Delivered a powerpoint presentation entitled “Reflections on Balancing Protection for LGBT Rights and Protection for Religious Conscience,” at a Federalist Society event in 205 JRCB, March 2, 2015. My presentation was a response to a presentation by Professor Robin Fretwell Wilson. A video recording is at https://www.law.byu.edu/Law_School/Recordings .
Delivered powerpoint presentation via Skype entitled “Mediation in Family Courts in the USA: Current Status, Recent Trends and Perspectives from Experience” in the South Africa Association of Mediators conference on Mediation and the Courts meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, March 25, 2015.
Hosted a mini-colloquium on “Abortion in America Forty-Two Years After Roe v. Wade” in room 306 JRCB on Thursday 29 January 2015 featuring three speakers (from the University of Utah School of Medicine, Villanova University Law School, and Macquarie University Faculty of Law in Australia).
Short introductory presentation about “Abortion in America Forty-two Years After Roe v. Wade” at the Mini-Colloquium of the same name on January 29, 2015 in room 306 JRCB.
Presentation on January 27, 2015 about Marriage Law and Recent Developments to LDS Church Education System curriculum writers at the Church Office Building in Salt Lake City.
Hosted and convened the Symposium on the Future of Families and of Family Law at the J. Reuben Clark Law School on 10 October 2014. Nineteen scholars (mostly law professors but a few professors in other disciplines) presented papers. The BYU Journal of Public Law and the Ave Maria Law Review collaborated to publish the symposium papers.
Presented a paper on “The Use of Mediation in Family Courts in the United States: Current Status, Recent Trends and Perspectives from Experience: Mediation and Community” at the Conference on Contemporary Mediation at the North West University in Potchefstroom, South Africa, on September 29-30, 2014.
Attended the XVth World Conference of the International Society of Family Law in Recife, Brazil on August 6-9, 2014. While there, participated in the two meetings of the ISFL Executive Council, of which I am a member (as a former ISFL President). Also presented a paper on “As the Family Goes: Reconciling Moral and Legal Pluralism With Prioritizing Marriage and Childrearing.” Honored during the General Meeting of the Society to be given an award for “Exceptional Service” to the ISFL.
Participated as an invited presenter in the “Hague Abduction Convention Workshop” held at the University of Notre Dame Centre in London, UK, July 21-22, 2014. Presented a paper entitled: “The Merit of Modesty: Abduction, Relocation, and the Hague Abduction Convention.”
Attended the Annual Symposium of the International Academy for the Study of the Jurisprudence of the Family in La Coruña, Spain on June 9-10, 2014, and presented a paper on “Why Protection of Religious Liberty Requires Protection of the Marital Conjugal Family.” Moderated a panel of other speakers at the symposium.
Attended the annual conference of University Faculty for Life at Fordham University in New York City, June 6-7, 2014, and presented a paper there entitled “Hobby Lobby, Conestoga Wood Specialties, and the Future of Roe v. Wade.” Moderated a panel of other speakers at the conference.
Regularly posted on the University Faculty for Life website blog since 2014.
Participated in an interview and debate about same-sex marriage on the Chuck Morse Show on the IRN-USA Radio Network on April 23, 2014. It is accessible at http://chuck-morse-speaks.podomatic.com/entry/2014-04-23T10_56_06-07_00#.U1gUZRvtdQo.blogger (last hour) (heard 24 April 2014).
Interviewed for and quoted in both the Austin American-Statesman and PolitFact.com to correct an erroneous new report about the number of federal courts that have mandated the legalization of same-sex marriage since Windsor v. United States, 570 U.S. ___ (June 26, 2013). See Attorney overstates the number of federal judges who have sided with same-sex marriage advocates since June 2013, at http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2014/apr/16/david-boies/attorney-overstates-number-federal-judges-who-have/ (viewed 19 April 2014)
Interviewed about the appeal in the Tenth Circuit of Kitchen v. Herbert (the federal court decision mandating legalization of same-sex marriage in Utah) on “The Grant and Amanda Show” on KSL Radio on April 9, 2014.
Organized a “Marriage Summit” and hosted Ryan T. Anderson, co-author with Robert P. George of “What Is Marriage?” who spoke at that event about the acts, goods, and commitments of marriage at BYU Law School on Monday, 31 March 2014.
Short presentation about “The Status of Same-Sex Marriage Today: Developments and Trends” at the Society of Professional Journalists Regional Conference at the BYU Salt Lake Center on Saturday, March 29, 2014.
Presented a paper on The Use and Abuse of “Cause Lawyering”: The Bad Example of Roe v. Wade at the 2014 La Verne Law Review Symposium at the University of La Verne College of Law on February 28, 2014.
February 15, 2014 in the J. Reuben Clark Law Society Annual Conference at University of Missouri – Kansas City (UMKC) participated as a presented in the panel on “Left and Right: Common Ground on Family Law.”
Short introductory presentation at the Family Impact Seminar on Mental Health and Rural Families in Utah at the Utah State Capitol, February 10, 2014.
Presented a lecture with powerpoint presentation to law students about “Roe v. Wade at 41: Rights and Wrongs in Abortion Jurisprudence” on January 22, 2014, the 41st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973).
Interview about a new Russian adoption law and international adoptions published (broadcast) online on 23 December 2013 on Radio Free Europe, Russian Service, available at http://www.svoboda.org/audio/audio/1055371.html.
Participated on Monday, 23 December, in a debate-discussion about Kitchen v. Herbert, No. 2:13-cv-217 (Dec. 20, 2013) with Professor Clifford Rosky (law professor at the University of Utah) and Michael Aaron (editor of Q magazine) on Trib Talk, an online news/interview program.
Organized and hosted a mini-colloquium on the Gender Disparate Impact of ART (Artificial Reproductive Technology) at BYU Law School on Friday, November 15, 2013.
Responded to a paper presented by William C. Duncan, entitled “Marriage: Association or Union” at the annual John Adams Center Symposium at BYU on November 7-8, 2013 hosted by BYU Political Science Professor Ralph Hancock.
Presented my paper entitled “Joseph Smith and the Restoration of the Atonement” as a keynote presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Mormon Philosophy and Theology on Saturday, November 2, 2013 at Utah Valley University.
Presented a paper entitled “Sticks and Stones”: Windsor, the New Morality, and Its Old Language” at the November 1, 2013 Elon Law Review “Symposium on the Implications of the Supreme Court Decisions in Windsor and Perry”.
Helped organize, and the Marriage & Family Law Research Project co-sponsored, the Elon Law Review “Symposium of the Implications of the Supreme Court Decisions in Windsor and Perry” on November 1, 2013 at Elon University School of Law.
Presented both oral testimony and a written statement opposing the legislation of same-sex marriage (by a bill introduced by the Governor that is pending) in the Hawaii Legislature in Honolulu, on October 23, 2013.
Participated in a pro-con pair of presentations about “Windsor and the Legislation of Same-Sex Marriage” (paired with Professor Dale Carpenter of the University of Minnesota) at Duquesne University School of law, sponsored by the Federalist Society chapter there, on October 16, 2013.
Served as a convener-invited moderator of a Symposium panel discussed “Family Law Conflicts and Globalization” at the annual meeting of the American Society of Comparative Law at the University of Arkansas – Little Rock, on October 10-11, 2013.
Interviewed about “Intercountry Adoption and the Russian Law Barring Adoptions by Americans” on Radio Free Europe on September 11, 2013.
Delivered presentation on “Same-Same Marriage Trends and Developments” to a group of Utah Valley community leaders at La Jolla Groves restaurant on September 6, 2013.
Interviewed multiple times regarding the Supreme Court decisions in Perry (Prop 8) and Windsor (DOMA); I was quoted (and misquoted) in Brooke Adams, Gay marriage ban likely to stick, Salt Lake Tribune, June 25, 2013, at A-1, A-6; and I participated in a 45-minute pro-con online webcam interview (with Professor Clifford Rosky of the University of Utah) accessible at the Jennifer Napier-Pearce, Trib Talk: Legal scholars on Wednesday’s same-sex marriage rulings, The Salt Lake Tribune, First Published June 27, 2013 9:40 am available at http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/56514954-79/marriage-court-wednesday-california.html.csp (130628).
Co-convened the annual Symposium of the International Academy for the Study of the Jurisprudence of the Family (IASJF) at the Benjamin J. Cardozo Law School of Yeshiva University in New York City, June 10-11, 2013 involving 48 presenters from 18 nations. Presented a paper entitled “The Law of Morality and the Morality of Law: Implication of Family Law.” Moderated another session of the Symposium.
