rasmussen

  • Recent Precedents:

    • Meet our First Scholarship Recipients, Paulina Barboza and Emma Russell

 

Winter 2022

  • President’s Message by Mark Kittrell

  • Justice Tongue: The Big Lie

  • Profiles:

    • Judicial profile of Dianna Gibson by Ruth Hackford-Peer

    • Practitioner profile of Ramzi Hamadi by Ruth Hackford-Peer

  • Dicta: Justice? The Michael Thompson Case by Michael Lehr

  • Reviews:

    • Television Review - New Girl by Brady Rasmussen

  • Recent Precedents

    • Appealapalooza

    • New Layers and Judges Event

    • Holiday Dinner Dance

 

Summer 2022

  • President’s Message by Jonathan Pappasideris

  • Recent Precedents

    • Cheese and Chocolate Tasting by Ruth Hackford-Peer

    • Summer Dinner Dance and Annual Meeting

  • Profiles:

    • Practitioner profile of Andrea Martinez by Michael Langford

    • Practitioner profile of Christian Silva by Kirsten Allen

  • Congratulations to our past SLCBA Presidents!

  • Reviews:

    • Book Review - Playing to Win by Brady Rasmussen

    • Bar Review - Casot by Michael Langford

  • Dicta: New Utah Black Lawyers Association by Nicole Salazar-Hall

  • Upcoming Events

    • Contribute to the SLCBA Endowed Scholarship

    • New Layers and Judges Event

    • Save the date! Annual Holiday Dinner Dance

 

Special Edition

In Memorium of the honorable Dee Vance Benson

 

Fall 2021

President’s Message by Jonathan Pappasideris

  • Recent Precedents

    • New Lawyers and Judges Reception

  • Justice Tongue

  • Profiles:

    • Judicial profile of Judge Theresa Welch by Lauren Hunt

    • Practitioner profile of Paul Moxley by Dani Cepernich

    • Practitioner profile of Laura Kyte by Ruth Hackford-Peer

  • Reviews:

    • Bar review of Black Sheep Bar & Grill by Michael Langford

    • Bingeable TV review of Ted Lasso by Brady Rasmussen

  • Upcoming Events

    • Save the date! Annual Holiday Dinner Dance

 

Spring 2021

President’s Message by Lauren Shurman

  • Recent Precedents

  • Profiles:

    • Judicial profile of Judge Kristine Johnson by Lauren Hunt

    • Practitioner profile of Ed Wall by Kate Conyers

    • Practitioner profile of Scotti Hill by Michael Langford

  • Reviews:

    • Book review of Jeff Garvin’s Symptoms of Being Human by Ruth Hackford-Peer

    • Book review of Phillip N. Meyer’s Storytelling for Lawyers by Bronwen Dromey

  • Dicta:

    • Can you hear me now? Remote witnesses in court by Mike Black

    • The Return of the Jury Trial by Dani Cepernich

  • Upcoming Events

    • Virtual Cheese Tasting

    • Dinner Dance and Annual Meeting

 

Winter 2019-2020

President’s Message by Lauren Shurman

  • Justice Tongue: A Primer on Culture

  • Recent Precedents:

    • Photographs from the New Lawyers and Judges Reception

    • Utah Prison Education Project by Kate Conyers and Clem Landau

    • Photographs from the 2019 Holiday Dinner Dance

  • Profiles:

    • Judicial profile of Judge Katherine Peters by Bronwen Dromey

    • Profile of scholarship recipients Kenneth Nelson and Kiyan Banuri by Bronwen Dromey

  • Reviews:

    • Book review of Justice Neil Gorsuch’s A Republic, if You Can Keep It by Sam Meziani

    • Bar review of Manny’s Too by Michael Langford

  • Dicta:

    • Creating a Well-Being Movement by Dani Cepernich

    • Mater of Legal Studies Program – a Foundation for Business Leaders by Melanie Grayson

    • University of Utah Tailgate by Michael Langford

    • Open Enrollment for the UCLI Certification Program by James Sorenson

 
 

Spring 2019

SLCBA President’s Message by Christopher Hogle

  • Commissioner Profiles of Commissioners Kim Luhn, Russell Minas and Michelle Tack – by Dani Cepernich

