Community Calendar

The Master of Legal Studies (MLS) degree is a one-year program which provides a foundation for working with and understanding the law and regulation. Students learn how to think and communicate broadly about legal issues affecting various careers and industries, understand contemporary legal issues, and know the practical implications of the law.

The MLS degree is available in three convenient formats: In-Person MLS Program, MLS Distance Program at the St. George Graduate Center, and Online MLS Program. All programs last one year (three semesters) and students need 30 credits to graduate.

The University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law invites you to join us at one of our four virtual information sessions. Please click below to register for any of the dates to learn more about the MLS program.

We hope to see you there!

MASTER OF LEGAL STUDIES INFORMATION SESSION WEBINAR SERIES
The Master of Legal Studies (MLS) degree is a one-year program which provides a foundation for working with and understanding the law and regulation. Students learn how to think and communicate broadly about legal issues affecting various careers and industries, understand contemporary legal issues, and know the practical implications of the law.

The MLS degree is available in three convenient formats: In-Person MLS Program, MLS Distance Program at the St. George Graduate Center, and Online MLS Program. All programs last one year (three semesters) and students need 30 credits to graduate.

The University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law invites you to join us at one of our four virtual information sessions. Please click below to register for any of the dates to learn more about the MLS program.

We hope to see you there!

Join us for a fascinating exploration of the many synchronistic parallels between Jung’s and Tolkien’s Red Books!
We are excited to bring Becca Tarnas to Salt Lake City for this timely talk, so well paired with the new Tolkien series!

Featured musician: To be announced!
Featured artist: Lizzie Wenger
Featured poet: To be announced!

Schedule:
6:30-7:00 pm Live Music & Mingle
7:00-8:30 pm Immersive Talk with Becca
8:30-9:00 pm Community Social

1.5 CEUs available (Additional $5 / Free for Professional Members)
Companion Depth Workshop on Saturday, February 11th

Beginning in the years leading up to the Great War, both C.G. Jung and J.R.R. Tolkien independently began to undergo profound imaginal experiences. Jung recorded these fantasies in a large red manuscript that he named Liber Novus, referred to simply as The Red Book. For Tolkien, this imaginal journey revealed to him the world of Middle-earth, whose stories and myths eventually led to the writing of The Lord of the Rings, a book he named within its own imaginal history The Red Book of Westmarch. This lecture explores the many synchronistic parallels between Jung’s and Tolkien’s Red Books: the style and content of their works of art, the narrative descriptions and scenes in their texts, the nature of their visions and dreams, and an underlying similarity in world view that emerged from their experiences. The two men seem to have been simultaneously treading parallel paths through the imaginal realm.

About Becca Tarnas, Ph.D.:

Becca is a scholar, artist, and editor of Archai: The Journal of Archetypal Cosmology. She received her doctorate in Philosophy and Religion from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), with her dissertation titled The Back of Beyond: The Red Books of C.G. Jung and J.R.R. Tolkien. Her research interests include depth psychology, archetypal studies, literature, philosophy, and the ecological imagination. She teaches at both Pacifica Graduate Institute and CIIS, and is the author of the book Journey to the Imaginal Realm: A Reader’s Guide to J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.

The Flavakids Crew at the School of Dance is a kid’s group of advanced Breakers. These Bboys and BGirls train in the art of breaking or breakdancing as some people call it. Breaking is one of the four main elements of Hip Hop along with the DJ, the MC, and the Graffiti Artist. The Flavakids Crew will be sharing what Breaking is and how it is alive today in our Utah community!

At STEM labs, we use scientific principles in creative new ways, and our special guest scientist Beth Drees will explain not just HOW to make slime, but WHY the whole thing works! Using this new chemical knowledge, kids are encouraged to create test batches of slime to explore their favorite textures by experimenting with different combinations of ingredients until they find the perfect recipe. Once their slime is just right, we’ll use ratios to create a mega-batch, add their favorite custom mix-ins, and package individual portions to hand out as special DIY valentine gifts for the whole class. Even grown ups will have fun engineering fascinating new goops with their kids, and at the end, everyone will walk away feeling like a chemical engineer.

This workshop will be held at the STEM Action Center’s Innovation Hub in Millcreek, where you can have all the fun of slime and leave the mess behind!

Please note: a parent or guardian must be in attendance with their child/children. The $29 ticket allows entry for one child and one parent. An additional $10 for entry of another child with that ticket.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/craft-lake-city-stem-labs-workshop-valenslime-with-chemist-beth-drees-tickets-515269082697

Join us for this deep and experiential workshop into Jung’s Red Book, and your own imagination!
Whether you’re brand new to Jung or a long-time scholar, you will experience a journey into this conscious method of experimentation, from which all creative art psychotherapies sprang from.