Presented a paper entitled “Medical Treatment Conflicts, State Regulation and Family Harmony” at the North American Regional Conference of the International Society of Family Law at Brooklyn Law School in New York City, June 6-8, 2013.
Member of panel presentation in the Salt Lake County Bar Association CLE program on “Prop. 8, DOMA, & the Supreme Court” on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at the Episcopal Church Center of Utah in Salt Lake City.
Presented “Reflections on Equality in Family Law” at Michigan State University College of Law in the Michigan State Law Review symposium on “In Search of Equality in Family Law” on April 11-12, 2013.
Presented “Marriage, ‘Magic Bullets,’ and Constitutional Parenting: Reflections on Themes in the Scholarship of Professor Marygold S. Melli” at the Symposium on “Making and Teaching ‘Real’ Family Law: A Celebration of the Scholarship and Service of Professor Margo Melli,” 6th Annual Midwest Family Law Consortium Workshop University of Wisconsin-Madison, on April 5-6, 2013.
Organized and participated in the “Pro-Con Panel Discussion on Perry and Windsor” at J. Reuben Clark Law School on April 4, 2013.
Interviewed by a Washington Post television reporter, Brook Silva-Braga, for the news program, The Fold, about United States v. Windsor and Section Three of the Defense of Marriage Act at issue in the Windsor case, on March 27, 2013. The video is at http://www.washingtonpost.com/video/thefold/in-defense-of-doma/2013/03/27/e9348938-9718-11e2-814b-063623d80a60_video.html (seen 28 March 2013).
Interviewed by Mark Walsh, a reporter for Education Weekly about the Windsor and Perry cases, and about how legalization of same-sex marriage does and may impact education, on March 19, 2013. See Mark Walsh, Same-Sex-Marriage-Cases Hold Implications for Schools, March 25, 2013, available online at http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/03/27/26marriage.h32.html?tkn=VTPFkXgxy%BbNxwyFplx%2FLZAWIvsU%2BO%BfXVAA (seen 28 March 2013); also published in print issue as School Angles Seen in Same-Sex-Marriage Cases March 27, 2013).
Interviewed and quoted in Kenneth Jost, Gay Marriage, Will the Supreme Court end curbs on same-sex unions? 23 CQ Researcher 257-280 (March 15, 2013). This is available online through the Harold B. Lee Library at http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre2013031500&PHPSESSID=17q6te296mi1ll5qbj0 (seen 28 March 2013).
Interviewed by Nina Totenberg for an NPR program dealing with United States v. Windsor, the case in the Supreme Court of the United States concerning the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act on March 11, 2013. The story transcript and audio link are at http://www.npr.org/2013/03/27/175295410//doma-challenge-tests-federal-definition-of-marriage (seen 26 March 2013).
Organized, convened and hosted the Symposium on Current Issues Regarding Marriage and Children at BYU Law School, on March 15, 2013.
Presented a paper on “Marriage, Moms and Dads: The Evolution of the Preference for Married Biological Parenting in Social Science Scholarship and the Law” in the Symposium on Current Issues Regarding Marriage and Children at BYU Law School, on March 15, 2013.
Participated in a pro-con radio discussion on Utah Public Radio about the Perry (Prop 8) case with attorney Brett Tolman, who co-authored a brief in the Supreme Court for Utah Pride favoring the constitutional mandate of same-sex marriage on Wednesday, March 6, 2013.
Delivered presentation about “Same-Sex Marriage and the Changing Images of Marriage” to the BYU Fidelio Society on Tuesday, March 5, 2013.
Presented “Is Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage Inevitable? Status, Trends, Prop 8 and DOMA” at the University of Idaho School of Law, one of two pro-con presentations sponsored by the Federalist Society chapter there on February 21, 2013.
Presented “Same-Sex Marriage: Is It Right for Society” at Gonzaga University School of Law, one of two pro-con presentations sponsored by the Federalist Society chapter there on February 21, 2013.
Delivered a plenary presentation on “Same-Sex Marriage and the Changing Images of Marriage and Family: Developments and Implications” at the “Symposium on the Family in Modern Society” at Columbia University on February 16, 2013.
Presented “Adoption: Upside Down and Sideways? The Hague Convention on Intercounty Adoption and Some Causes of and Remedies for Declining International Adoptions” at the Conference on Intercountry Adoption: Orphan Rescue of Child Trafficking? Hosted by the Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion and Ethics at Pepperdine University School of Law on February 8-9, 2013.
Delivered a presentation on “Roe at 40: A Short History of Roe v. Wade, The Legal and Social Wrongs of Roe, and How Abortion-on-Demand Has Harmed Women and Children” to the Federalist Society student chapter at the University of Colorado Law School on January 23, 2013.
Delivered a presentation on “Roe at 40: A Short History of Roe v. Wade, Abortion in the USA, and of the LDS Church Response to Roe,” at BYU Law School on January 22, 2013.
Attended the J. Reuben Clark Law Society Faculty Section half-day symposium at Loyola Law School in New Orleans on January 4, 2013 and commented on a recently published article presented there by Professor David Pimentel.
Presented “Equality, Tolerance and Pluralism Principles in the Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage in American and Comparative Constitutional Law” in the symposium on Whether Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage is Constitutionally Required.
Convened a symposium “Whether Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage Is Constitutionally Required,” J. Reuben Clark Law School, November 2, 2012; the event was cosponsored by the Marriage & Family Law Research Project, J. Reuben Clark Law School; Marriage Law Project, Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America; and the BYU Journal of Public Law, which published selected papers.
Symposium on 'Whether Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage is Consitutionally Required'
J. Reuben Clark Law School, Provo, Utah. Equality, Tolerance and Pluralism Principles in the Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage in American and Comparative Constitutional Law, November 2012.
Hamline Journal of Public Law and Policy Fall 2012 Symposium on Minority Rights and Majority Rule: The Arguments and Policies behind the Proposed 2012 Minnesota Constitutional Amendments and the Dangers or Myth of the Tyrannical Majority, Hamline Journal of Public Law and Policy. “The Proposed Minnesota Marriage Amendment in Comparative Consitutional Law: Substance and Procedure,” September 2012.
Annual conference of the American Academy of Fertility Care Professionals, Salt Lake City, Utah. Procreation, Family Relations, and the Need to Revive a Child-Centered Society, July 2012
ISFL North American Regional Conference on Sustaining Families: Global and Local Perspectives, University of Iowa College of Law & ISFL, Iowa. Sustaining Families Through ART and Adoption, June 2012
22nd Annual Conference of University Faculty for Life, University Faculty for Life & J. Reuben Clark Law School, Provo, Utah. Teaching Correct Principles: Elective Abortion in the Doctrine, History, and Policy Positions of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and in the Cultural Practices of the Members of the Church (Mormons), June 2012
University of Vienna; Vienna, Austria. Presentation on International Recognition of Same-Sex Marriage, DOMA, and the Full Faith and Credit Clause, May 2012
Symposium on the Jurisprudence of Extended Families, Extending Families, and Intergenerational Solidarity, IASJF. Doha, Qatar. Intergenerational Justice, Extended Families, and the Challenge of the Statist Paradigm, May 2012
Co-presented by Vidyo teleconferencing system (with our graduate, California attorney Stephen Ehat) an hour lecture about same-sex marriage in Global, US, and California law, and the pending same-sex marriage litigation to the Inland Empire (Riverside & San Bernardino California) chapter of the J. Reuben Clark Society, April 13, 2012.
International Society of Family Law Colloquium on Parents and Children -- an Evolving Relationship, International Society of Family Law. Reggio Emilia, Italy. Does the Hague Adoption Convention Improve or Depress Adoption? An American Perspective. April 2012
Fordham Law Review Symposium on The Defense of Marriage Act: Law, Policy, and the Future of Marriage, Fordham Law School. New York. Involuntary Imports: The Defense of Marriage Act, Three Forms of Federalism, and 'Thick' and 'Thin' Conceptions of Marriage, March 2012
Organized and hosted a one-hour mini-colloquium on Roe v. Wade on January 23, 2012 at the J. Reuben Clark Law School. Karrie Galloway, the CEO of Planned Parenthood Association of Utah made a presentation, and I presented “Why Pro-Choice Is Losing Favor, and What the LDS Position on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Reveals About the Moral and Social Evil of Elective Abortion.”
