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Leslie Francis

Leslie Francis is the Alfred C. Emery Professor of Law; Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy; and a member of the Division of Medical Ethics in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah.  She received her PhD in Philosophy from the University of Michigan in 1974 and her JD from the University of Utah in 1981.  She was a law clerk to Judge Abner Mikva of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1981-82.  

Francis specializes in Ethics, Bioethics, Philosophy of Law, Health Law, and Disability Law.  She is the author of a number of articles on issues in philosophy of law, health care and professional ethics.   Her most recent books are Blackwell Guide to Medical Ethics (edited with Rosamond Rhodes and Anita Silvers); Land Wars:  The Politics of Property and Community (with John G. Francis), Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003, and Sexual Harassment as an Ethical Issue in Academic Life, Roman and Littlefield, 2001. She also has edited (with Anita Silvers), Americans With Disabilities: Implications of the Law for Individuals and Institutions (Routledge, 2000).   She is currently a member of the American Law Institute (elected 1986), the ethics committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, and the National Committee on Health and Vital Statistics. In the spring of 2000, she was awarded the University of Utah’s Rosenblatt Prize for overall excellence in research, teaching, and academic service.