  • Justice Tongue:  The Single Greatest Asset

  • On Belonging: Tiffany Shimada – by Kristen Olsen

  • Practitioner Profile: Emily Adams – by Melanie Grayson

  • Dicta: The Victim Who Wasn’t – by Michael Young

  • Dicta: Wine Bar Review – by Michael Langford

  • Recent Precedents: Law Day Luncheon / Art in the Law Photos

 
 

Winter 2019

SLCBA President’s Message by Christopher Hogle

  • Judicial Profile of Judge Amber M. Mettler by Melanie S. Grayson

  • Judicial Profile of Judge Adam Mow by Michael Young

  • Judicial Profile of Judge Richard E. Mrazik by Melanie S. Grayson

  • Practitioner Profile of Jacey Skinner by Kristen Olsen

  • Justice Tongue:  The Most Effective Argument

  • Dicta: Utah’s Licensed Paralegal Practitioners-What Lawyers Need to Know by Julie M. Emery

  • Recent Precedents: Second Annual Homeless Youth Prom by Dani N. Cepernich

  • Recent Precedents: Future Lawyers Association: The West High Mock Trial Team by Kate Conyers

  • Recent Precedents: 2018 Holiday Party Photos

 
 
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Fall 2018

SLCBA President’s Message by Christopher Hogle

  • Justice Tongue: The Most Effective Argument

  • Judicial Profile of Justice Paige Petersen by Kristen Olsen

  • Judicial Profile of Judge Patrick Corum by Dani Cepernich

  • New Lawyer Spotlight of Whitney Hulet Drogue by Dani Cepernich

  • My Unusual Attorney Experience—The Time I Trained Public Defenders in Myanmar by Kate Conyers

 
 

Spring 2018

 
 

Winter 2017-2018

SLCBA President’s Message by Trystan Smith

  • Justice Tongue: “A Spirit of Hope”

  • Judicial Profile: Third District Judge Kent R Holmberg

  • Practitioner Profile: Mediator Karin Hobbs

  • New Lawyer Spotlight: Christensen & Jensen’s Erika Larsen

  • Movie Review: 13th

  • Dicta: Fall CLE’s Review

  • Recent Precedents:

  • New Lawyers and Judges Reception

  • 2017 SLCBA Holiday Party

  • Upcoming Events: Appealapalooza, Februrary 27 at noon

  • e-SLCBA: SLCBA online

 
 

Summer 2017

President’s Message – Farewell

  • Judicial Profile – Judge David N. Mortensen

  • Judicial Profile – Judge Matthew Bates

  • Director Profile – Brittney Nystrom, ACLU

  • Director Profile – Joanna Landau, UIDC

  • Director Profile – Stewart Gollan, UACDL

  • Utah Prison Education Project CLE

  • Art & the Law

  • Helpful Thoughts from Local Justice Court Judges

  • Recent Precedents 2017 Spring Party

 
 

Spring 2017

President’s Message – Independent Judiciary

  • Judicial Profile – Judge Jill M. Pohlman

  • Judicial Profile – Judge Heather Brereton

  • Practitioner Profile – Stacie Stewart

  • Practitioner Profile – Brent Manning

  • Justice Tongue – Alternate Reality

  • Helpful Thoughts from Justice Court Judges

  • Movie Review – The Jinx – The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst

  • Recent Precedents – 2016 Holiday Party

 
 

Fall 2016

President’s Message

  • Judicial Profile – Justice John Pearce

  • Practitioner Profile – Tyler Needham Justice Tongue – Not the Speaker but the Audience

  • Helpful Thoughts from Justice Court

  • Movie Review – Denial

  • Recent Precedents 

 
 

Summer 2016

President’s Message

  • President’s Message

  • Art and the Law

  • Restaurant Review

  • The Utah State Bar Commission: A Practical Guide

  • Practitioner Profile – Jaelynne Jenkins

  • Justice Tongue – A Time with Greater Promise

  • 2016 Spring Party

 
 

Spring 2016

Judicial Profile – Judge Laura Scott

  • Judicial Profile – Richard D. McKelvie

  • Judicial Profile – Judge Paige Peterson

  • Practitioner Profile – Margaret D. Plane

  • Justice Tongue – A Time with Greater Promise

  • 2015 Holiday Party

  • Documentary Review – Making a Murderer

  • Book Review – Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg 

 

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