Mini-colloquium on Prop 8 Litigation and Same-Sex Marriage, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Provo, Utah. Update on Prop 8 Litigation & the Movement to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage, March 2012
Various interviews and presentations on radio and television re: abortion and same-sex marriage, one was interview by BBC in London (via telephone)
Deliveed invited presentation about “Mormon Principles and Policies Concerning Prenatal Human Life, Specifically Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research,” for the Terrence J. Murphy Institute for Catholic Thought, Law and Public Policy at the University of St Thomas School of Law in their “Hot Topics: Cool Talks” series program on “Embryo Rights and Stem Cell Research,” April 13, 2012. Co-presenter with Professor O. Carter Snead, bioethics professor at the Notre Dame Law School and the newly appointed Director of the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture. The video stream of the program is posted on the Murphy Institute website at: http://www.stthomas.edu/murphyinstitute/events/20111116_hotTopics_e.html .
Chaired a discussion group of family law and related professors and professionals discussing, and prepared a report concerning, the treatment of pro-life topics and issues in Family Law casebooks in a conference hosted by the University of St. Thomas Journal of Law and Public Policy, Tuesday and Wednesday, November 15-16, 2011, at the University of St. Thomas School of Law (MN). Similar discussion groups and reports focused on Constitutional Law casebooks and Biomedical Ethics casebooks.
Participated in a day-long symposium entitled “Strengthening the Family” at the Provo Marriott Hotel sponsored by Students for the Family, a public interest organization organized and led by two JRCLS graduates, October 29, 2011. Speakers included professors from several universities, professionals from various (mostly helping) disciplines, and students. Presented the closing remarks at the end of the conference entitled “Standing Up for the Family.”
Delivered a presentation on Dilemmas of Indissoluble Parenthood: How Legal Incentives Impact Parenting and the Work-Family Balance, in the September 29, 2011, Colloquium on “The Indissolubility of Parenting” at the J. Reuben Clark Law School.
Presented “Same-Sex Marriage, the Constitution, and the Rule of Law,” at an all-day conference at Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America on “Status Call”: Planning for the U.S. Supreme Court,” on September 23, 2011
Invited presentation entitled “Same-Sex Marriage, DOMA, and the Rule of Law” to the Federalist Society chapter at Ave Maria Law School on August 25, 2011.
Presented a paper entitled “My Brother’s Keeper? Extended Families and Intergenerational Obligations,” at the Fourteenth World Conference of the International Society of Family Law in Lyon, France, July 19-23.
Presented a paper entitled “The Jurisprudence of Parenting and the Influences of Religion” Symposium on the Jurisprudence of Parenting and the Influence of Culture 12-13 May, 2011 at the UCA in Buenos Aires (see above). Selected papers will be published in vol. 2 of the International Journal of the Jurisprudence of the Family.
Delivered a one-hour CLE presentation on “Current Status and Recent Developments in Same-Sex Marriage in the United States and Other Nations” to the Executive Board of the J. Reuben Clark Alumni Association on Friday, April 1, 2011.
Presented a paper on “The Disintegration of the Family and Children’s Right to Their Parents” at the International Society of Family Law Caribbean Regional Conference in March 2011.
Presented “The Boundaries of Belonging: Community, Allegiance, and the Definition of Marriage” at the Symposium on Belonging, the Family, and Family Law at B.Y.U. Law School on Friday, January 28, 2011.
Keynote presentation entitled "Recent Developments and Current Issue Regarding Same-Sex Marriage and other Alternative Family Relations," to the Southern Utah Bar Association CLE meeting in St. George on Friday, December 3, 2010.
Invited presentation “Marriage and Other Domestic Relationships: Comparative and Critical Equality Analysis of Difference in Form and Substance,” on November 12, 2010 at St. John’s University School of Law in the Symposium on Legal, Secular and Religious Perspectives on Marriage Equality/Marriage Protection/Same-Sex Marriage for the St. John’s University Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development.
Presentations about “Virtue, Marriage and the Substructure of the Constitution,” and about “The ‘Least Dangerous Branch’ and the ‘Justiciary of Aragon,’” in the November 16-19, 2010 symposium on “The Constitution at Risk?” convened by Professor Ralph Hancock of the BYU Political Science Department and hosted by the Tocqueville Project at BYU (Political Science).
Presented a paper entitled “The Impacts on Education of Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage and Lessons from Abortion Jurisprudence” at the Symposium on the Impact of Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage on Education at BYU Law School, on October 29, 2010.
Presentation on “Health Care Reform and Religious Liberty/Protection of Conscience: Fundamental Rights of Political Wrongs” in a “debate” at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas School of Law sponsored by the Federalist Society Chapter, on October 7, 2010.
Presentation on “Perry v. Schwarzenegger: Flaws in Procedure, Substance, and Structure” at an event at the University of Illinois Law School sponsored by the Federalist Society Chapter, On October 6, 2010.
Presentation on “Making the World Better for Families” to the LDS Dentists Spouse Conference on August 13, 2010 at the BYU Conference Center.
Presented a paper, “Counselors and Gatekeepers: The Professional Responsibility of Attorneys to Counsel, Screen Channel, and Refer in Divorce Cases,” at the North America Regional Conference of the International Society of Family Law held on University of Missouri – Kansas City on Saturday, June 5, 2010.
Presented a paper entitled “Fundamentals of the Jurisprudence of the Family: Building A House on Rock or Sand?” at the “Symposium on the Jurisprudence of the Family” at Bratislava Law School in Bratislava, Slovakia on May 28-29, 2010.
Presented a paper entitled “The Defense of Marriage Act, Democracy, and the Constitution” as one of six invited presenters in the Drake Constitutional Law Center’s Annual Symposium, on “The Same-Sex Marriage Divide,” on April 10, 2010.
Presentation on “The Constitutional Structure of DOMA and Comparative Marriage Recognition” at the “Symposium on Federalism and Interstate Recognition of Same-Sex Relationships” at California Western School of Law in San Diego on March 19-20, 2010.
Presented a paper entitled “Joseph Smith and the Restoration of the Atonement” in the BYU Studies 50th Anniversary Symposium on “Of things both in heaven and in the earth,” on Friday, March 12, 2010, at the Gordon B. Hinckley Alumni House at Brigham Young University.
Presentation entitled “Standing for the Family: The Power of One” on Friday, March 5, 2010, at the opening dinner for “Stand for the Family: Restoring the Marriage Culture” at Brigham Young University.
Presented a paper entitled “The Best Interests of Children and Adoption of Children by Same- Sex Partners: Comparative Legal Perspectives” at the Simposio Adoption for Homoparentales: Lo Que La Ciencia Ha Descubierto sponsored by the Instituto Mexican Orientacion Sexual Renacer (an organization of mental health and child welfare professionals) in Mexico City, Mexico on February 16, 2010.
Delivered a presentation entitled “The Wrongs of Roe and the Rights of Conscience” at University of St. Thomas Law School at an event co-sponsored by the Center for Pro-Life Advocacy and the Federalist Society on Tuesday, January 19, 2010. Same presentation delivered at William Mitchell College of Law at an event co-sponsored by the Federalist Society and Outlaw—a GLBT club at the law school. Delivered same presentation on Friday, January 22, 2010 at the J. Reuben Clark Law School.
Delivered a presentation and participated in a moderated dialogue with Professor Clifford Rossky about Marriage, Common Ground Initiatives, and the Salt Lake City Housing and Employment Ordinances at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney Law School in the Sutherland Moot Courtroom on Tuesday, January 12, 2010. The event was co-sponsored by the Utah College of Law Federalist Scoiety and Outlaws, a gay/lesbian rights organization.
Presented an invited paper on “Comparative Perspectives on Adoption of Children by Cohabiting Non-Marital Couples and Partners” at the annual University of Arkansas Law Review Symposium on November 5, 2009.
Presentation on “Gatekeepers for Divorce: The Ethical Duty and Professional Responsibility of Attorneys To Counsel, Screen, Channel, and Refer” at the CLE program on “Counseling and Ethics in Utah Divorce Practice” held here at the J. Reuben Clark Law School on Friday, November 20, 2009.
Presentation on “The Movement to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage: Does It Really Matter?” at the conference of the Association of Mormon Counselors and Psychotherapists in Salt Lake City, UT, on October 2, 2009.
Presentation on “Conscience vs. Access: Increasing Conflicts Over Provision of Health Care Services, and a Proposal for a Just Resolution,” on October 7, 2009.
Presentation to the Family Law Society at BYU Law School in their “Crash Course on Family Law” on 17 September 2009, on “Why It Is Important to Study Family Law, and Recent Developments in Utah Family Law.”
Panel discussion “The Politics of Marriage and Family” at the National Summit on Marriage, Parenting and Families at Hampton University, co-sponsored by the National Center on African American Marriages and Parenting, September 2009.
Presented a series of four lectures about “Changes and Challenges Facing Families and Family Law” at BYU Education Week, August 18-21, 2009.
