| Department: | |
| Title: | Associate Professor - Legal Studies |
| Office: | WB 250 |
| Email: | howardca@uvu.edu |
| Phone: | (801) 863-6504 |
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| Mail Code: | 153 |
Assistant Professor
Legal Studies
CAROLYN E. HOWARD J.D.
EDUCATION BACHELORS OF ARTS in ENGLISH from
JURIS DOCTORATE DEGREE in LAW from J.
English and Writing Training from
Studied History, Culture, Arab, Jewish Wars and Religion Diversity;
EXPERIENCE & AWARDS Clerked for the Federal Public Defender's Office;
Practicing Attorney in Criminal Defense and Family Law; Criminal Defense includes homicide, sex offenses, violent crimes, dui, etc.; 2007-present Practicing Attorney in Criminal and Civil Appellate Work; 2008-present Trained Mediator having conducted over 250 hours of mediation Former Associate Director of Community Dispute Resolution Services;
Teacher’s Assistant for Professor Driessen in Criminal Law; J. Reuben Clark Law School; 2003. Teacher’s Assistant for Professor Dominguez in Community Lawyering; J. Reuben Clark Law School; 2003-2004. Received Community Service Award from J.
Voted Most Likely to Quit Law School and Join the Circus by her law school classmates; J. Reuben Clark Law School; 2004. LEADERSHIP Paralegal Director in the Legal Studies Program; 2007-2009 COURSES TAUGHT Business Law Mediation Law & the Paralegal Civil Trial Practice Public Administrative Law Juvenile Justice Legal Ethics Computerized Legal Research English 1010 & 2010 PUBLICATIONS "Working in the Federal and Utah Legal Systems," Utah Legal Assisting Fundamentals, Paralegal Conference, 3-1, HalfMoon, LLC, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; 2008. "Victim/Offender Mediation and Restorative Justice," Ethics in the Professions; Proceedings of the 8th
Conflict Resolution in Business and Personal Disputes, Textbook used in Business Law Courses and Theory of Conflict Resolution Courses; 2005. "My Road to Gaining Myself," Victory News Journal; Franklin Publishing Company; 2007. "Local and International Mediation and Conflict Styles," Spheres of Globalization, Proceedings of the 7th Annual UVSC Conference by the Faculty, Part 2, pg. 31;
"Enhancing Your Skills With Effective Interview Techniques and Working With Attorneys, Clients and Court Personnel," Litigation Skills: A Short Course for Paralegals; 5-1 to 5-12, HalfMoon, LLC,
Snapshots: "Why I Went to
BOOK PUBLICATIONS Conflict Resolution in Business and Personal Disputes, Utah Valley University, curriculum for Business Law and Conflict Resolution/Mediation courses; 2006 - present. The Trial of Warren Jeffs (pending)
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS: “Teaching Effective Communication Skills to Paralegals” American Association for Paralegal Education (AAfPE), Pacific Regional Conference,
“Difficult Conversations: The Harvard Project on Negotiation” Utah Valley University Department Chair Academy 2010;
“Benefits of Mediation vs. Litigation; A Discussion of the Good Faith Requirement in Mediation”
“High Road – Being a Leader as a Lawyer” The Engaged Leader Conference: Building Your Capacity to Influence;
“Working in the Federal and
“Ethics-Teaching Across the Curriculum – Making Ethical Problems Real for Paralegal Students,” Pacific Regional AAfPE Conference;
“Communications in Difficult Conversations,”
“A Deterioration of Ethics Resulting in Crime,” 2007 UVSC Annual Conference: Ethics in the Professions;
“Women and Minorities in the Law,” The Third Annual J. Reuben Clark Law School Conference; Co-presenter with Dean of University of Utah Law School and Assistant Dean of J. Reuben Clark Law School; February 3, 2007. “Victim-Offender Mediation & Conflict Resolution,” J.
“Enhancing Your Skills with Effective Interview Techniques & Working with Attorneys, Clients and Court Personnel,” Litigation Skills: A Short Course for Paralegals Conference; Paralegal Seminar;
“Victim-Offender Mediation Practices”; J.
“Mediation Around Us,” Destination You Summer University at
“Mediation and Conflict Styles,” UVSC Spheres of Globalization: Proceedings of the
“Federal Sentencing Guidelines,” Law Society Presentation with President Sederburg;
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & CERTIFIED LEGAL EDUCATION CONFERENCES: Forensic Science for the 21st Century; The National Academy of Sciences Report and Beyond; Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law; Tempe, Arizona, April 3-4, 2009.
10th Annual Conference by the Faculty: What Role for the
Utah State Bar Fall Forum: The Art of Sustaining a Growing Law Practice;”
American Bar Association Annual Conference, The Premier Educational Forum for Legal Professionals,
Annual Excellence in Ethics with Utah Supreme Court Chief Justice Christine Durham, Utah Valley University, September 17, 2008. Program on Negotiation at
Engaging Your Campus and the World Through International Service-Learning, (Largest Leadership Conference in the Nation);
Designing Assessments that Deepens Learning- Some Methods and Criteria for Assessing Integrated Learning; Association of
National Annual American Association for Paralegal Education (AAfPE) Conference; “Across the Globe Paralegal Practice and Education,” 26th Annual Conference;
National Credit Union Association Attorney’s Conference;
Utah State Bar Paralegal Recognition Day;
9th Annual ADR Symposium, “Opening Doors to Different Perspectives,”
Annual Parental Defense Conference with Parental Defense
Reflection and Practice: Spring Service Learning Forum;
Utah State Bar Annual Spring Convention;
New Lawyer CLE “General Business Etiquette and Other Essentials to Surviving as a Junior Associate,”
Second Annual Utah Valley State Death Penalty Symposium; Utah Valley State College; Orem, Utah; September 14, 2006.
CSAP’S
UVU Legal Studies Department Chair Search Committee, 2006
UVU HASS Advisory Board, 2006-2009 UVU HASS Advisory Board Scholarship Committee, 2007 UVU HASS Advisory Board Kurt Bestor Benefit Concert Committee, 2007.
UVU Executive Leadership Committee, 2008 UVU Chair of the American Bar Association Committee, 2006-2007
UVU Legal Studies Advisory Board Member, 2007-2009 PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: Member of the American Bar Association Advisory Panel - 2008- 2009 Member of the American Bar Association, 2007 - present Member of the Utah State Bar Association, #11001; 2007 - present Member of the American Organization of Professional Women; 2007 Member of the
HOBBIES Professor Howard has danced for over 15 years and competed with the World famous BYU Ballroom Dance Tour Team for many years touring in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, France, England, Spain, and across the United States, as well as other countries. In 2001 and 2004, the Team won the British Championship in
During her dancing career, Professor Howard has performed for various Senators of the
Professor Howard won a ballroom dance scholarship funding her law school education in 2002. Professor Howard won the scholarship title of Miss Provo 2000 (handed the title to 1st Contestant later in the year due to a dance conflict), and Mrs. Cedar Hills 2005 competing in the Mrs. Utah United States Pageant. Earned scholarships helped pay for her education. Professor Howard enjoys scrapbooking, running, teaching, dancing, aerobics and writing.