4 CEUs included for Utah Mental Health Professionals

Don’t forget to join us for the Immersive Talk on Friday, February 10th!

In this workshop, we will dive deeply into exploring the meaning of key visions and fantasies in C.G. Jung’s Red Book, interpreting the text and images in communal dialogue. The core of the workshop will be a guided group practice of active imagination, followed by a writing and drawing exercise that will allow participants to come into an objective relationship with the images that arise. 

About Becca Tarnas, Ph.D.:

Becca is a scholar, artist, and editor of Archai: The Journal of Archetypal Cosmology. She received her doctorate in Philosophy and Religion from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), with her dissertation titled The Back of Beyond: The Red Books of C.G. Jung and J.R.R. Tolkien. Her research interests include depth psychology, archetypal studies, literature, philosophy, and the ecological imagination. She teaches at both Pacifica Graduate Institute and CIIS, and is the author of the book Journey to the Imaginal Realm: A Reader’s Guide to J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.

Experts Janice Kimball, CEO of Housing Connect; Tara Rollins, Executive Director of Utah Housing Coalition, and Bill Tibbitts Associate Director of Crossroads Urban Center will discuss the problems of homelessness and housing insecurity and solutions to increase availability and affordability

A Wallace Stegner Center Event:
Effectively measuring water use is essential for water supply planning and water conservation efforts. Gallons Per Capita Per Day (GPCD) is a common metric for measuring water sue but under the surface there are some shortcomings that if not understood can lead to bad comparisons and even worse decisions. Find out some of the strengths and weaknesses of using GPCD and best practices on using it to compare multiple agencies.

Free lunch for attendees who RSVP for in-person attendance.

EVENT DESCRIPTION:
General water right adjudications are a critical piece of the statewide program to create and maintain a complete record of water rights. The water rights adjudication process helps to bring order and certainty to the water rights record throughout the state by defining existing rights, quantifying unknown rights, and removing unused and abandoned rights from the record through judicial decree. The general water right adjudications provide crucial information that is used by decision makers to tackle Utah’s water challenges, including Great Salt Lake management and Colorado River operations. Additionally, by means of general water right adjudications the State of Utah incorporates reserved rights, including American Indian reservations.

All of the hydrologic areas within the State of Utah are currently involved in a court-ordered adjudication of water rights except the Weber River, Sevier River, and Green River drainages. Presently, the State Engineer’s office — through the district courts — is actively adjudicating in Salt Lake, Utah, Wasatch, Summit, San Juan and Washington Counties. In this presentation, you will learn about the history, procedure, and operations of general water right adjudications from both a legal and administrative viewpoint, so you will know what to do when your client receives a curious notice from the Division of Water Rights.

PANELISTS:
Michael Drake, Utah Department of Natural Resources Division of Water Rights, Assistant State Engineer – Adjudication

Rick Knuth

Youth Art Workshop Celebrating Basquiat
In honor of Black History month we celebrate the historical figures, ancestors and legendary creators of our joined history.

Of the greats in art you cannot forget the iconic crowns of Jean Michel Basquait, the self portraits and the colors that charge your mind with wonder. In this family workshop we ask you to think who in your life needs to be reminded of their crown? All of us!

So in this workshop you will work as a family to create a scene of crowns for each family member.

Take your family portrait on site, print it out and create those images using the language of Basquait. Is your dad your superhero? Is your dog your favorite creature? How can you incorporate the artistic expressions of Basquait in your family portrait? Decide together who and what you want to honor and create.

When you’re all done look at how you’ve come together to create a piece expressing what unity and creativity can produce.

Britt Wray is a Human and Planetary Health Postdoctoral Fellow at the Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Her research focuses on the mental health impacts of climate change on young people and frontline community members. Dr. Wray has a PhD in Science Communication from the University of Copenhagen and is a journalist, speaker, and author of two books: Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in the Climate Crisis and Rise of the Necrofauna: The Science, Ethics and Risks of De-Extinction.

Launched in Fall 2020, the Author Meets Readers series connects humanities scholars or writers and their research with lifelong readers and learners. Individual sessions run for one hour, are facilitated by the Tanner Humanities Center Director or campus and community experts, and feature insights into the research and writing process, the impact of humanities scholarship on culture and society, and an audience discussion.