Presented a paper entitled “Marriage and Religious Liberty: Reflections on Accommodation from Comparative and Conflict of Laws Perspectives” at the ISFL conference in Israel on Family Law and multicultural environment, June 6-7, 2009.
Debated Professor Robert Burt (about marriage issues) at Yale Law School, April 16, 2009, in an event sponsored by the Federalist Society chapter there.
Presented a paper on “The Jurisprudence of Marriage: Gender-Neutrality, Universalism and the Uniqueness of Marriage” at the Symposium on the Jurisprudence of Marriage and Other Adult Intimate Relations at Boston College Law School, March 13, 2009, and reprised that presentation in a panel discussion involving four of the BC Symposium presenters at BYU Law School, March 16, 2009.
Presented my paper, "Restructuring Democracy or Lawlessness: Critical Reflections on In re Marriage Cases” in the Symposium on Judicial Activism: Same-Sex Marriage and the Aftermath of Prop 8, sponsored by NeXus Journal at Chapman University Law School in California on February 27, 2009.
Invited Presentation on “Marriages of Convenience: Critical and Comparative Reflections on Equalizing Marriage and Non-Marital Intimate Relationships” at in the Symposium on "Valuing All Families Under Law" at American University Washington College of Law, sponsored by the Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law, January 26, 2009, in Washington, D.C..
Presentation on “The Effect of Thirty-Six Years of Roe v. Wade on Life and Law in the United States” as one of three panel presenters.
Implications of the 2008 Election for Family Policies Issues, presented at BYU Law School to students at panel discussion of “Implications of the 2008 Election,” November 11, 2008. (Organized this panel discussion.)
What’s the Harm? Infrastructure, Democracy, and Constitutional Protection for Marriage, presented at the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture Ninth Annual Fall Conference – The Family: Searching for the Fairest Love, November 6-8, 2008.
The Need for Constitutional Protection for Marriage (in Florida), presented at Nova Southeastern Law Center to the Federalist Society Debate on Same-Sex Marriage, October 27, 2008.
What’s the Harm? Does Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage Really Harm Individuals, Families or Society? presented at the Chapman Dialogue on Same-Sex Marriage and Proposition 8 at Chapman University School of Law, Orange CA, October 24, 2008. (I co-convened this conference.)
The Need for Constitutional Protection for Marriage (in Arizona), presented at the Phoenix Museum of History to the J. Reuben Clark Law Society, the Thomas More Society, the Christian Legal Society, and the Alliance Defense Fund, October 23, 2008.
Forgotten National Treasure: Marriage, The Creation of Social Capital, and the Building of the Social Infrastructure, presented to the Australia Family Association Annual Convention, October 18-19, 2008, in Freeport, WA, Australia.
What’s the Harm? Does Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage Really Harm Individuals, Families or Society? presented to the Sacramento LDS Business Association and J. Reuben Clark Law Society at Arden Hills Country Club, Sacramento, CA, October 10, 2008.
What’s the Harm? Prop 8 and the Need for Constitutional Protection For Marriage, Presented at McGeorge Law School to the Federalist Society Debate on Same-Sex Marriage and the Constitution, October 10, 2008.
A Federalist Case for State & Federal Constitutional Protection for Marriage presented at Lewis & Clark Law School to the Federalist Society Debate on Same-Sex Marriage and the Constitution, October 7, 2008.
Current Status and Controversies About Same-Sex Marriage, Guest Lectures in classes at Brigham Young University and Utah Valley University, October & November 2008.
Alimony on the Margin: Is Homemaking Really ‘Productive Labor’? presentated at the 13th World Conference of the International Society of Family Law in Vienna, Austria, September 17, 2008.
Constitutional Protection for Marriage presentation and “webinar” broadcast to the J. Reuben Clark Law Society, Inland Empire Chapter, Riverside, CA, September 5, 2008.
Recent Developments Concerning Same-sex Marriage and Family Law presentation to the J. Reuben Clark Law Society Education Week CLE at BYU, Education Week, August 21, 2008.
From Slavery to Same-Sex Marriage: Inter-Jurisdictional Issues Regarding Controversial Domestic Relations, presentation made in the BYU Law Review Symposium on Contemporary Conflicts Issues in Family Law, at J. Reuben Clark Law School, at BYU, February 1, 2008.
“Standing for Something”: A Critique of the Consequences of Roe v. Wade in American Law and Society, presentation at mini-symposium on Thirty-Five Years of Roe v. Wade, at BYU Law School, January 23, 2008.
Same-Sex Marriage Status and Developments in January 2008: presentation at small Law Professors’ Roundtable I co-convened at Fordham University School of Law, New York City, New York, January 4, 2008.
Same-Sex Marriage and the Constitution presentation to the Inland Empire chapter of the JRC Law Society in Riverside, CA, webinar, on Sept. 5, 2008.
What's the Harm? Same-Sex Marriage and Lesbian & Gay Adoption, presentation to students and faculty at the University of Virginia Law School, November 13, 2007, sponsored by the Federalist Society law school chapter.
Convened and hosted a Symposium on Same-Sex Marriage and Gay Adoptions:
Inclusion, Compromise, Protection and Consequences, involving nine scholars (including one Israeli and two South African law professors) at BYU Law School, November 2, 2007.
Same-sex Marriage and the Tragedy of the Commons: A Conservative Case Against Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage, presentation made at Symposium on Same-Sex Marriage and Gay Adoptions: Inclusion, Compromise, Protection and Consequences, at BYU Law School, November 2, 2007.
Lesbigay Adoptions, presentation to students and faculty at the University of Montana Law School, October 2, 2007, sponsored by the Federalist Society law school chapter.
Culture, Religion and Family Law, Keynote presentation at the Conference on the State of the Family of the National Center for Family Law at the University of Richmond School of Law, and the Virginia State CLE, September 18, 2007.
Foundations of the Constitution, Conscience, and Society: Relevance for Contemporary Stem-Cell Research Issues, presentation to students at the University of Richmond Law School, September 17, 2007, sponsored by the Federalist Society law school chapter.
Alimony and the Need to Protect Faith in Marriage: Balancing Values and Practicalities in an Era of Social Change, presented at the International Society of Family Law North America Regional Conference in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, June 18-20, 2007.
The Attack on Marriage As the Union of a Man and a Woman, panel presentation at the World Congress of Families IV in Warsaw, Poland – May 11-13, 2007.
Protecting Human Life, Protecting Rights of Conscience, and Protecting The Basic Social Unit of Society in Florida and in America, presentation to law students at Barry University School of Law, Orlando, FL, April 17, 2007, sponsored by the Federalist Society chapter of the law school.
The Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption and American Implementing Law: Implications for International Adoptions by Gay and Lesbian Couples or Partners, presentation made a Symposium on Children’s Rights and Adoption at BYU Law School, March 2, 2007 (I convened).
The Fall of Marital Family Stability and the Rise of Juvenile Delinquency, presentation made in panel response to Distinguished Lecture at the Utah Criminal Justice Center, at the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah, March 1, 2007.
The Case for Protecting the Institution of Conjugal Marriage, presentation made to law students, faculty, and public at the Panel Discussion of Same-Sex Marriage at Fordham University Law School in New York City, New York, on February 7, 2002, sponsored by the Stein Public Interest Law Scholars at Fordham Law School and the Federalist Society chapter at the law school.
Bruning, State Marriage Amendments, & Interjurisdictional Recognition Issues: The Case for Protecting Conjugal Marriage, presentation to law students at University of Nebraska (Lincoln) School of Law, Lincoln, NB, February 2, 2007, sponsored by the Federalist Society chapter of the law school.
The Significance of Roe v. Wade in American Law and Life, presentation at mini-symposium on Roe v. Wade, at BYU Law School, January 23, 2007 (I convened).
State Marriage Amendments: Analysis, presentation at Law Professors’ Colloquium on State Marriage Amendments, Catholic University of America, Columbus Law School, January 4, 2007 (I co-convened).
Invited Presentation on Challenges to Marriage and Morality in the 21st Century, Mt. Kopaonik School of Natural Law (Serbia), December 15, 2006.
Invited Lecture on Recent Developments in Family Law in the United States at University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law, December 13, 2006.
Book Review of AMy Sister=s Keeper@ Presentation to BYU Women=s Research Institute (Panel discussion), December 7, 2006.
Invited Presentation on In the Best Interests of Children C or of Adults? Reflections on the Howard Decision of the Arkansas Supreme Court, University of Arkansas Little Rock Law School Federalist Society, November 2, 2006.
Invited Presentation on Same-Sex Marriage to University of California Davis Law School Federalist Society, October 26, 2006.
Invited Presentation on Same-Sex Marriage to McGeorge Law School Federalist Society, October 25, 2006.
