University of Utah

Leslie P. Francis holds joint appointments as Alfred C. Emery professor of law and professor and chair, department of philosophy. Professor Francis received a B.A. from Wellesley (1967), where she graduated with high honors in philosophy and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She received a Ph.D. in philosophy (1974) from the University of Michigan. After joining Utah's philosophy faculty, she received her J.D. from the University of Utah (1981). Appointed to the law faculty in 1982, she teaches and writes extensively in the areas of health law, bioethics, and disability. Professor Francis has been a member of the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee and of the American Bar Association.s Commission on Law and Aging.

Professor Francis teaches contracts, disability law, and bioethics and the law.