Invited Presentation on Reflections About DOMA to the Texas Tech Law School Federalist Society, October 19, 2006.
Invited Presentation on The Proposed Tennessee Marriage Amendment, to the Nashville, Tennessee Federalist Society, October 12, 2006.
Co-convenor, Central European Marriage Colloquium in Vienna, Austria at the University of Vienna, Austria October 6-7, 2006.
Presentation on The Status of Marriage-Equivalent Relations in Central and Eastern Europe, at the Central European Marriage Colloquium in Vienna, Austria at the University of Vienna, Austria October 6-7, 2006.
Presentation on Mormon Perspectives on Faith in the Public Square at Roundtable on Religion in the Public Square, at The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law, September 28-29, 2006.
Convenor, Symposium on Same-Sex Marriage: What=s the Harm?, at BYU Law School, September 15-16, 2006.
Presenter, What’s The Harm? At Symposium on Same-Sex Marriage: What=s the Harm?, at BYU Law School, September 15-16, 2006.
Lecture on Developments in Family Law and Same-Sex Marriage, at BYU Education Week – JRCL Society CLE program, August 23, 2006.
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Co-convener of UCLA-BYU Symposium on Gay and Lesbian Families in California Law at UCLA Law School April 21-22, 2006.
Presented paper on What Is Marriage at UCLA-BYU Symposium on Gay and Lesbian Families in California Law at UCLA Law School April 21, 2006.
Invited Presentation on Global Perspective on Procreation and Parentage by Assisted Reproduction, at Capitol University Wells Conference on Adoption for Capital Law Review, April 6, 2006.
Invited Presentation on Lessons from the Bill of Rights About Constitutional Protection for Marriage at Loyola University-Chicago Law Journal Symposium on the Roles State and Federal Institutions in Defining Relationships, March 31-April 1, 2006.
Invited Presentation on Biological Causes and Consequences of Homosexual Behavior and Their Relevance for Family DePaul Law Review Symposium on the Biology of Family Relationships, March 3, 2006.
Invited Presentation at New York Law School Federalist Society Debate on the Right to Marry or to Change Marriage?, February 22, 2006.
Invited Works-in-Progress presentation to Case Western Reserve Faculty Workshop on the Advantages of Dual Gender Parenting Advantages, February 21, 2006.
Convenor of Mini-Symposium on Abortion Law and Developments, 33 years of Roe v. Wade, at BYU Law School, January 26, 2006.
Presentation on The Significance of 33 Years of Roe v. Wade, at BYU Law School, Mini-Symposium on Abortion Law and Developments, January 26, 2006.
Invited Presentation on Celestial Fire of Conscience and Rights of Conscience of Health Care Providers at American Health Lawyers Association, Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, January 26, 2006.
Invited Presentation on Abortion, Alito, and Roe v. Wade to Duke Law School Federalist Society, January 17, 2007.
Invited Lecture on Lecture Human Reproduction Issues in Law (class of Anne Dellinger) at Duke Law School, January 17, 2007.
Co-convenor and Presenter at Law Professors’ Roundtable on the proposed Federal Marriage Protection Amendment, January 5, 2006.
Invited Presentation on ALawrence, Goodridge and the End of Marriage@ as Panelists at meeting of Family and Juvenile Law Section at AALS annual meeting, January 7, 2005 in San Francisco, January, 2005.
Invited Presentation on AThe Proclamation on the Family and Same-Sex Marriage= at Conference on Mormonism and Social Justice, Utah Valley State College, March 4, 2005.
Invited Presentation on AFederalism in Family Law and the Federal Marriage Amendment@ at Conference on Same-Sex Marriage in the New Millennium at Yale Law School, March 6, 2005.
Invited Presentation in Debate about Same-Sex Marriage and Adoption@ at Florida Coastal Law School, sponsored by the Federalist Society, March 9, 2005.
Invited Presentation on AConscience, Virtue and the Foundations of Our Constitutional System@ at Notre Dame Law School, sponsored by the Federalist Society, March 31, 2005.
Oral Testimony and Written Statement on AThe Meaning of >Valid or Recognized,= Respect for the Rule of Law, and Protection for the Basic Unit of Society,= Regarding A.B. 19 (same-sex marriage bill), presented to the Judiciary Committee of the California State Assembly in Sacramento, California, on April 26, 2005.
Presentation on AState Marriage Amendments: Developments, Precedents and Significance@ at Symposium on State Marriage Amendments, co-sponsored by Marriage & Family Law Research Grant and Georgia State University Law School at Georgia State University Law School in Atlanta, Georgia, April 15-16, 2005.
Invited Presentation about AForm and Substance in Committed Relationships@ at Conference on Legal Recognition of Committed Relationships@ at Trinity College Dublin (Ireland), April 30, 2005.
Invited Presentation about the Proclamation on the Family and Family Policy at the Symposium on Joseph Smith entitled AThe Worlds of Joseph Smith@ held at the Parliament House and State Library of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, May 20-21, 2005.
Invited Presentation about AChanging Challenges to the Family@ to the J. Reuben Clark Society of lawyers in Sydney, Australia on the evening of Friday, May 20, 2005.
Invited Presentation on the Proclamation on the Family As a Warning about Disintegration of the Family to the Australia Area CES administrators in Sydney, Australia on May 19, 2005.
Invited Moderator, Panel on AProtecting Children and School Communities from Sexual Harassment@ at Utah Education Law Institute, June 10, 2005, at BYU Conference Center.
Plenary Presentation on ABalancing Interests and Pursuing Priorities in Family Law@ at 12th World Conference of the International Society of Family Law, Salt Lake City, Utah, July 19-23, 2005.
Invited Panel Presentation on Lesbigay Adoption at annual conference of the American Constitution Society, in Washington, D.C., July 29, 2005
Invited Presentation on AFederalism and the Proposed Federal Marriage Amendment@ at consultation of law professors at Harvard Law School, hosted by Professor Mary Ann Glendon and sponsored by the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, August 26, 2005.
Presentation on AConstitutional Protection for Marriage: Why and How?@ at the Symposium on Proposed Federal Marriage Protection Amendments@ at J. Reuben Clark Law School, September 9, 2005.
Invited Presentation on Same-Sex Marriage and Constitutional Amendments at Vanderbilt Law
School, sponsored by the Federalist Society, September 22, 2005.
Invited Presentation on Same-Sex Marriage and Constitutional Amendments at Vanderbilt Law School, sponsored by the Federalist Society, September 22, 2005.
Invited Presentation on Same-Sex Marriage and the Proposed Texas Marriage Amendments at South Texas Law School sponsored by the Federalist Society, October 11, 2005.
Presentation on A>The Inner Lives of Children= and Other Concerns About Lesbigay Adoption@ at Symposium on Lofton and Lesbigay Adoptions at Stetson Law Center in Tampa, Florida, October 28, 2005.
Invited Presentation on Same-Sex Marriage and the Proposed Federal Marriage Protection Amendment at Washburn Law School, sponsored by the Federalist Society, November 8, 2005.
Invited Lectures (two) about AIntroduction of the Regulation of Marriage Law in the United States@ to Family Law students at the University of Novi Sad, Serbia, December 10, 2005.
Invited Presentation about AConstitutional Protection for the Institutions of Marriage and Family@ to about 50 lawyers in workshop at the Mt. Kopaonik School of Natural Law in Serbia, December 13, 2005. (I also spoke extemporaneously in the opening plenary session to 1,000 lawyers.).
Presentation on Future Generations and Family Law to a small group of scholars who are working together to prepare chapters for a book on Future Generations, November 17, 2004.
Presentation on AChildren and the Future of Marriage@, Regent University School of Law, Virginia Beach, Virginia, November 8-9, 2004.
Presentation and convener of conference on Interstate Recognition of Gay Adoptions, J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, November 5, 2004.
Debate with Law professor from Wake Forest University Law School on Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage, Wake Forest University Law School, North Carolina, October 28, 2004.
Discussion about Amendment 3, The Proposed State Marriage Amendment to the Utah Constitution, University of Utah College of Law, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 27, 2004.
Debate with Evan Wolfson (and 2 other panelists) on Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage and Gay Adoption, University of Utah College of Law, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 21, 2004.
Presentation on ABeyond Fault and No-Fault@ conference on the problems with the American Law Institute=s Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution at Harvard Law School and co-sponsored by the Institute for American Values, October 14-15, 2004.
Presentation on AThe Impact of Changes in Famly Law and Family Relations on Social Security Systems@, American Legal Social Commission of the Inter-American Conference on Social Security (CISS), an organization of the heads of the social security systems of over 30 nations in the Americas, Mexico City, Mexico, October 14, 2004.
Debate with Professor Elizabeth Brandt on Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage, University of Idaho Law School, October 4, 2004.
Presentation on AFederalism in Family and the Proposed Federal Marriage Amendment@,
conference at St. Thomas University Law School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, September.
Presentation on AThe Causes and Consequences of No-Fault Divorce in the United States of America@, international conference on Divorce; Causes and Consequences, Beijing (co-sponsored by the International Society of Family Law and the China University of Political Science and Law), July 20, 2004.
Co-convener of international conference on Divorce: Causes and Consequences in Beijing (co-sponsored by the International Society of Family Law and the CUPL, (54 family law scholars from 22 nationsBincluding 12 Chinese Family Law professors presented papers)
July 19-22, 2004.
Presentation on AGoodridge and the Justiciary of Massachusetts@, Conference on the Implications of Goodridge at Southern New England School of Law in Massachusetts, June 11, 2004.
Presentation, (panel discussion) Interstate Recognition of Same-Sex Mariage, meeting of the Family Law Section of the Utah State Bar, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 14, 2004.
Panel Discussion (with Evan Wolfson and two others) on Same-Sex Marriage, Annual Meeting of the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association in Scottsdale, Arizona, May 6, 2004.
Presentation in a panel discussion on Federalism in Defining Marriage and the Proposed Utah Marriage Amendment, State and Local Government Conference sponsored by the J. Reuben Clark Law School, Provo, Utah, March 31, 2004.
Presentation of paper at Conference on Human Rights sponsored by the Connecticut State Bar and Quinnipiac University Law School, Connecticut, March 26, 2004.
Presentation of paper at Conference on Emotion and the Law, Harvard University Law School sponsored by the Harvard Women=s Law Journal, March 6, 2004.
Debate with Evan Wolfson, the attorney who won Baehr v. Lewin, the Hawaii same-sex marriage decision, on Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage, University of Georgia Law School, February 17, 2004.
Debate with Professor Andrew Koppelman of Northwestern University Law School on Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage, Michigan State University Law School, February 12, 2004.
Mini-symposium-debate about AShould Same-Sex Marriage Be Legalized@ with Professor Irwin Chemerinsky (USC), Professor Grace Glanz Blumberg (UCLA) and Professor William Rubenstein (UCLA) vs. me, Maggie Gallagher (Institute for Marriage and Public Policy) and Willam C. Duncan (BYU Law School) at UCLA Law School, Westwood, CA, December 1, 2003.
Lecture about AProtecting Rights of Conscience and the Institution of Marriage@ at the University of Wisconsin Law School (sponsored by the Federalist Society) in Madison, WI, on November 18, 2003.
Debate about AShould Same-Sex Marriage Be Legalized@ with Professor Andrew Koppelman (Northwestern) at University of Chicago Law School (sponsored by the Federalist Society) in Chicago, IL, on November 18, 2003.
Paper on AThe >Withering Away of Marriage= in Russia, 1917-1926" at a Conference on Protecting Marriage in a Post-Marriage Society at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., on November 15, 2003.
Debate about AShould Same-Sex Marriage Be Legalized@ with Professor Michael Wald (Stanford) and Professor Tobias Wolff (UC Davis, visiting at Stanford) at Hastings Law School (sponsored by the Federalist Society) in San Francisco, CA, on October 23, 2003.
Paper on AFragile Families and Family Law@ at the Rocco and Marion Siciliano Forum on AFragile Families@ at the University of Utah, October 18, 2003.
Paper on AParenthood and the Limits of SelfDetermination in Contemporary Family Law@ at the International Society of Family Law Conference on AThe Role of Self-Determination in Modern Family Law@ in Girona, Spain on October 9-10, 2003.
Presentation on AAdult Sexuality, the Best Interests of Children, and Placement Liability of Foster-Care and Adoption Agencies@ at the Conference on Adoption and the Family System, at Brigham Young University, September 26, 2003.
Co-convener of an interdisciplinary academic-professional conference on Adoption and the Family System, involving 16 presenters from 12 universities or professional organizations at Brigham Young University, September 26, 2003.
Paper on AThe Case of the Missing Legal Analysis - Baker v. State@ at AThe Future of Same-Sex Marriage Litigation@ Symposium, at the J. Reuben Clark Law School, BYU, August 29, 2003.
Co-convener of an academic symposium on AThe Future of Same-Sex Marriage Claims: The Third Generation and Beyond@ at J. Reuben Clark Law School, August 29, 2003, involving 16 presenters from 12 universities.
Paper on AFive Reasons Why Rights of Conscience Must Be Protected@ to the Section on Individual Rights and Liberties at the American Bar Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA, August 11, 2003.
Paper on AFederalism in Family Law and the Proposed Federal Marriage Amendment@ at the North American Regional Conference of the International Society of Family Law at the University of Oregon Law School in Eugene, Oregon, on June 27-28, 2003.
Consultation on the protection of the institution of marriage at Harvard Law School, sponsored by the Institute for American Values (May 2003).
Speech on ADevelopments in Family Law in Utah in 2002,@ at a CLE lunch sponsored by the Family Law Section of the Utah State Bar in Provo, Utah on April 18, 2003.
Paper on A>For the Sake of Conscience=: The Case for Legal Exemptions for Religious Objectors@ at a Conference on Diverse Visions in American Health Care: Conflict, Conscience and the Law,@ held at the Columbus Law School at The Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C., April 2-4, 2003.
Paper on AThe Bonds of Marriage and the Bonds of Democracy@ at a Conference on Marriage, Democracy & Families@ held at Hofstra University Law School on March 14-15, 2003.
Debate on the topic: Should Same-Sex Marriage Be Legalized with Professor Terry Kogan from the University of Utah Law School at the J. Reuben Clark Law School, BYU, on February 7, 2003.
Convenor and organizer of a half-day Mini- Symposium on The Effects of Thirty Years of Roe v. Wade and Abortion on Life and Law in America, held at the J. Reuben Clark Law School, January 22, 2003. Nine speakers from five departments at Brigham Young University participated.
Presentation, The Dr. Jekyll-Mr. Hyde Effects of Roe v. Wade, at the Mini-Symposium on the Impact of Thirty Years of Roe v. Wade on Life and Law, at the J. Reuben Clark Law School at BYU on January 22, 2003.
Paper, A Comparison of Family Law in Japan and the United States: Diversity and Universality, presented at Symposium on Comparative Law at Toyo University School of Law, December 2, 2002, in Tokyo, Japan*
Paper, Marriage and Domestic Violence in the United States: New Perspectives About Legal
Strategies to Combat Domestic Violence, presented at International Conference on Domestic Violence, November 15-17, 2002, in Beijing, China.*
Paper, Preference for Marital Couple Adoption B Constitutional and Policy Reflections, presented at the Symposium on Marriage, Adoption and the Best Interests of Children, November 1-2, 2002, at Capital University Law School, Columbus, Ohio.*
Paper, The Constitutionalization of Family Law, presented at the Puerto Rico Bar Association
Symposium on Civil Law, October 17-18, 2002, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.*
Presentation, Families B the First Source of Protection of Human Rights, International Society of Family Law, 11th World Conference, Oslo, Norway, August 7, 2002.
Presentation, Is Marriage Obsolete at Symposium on the Future of Marriage? Or Will Law
Adapt to Recognize Changing Forms of Marriage and Family, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 22, 2002.*
Debate, Should Same-Sex Marriage Be Legalized, with Professor William Eskridge, Ohio State
University School of Law, March 7, 2002, Columbus, Ohio.
Presentation, Counting the Costs: Some Effects on Family Law of Legalizing Civil Unions, at the Many Questions of Civil Unions, A Symposium Addressing the Impact of Civil Unions and Same-Sex Marriage on Various Areas of Law, Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America, February 15-16, 2002.*
Presentation, Rights of Conscience of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, at American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Mid-Winter Symposium, Holy Cross Hospital, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, February 1-2, 2002.
Presentation, Why A New Law? Model Conscience Clause Legislation, paper at the Pharmacy
Law Institute of Ohio Northern University, First Annual Fall Symposium, Adams-Marks Hotel, Columbus, OH, Friday, November 9, 2001.
Presentation, Family Matters: The Importance of Family Structure and Family Integrity, paper at the Congresso Brasileiro, Direito de Familia, Familia e Cidadania, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil, 24-27 Ocotober 2001.*
Presentation, Threats to the Family in the Twenty-first Century, at Family Week Conference at
University of the Philippines, September 28, 2001.
Presentation, Steering the Family Through the Challenges of the New Millennium, paper at the
FamNet Conference, Philippine Women=s University, Manila, Philippines, September 27, 2001.
Presentation, The Forest and the Trees: Issues in Domestic and International Adoption, paper at
World Congress on Family Law and the Rights of Children and Youth in Bath, England, September 20-22, 2001.*
Moderator of Panel on The Challenge of Stepfamilies at North America Regional Conference of
the International Society of Family Law, June 14-15, 2001, in Kingston, Ontaria, Canada.
Presentation, The Form and Reform of Parenthood, paper at International Society of Family Law, North America Regional Conference, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, June 14-15, 2001.
Participant, Reaffirming Marriage Initiative, Scholar=s Core Consultation, Washington, D. C.,
June 13, 2001 (day-long discussion of legal challenges to marriage and how to respond).
Presentation, Challenges Facing the American Family in the New Millenium, at Michigan
Legislative Breakfast (Lansing, MI) sponsored by the Michigan Family Forum, June 7, 2001.
Participant, Seminar on the Writing of George Washington, sponsored by George Wythe College at Cedar Breaks Lodge, UT, May 24-25, 2001.
Presentation, A Critique of the ALI=s Effort to Redefine AFamily@ by Increasing the Relationships Given Marital and Parental Status at Symposium on the ALI=s Family Dissolution Principles: Blueprint to Strengthen or to Deconstruct Families, February 1-3, 2001, BYU, Provo, Utah.
Convenor and organizer: Symposium on the ALI=s Family Dissolution Principles: Blueprint to
Strengthen or to Deconstruct Families, February 1-3, 2001, BYU, Provo, Utah.
Presentation, AFor the Sake of the Children@: The Importance of Recognizing Marriage As
Generally the Optimal Childrearing Environment,at the Family Law Symposium 2000: The American Family in the 21 st Century of the Philadelphia Bar Association & University of Pennsylvania Law School, November 16-18, 2000, in Philadelphia.
Lecture, George Wythe College, The Origins of the Constitution and Contemporary Threats
against the Family, Cedar City, Utah, October 27, 2000.
Panel Debate with Steven Clark, Utah ACLU Legal Director, and law students re: Should Same-Sex Marriage Be Legalized? J. Reuben Clark Law School, Provo, Utah, September 29, 2000.
Presentation in Panel Discussion on Roe & Doe: How They Will Fall at U.S. Catholic Conference Diocesean Counsel=s Annual meeting in Washington, D.C. on August 9, 2000.
Presentation, Threats to Marriage and the Marriage-Based Family and Some Responses at
Symposium on Building Civil Society, New Zealand Education Development Foundation, Greenlane Christian Centre, Auckland, New Zealand, July 15, 2000.
Presentation, The Importance of Marriage and the Marriage-Based Family for Society at
Symposium on Building Civil Society, New Zealand Education Development Foundation, Greenlane Christian Centre, Auckland, New Zealand, July 15, 2000.
Debate with Professor Terry Kogan re: Gay Rights and Whether Gays and Lesbians Should Have the Right to Marry and Adopt Children?, at University of Utah College of Law, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 17, 2000.
Lectures (two) on Comparative Japanese-US Family Law, at University of Michigan School of
Law, Professor Carl Schneider=s course on Comparative Family Law. April 12, 2000.
Debate with Laura Milliken Gray on Should Adoption of Children by Gay & Lesbian Couples Be Legally Sanctioned? March 23, 2000 at J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
Presentation, The Limits and Latitude of Marriage Law in America: Federalism, Relativism and
Perfectionism, at Conference on Revitalizing Marriage for the 21 st Century, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, March 9, 2000.*
Panelist, 16th Annual Jefferson B. Fordham Debate (Be It Resolved: That genetic research and
cloning of human beings be restricted), March 2, 2000, at the University of Utah College of Law, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Debate With Steven Clark, ACLU Legal Director, Utah Chapter, about legalizing same-sex
marriage and California Proposition 22, KBYU Newsnet, February 26, 2000.
Debate With Steven Clark, ACLU Legal Director, Utah Chapter, about legalizing same-sex
marriage and California Proposition 22, Utah Valley State College, February 16, 2000.
Speech about Same-sex Marriage and Marriage Recognition to BYU Management Society,
Sacramento, California Chapter, Sacramento, California, February 8, 2000.
Presentation, The Growing Relevance of Federalism in Family Law, Federalist Society Faculty
Conference, Washington, D.C., Jan. 6, 2000.
Presentation, To What Extent Will (and Should) American States Recognize Foreign Registered
Domestic Partnerships? Paper presented at Conference on Domestic Partnership at Queens University Faculty of Law, October 1999.
Panel presentation of Paper on Biomedicine, The Family and Human Rights: National Report on Genetics, Artificial Reproduction and the Law in the United States of America (co-authored with Carl E. Schneider), presented at the International Conference on Biomedicine, the Family and Human Rights, St Anne=s College, Oxford, UK, 27-29 August 1999.*
Heather Has Two Mommies, participant in debate with Jane Marquardt at the Utah State Bar
Annual Convention, Sun Valley, Idaho, July 3, 1999.
Parental Infidelity and The No-Effect Custody Presumption, paper presented at the North
America Regional Conference of the International Society of Family Law, June 10-12, 1999, Albuquerque, New Mexico.*
Perspectives on Juvenile Jury Trials, panelist at Children on Trial, Understanding the Juvenile
Justice System at Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, Friday, May 21, 1999.
Mediating When Values Are At Stake, panelist in session of Utah ADR Symposium, Mediation:
Coming of Age & Coming Together, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 9, 1999.
Why Same-sex Marriage Should Not Be Legalized, Speech to University of Iowa College of Law Federalist Society, Iowa City, Iowa, February 17, 1999.
Developments in U.S. Law That Threaten the Family, CLE presentation at National Lawyers
Association, Mid-Year Meeting, Chandler, Arizona, February 13, 1999.
Is Preference for Marriage in the Law Justified?,Presentation at World Family Policy Forum,
NGO Family Voice, Brigham Young University, January 13, 1999.
Debate over Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage with Professor William Eskridge, Yale Law School, sponsored by Yale Law School Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Law Students Association and the Yale Law School Federal Society, at Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut, November 19, 1998.
Presentation, A Critical Analysis of Roe v. Wade After Twenty-Five Years, Symposium on
ATwenty-Five Years of Roe v. Wade,@ sponsored by the Albany Law Review at Albany Law School, Albany, New York, Thursday, 5 Nov. 1998.
Debate, Same-Sex Marriage and the Law with Prof. Terry Kogan (U of U College of Law),
Federalist Society/ National Lawyers Association, J. Reuben Clark Law School, BYU, Provo, Utah, Monday, 12 October 1998.
Presentation on The Family Proclamation: Legal and Political Perspectives at The International Society, Ninth Annual Conference, BYU, Provo, Utah, Monday, 17 Aug 1998.
Presentation on The Relationships Between Family and Government at International Society for
Family Law Regional Conference for Central and Eastern Europe, Charles University Faculty of Law, Prague, Czeck Republic, 27-29 June 1998.
Presentation on Due Process and Parent's Rights at the National Litigation Academy II of the
Alliance Defense Fund, Cancun, Mexico, 25 June 1998.
Presentation on Williams v. North Carolina, Divorce Recognition, and Same-Sex Marriage
Recognition at Symposium on Interjurisdictional Marriage Recognition, Creighton University School of Law, 18-20 June 1998, Creighton University School of Law, Omaha, Nebraska (and I was co-chair of the symposium).
Presentation on Due Process for Parents: Crafting A Legal Doctrine to Protect Competing
Intangible Realities Beyond the Absolute at Utah Appellate Court Conference, Springdale, Utah, 8 May 1998.
Plenary panel presentation on Roe v. Wade: Twenty-five Years Later, University Faculty for Life annual conference, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 5 June 1998.
Debate panelist on ADon=t Ask, don=t Tell: A Look at the Military=s Policy,@ 1998 Spring Forum at University of South Dakota Law School, 31 March 1998.
Presentation on Religion and Same-Sex Marriage at the combined section meeting of the Section of Family and Juvenile Law and the Section of Gay and Lesbian Interests of the American Association of Law Schools Annual Convention, San Francisco, California, January 10, 1998.
"Same-Sex Marriage and the Limits of Legal Pluralism," paper presented at World Conference of the International Society of Family Law, July 30, 1997, at Durban, South Africa.
"Same-Sex Marriage Recognition," presentation at National Litigation Academy of the Alliance
Defense Fund, June 28, 1997, at Cancun, Mexico.
"Interstate Recognition of Same-Sex Marriages," presentation at National Diocesan Attorneys
Association annual meeting, April 14, 1997, at Boston, Massachussetts.
ALegal Claims for Same-Sex Marriage: Efforts to Legitimate A Retreat from Marriage by
Redefining Marriage,@ paper presented at the World Congress of Families, Prague, Czech Republic, March 19-22, 1997.
"Physician Assisted Suicide: The Kevorkian Conundrum," panel presentation (with Dr. John
Nelson & Dr. Jay Jacobson) sponsored by J. Reuben Clark Law Society, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 17, 1997.
ASame-Sex Marriage and the Limits of Legal Pluralism,@ paper presented at the Ninth World
Conference of the International Society of Family Law, Durban, South Africa, July 30, 1997.
"Loving v. Virginia and the Constitutional Right to Marry, 1790-1990," paper presented at Law
and the Politics of Marriage: Loving v. Virginia After Thirty Years Conference, at Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. 19-21 November 1997.
"Parenting in American Law -- Today and Tomorrow," paper presented to Korean Society of
Family Law, Seoul Regional Conference on The Legal Relationship Between Parent and Children, Oct. 4-5, 1996, Seoul, Korea.
"Dividing 'The New Property' Upon Divorce: The Quest for Economic Equality," paper presented at World Law Conference, "Law in Motion," sponsored by Kluwer Law International, Brussels, Belgium, Sept. 9-12, 1996.
Debate with Willaim Eskridge, AShould Same-Sex Marriage Be Legalized?@ in the Hyde Park
Forum at the American Political Science Association annual convention in San Francisco, August 30,1996.
"The Potential Effect of Same-Sex Marriage On Children," presentation to North American
Regional Conference on Parenting in the Law, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, June 14, 1996.
Chair of panel discussion on Problems of Reproductive Technology at North American Regional Conference on Parenting in the Law, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, June 15, 1996.
Chair of Planning Committee, North American Regional Conference on Parenting in the Law,
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, June 13-15, 1996.
"Homosexuality and Current Issues in Law," Panelist in 3-hour presentation before Utah appellate judges, Moab, Utah, May 10, 1996.
Debate with William Eskridge, AShould Same-Sex Marriage Be Legalized?@ University of
Virginia School of Law, March 7, 1996, sponsored by the University of Virginia Law School Federalist Society.
Roundtable Debate with Evan Wolfson, "Should Same-Sex Couples Have the Right to Marry?"
University of Utah College of Law, January 18, 1996, sponsored by ACLU of Utah, Federalist Society, Gay and Lesbian Law Alliance.
Presentation, "The Use and Abuse of Rights Rhetoric," in plenary session of the Conference on
Children=s Rights at Temple University School of Law in Philadelphia, September 29-30, 1995.
Presentation, "The Evolution of the Abortion Doctrine in American Constitutional Law" at
Continuing Legal Education conference at national meeting of the National Lawyers Association, in St. Louis, October 28, 1995.
Chair, National Continuing Legal Education conference, "Making a Difference for Life: The
Attorney's Role in Shaping State Legislation," AUL-CLE, Washington, D.C., January 21, 1995.
Chair, Workshop on "Forming Local and National Policy on Family Issues" at the International
Year of the Family, Conference on Family Resources & Responsibilities in a Changing World, U.S. Conference of Mayors & Salt Lake County, Salt Lake City, UT, March 16-19, 1995.
Presentation, "Liberty, Equality, and the Quest for Family Justice in the United States," at plenary session of the International Conference on Family Justice, Brussels, Belgium, July 5-8, 1994.
Presentation, AADR in the USA@, panel of the International Conference on Family Justice,
Brussels, Belgium, July 5-8, 1994.
Chair, plenary session on Hague Conventions on Child Abduction and Child Protection, Eighth
World Conference (Families Across Frontiers) of the International Society of Family Law, Cardiff, Wales, June 28-July 2, 1994.
Presentation, "International Marriage Recognition: A World Survey," at plenary session of
Eighth World Conference (Families Across Frontiers) of the International Society of Family Law, Cardiff, Wales, June 28-July 2, 1994.
Chair, CLE Conference on Defending Pro-Life Free Speech, Rosslyn, Virginia, January 22-23,
1994.
Panelist, Symposium on Changing Perspectives of the Family, Drake University Constitutional
Resource Center, Des Moines, Iowa, April 16, 1994.
Faculty Sponsor and Session Moderator, Family Law Symposium on Sexual Responsibilities of
Children," Brigham Young University, February 4-5, 1994.
Presentation, "The Use and Abuse of Legal Rhetoric: The Constitutional Rights of Children," at Conference on Advocacy for Children & Families, Brigham Young University, November 18, 1993.
Presentation on "Combat Zones: No-Fault Divorce and the Emerging Culture of violence,"
symposium on Twenty-five years of No-Fault Divorce, University of Utah, Oct. 15-16, 1993.
Presentation on "Families in Transition" to Utah State Bar Public Forum on Families, April 29,
1993.
Chair, International Society of Family Law, North America Regional Conference on Family
Restructuring at the End of the Twentieth Century, June 10-12, Jackson Lake Lodge, Wyoming.
Speaker, No-Fault Divorce and the Divorce Conundrum," Family Law Symposium, BYU Law
School, October 1990.
Participant, American Law Institute, Consultative Groups on Complex Litigation and Principles
of Family Law, Philadelphia, PA, 1988-present.
Speaker, Sixth World Conference of the International Society on Family Law, Tokyo, Japan, April, 1988.
Presentations on Alternative Dispute Resolution and on Abortion, Comparative and International Law Center, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, July, 1988.
Speaker, Conference on Values and Public Policy, Family Research Council, Washington, D.C., October, 1987.
Speaker, "Avoiding Divorce Litigation: Alternative Means of Dispute Resolution" Tenth Annual Family Law Symposium, B.Y.U. Law School, September, 1987.
Speaker, Child Custody Seminar, Utah Legal Services, Provo, Utah, March, 1989, and September, 1987.
Speaker, Conference on Domestic Law, Utah Legal Services, Provo, Utah, June, 1987, and June, 1984.
Speaker, Conference on Assisted Suicide sponsored by the National Legal Center for the Medically Dependent and Disabled and Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Family, Community and Preventative Medicine, at Stanford University April, 1987.
Panelist, "The Right to Die," University of Utah Jefferson Fordham Debate March, 1986.
Panelist, Reflection on the Brave New World (of modern reproductive technology), Eighth
Annual Family Law Symposium, BYU. January, 1986.
Speaker, Seminar on Contingent Fees, University of Aberdeen and Law Society of Scotland,
Aberdeen, Scotland, May, 1985.
Moderator, Conference of Child Support Enforcement, Family Law Symposium, B.Y.U. Law
School, Provo, Utah, November, 1984.
Speaker, Divorce Mediation, Utah Association of Marriage Therapists and Family Counselors.
Deer Valley, Utah. May, 1984.
Prepared Statement, A Modest Approach to Correcting the Excesses of Roe v. Wade, (1983).
Panelist, Law and Society Section Meeting, American Association of Law School, re: teaching
law & moral order. Cincinnati, Ohio. January, 1983.
Speaker, Fifth Annual Family Law Symposium, Brigham Young University, re: the morality of
abortion. Provo, Utah. January, 1983.
Speaker, College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences Faculty and Graduate Student Seminar, re: law and the ethics on the fringes of life. Provo, Utah. March, 1983.
Faculty, Lawyer Update (C.L.E.) Seminar re: Civil Procedure and Abortion. Summer, 1980-82.
Speaker, Symposium on a Human Life Amendment, cosponsored by St. Louis University
Medical Center for Health Care Ethics and the National Right to Life Educational Fund, re: Effects of proposed Human Life Amendments. St. Louis, Missouri. September, 1981.
Speaker, Law and Society Association Annual Conference -- Session on Law and Morality,
sponsored by the Law and Society Association; re: law and morality. Amherst, Massachusetts. May, 1981.
Faculty, L.D.S. Social Services Professional Staff Development Seminars re: involvement of
social workers and counselors in judicial proceedings. September, 1981; February, May, and October, 1982.
Director and Faculty, Utah Symposium on Law and Morality, sponsored by the Utah State Bar,
Utah Endowment for the Humanities, and B.Y.U. Law School, Provo, Utah. October, 1980.
Co-Director and Faculty, Arizona Symposium on Law and Morality, sponsored by the Arizona State Bar, the Arizona Humanities Council, and the A.S.U. College of Law, Tempe, Arizona. October 1980.
Speaker, Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, sponsored by the National Center for the
Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect and B.Y.U. Health Sciences Department. Salt Lake City, Utah. January, 1980.
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