Leslie Pickering Francis

Birth Date: March 8, 1946

Formal Education:

Wellesley College, Philosophy, 1963-67, B.A., 1967.
University of Michigan, Philosophy, 1967-73, Ph.D., 1974.
St. Hilda's College, Oxford 1971-73.
Georgetown Law Center, Summer, 1968.
University of Utah College of Law, J.D., 1981.

Professional Employment at University of Utah:

Professor, College of Law, 1987-
Associate Professor, College of Law, 1982-1987.
Assistant Professor, Philosophy, 1976-1986;
Associate Professor, 1986-94; Professor, 1994-
Adjunct Professor, Political Science, 1979-
Adjunct Professor, Internal Medicine, 1990-

Professional Employment Elsewhere:

Law Clerk, Judge Abner Mikva, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Cir. 1981-82.
Assistant Professor, Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1974-77.
Assistant Professor, Philosophy, California State University, Los Angeles, 1973-74.
Teaching Fellow, Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1967-70; 1972-73. 

Academic Honors, Fellowships, Prizes:

• American Law Institute (elected member, 1986).
• Phi Beta Kappa.
• Phi Kappa Phi.
• B.A. with High Honors, Durant Scholar, Wellesley College.
  
• Rackham Prize Fellowship, University of Michigan and Ford Foundation, 1970-71.
• National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Stipend, 1976.
• Utah Law Review, 1979-81; Articles Editor, 1980-81.
• Leary Scholar, University of Utah College of Law, 1978-79,1979-80, 1980-81.
• Order of the Coif, 1981.
• Stephen Pierre Traynor Legal Writing Prize, University of Utah College of Law, 1981.
• Humanities Center Faculty Fellow, University of Utah, 1989-90.
• Research Committee Leave, Fall 1989.
• Sabbatical Leave, College of Humanities 1989-90.
• Sabbatical Leave, College of Law, 1989-90. 
• Sabbatical Leave, College of Law, 1998-99.
• Sabbatical Leave, College of Humanities, 1999-2000

Professional Publications:

Books:

• Americans with Disabilities: Implications for Individuals and Institutions, ed. Leslie Francis and Anita Silvers, Routledge, 2000 (in press).
• Genetics and Criminality: The Potential Misuse of Scientific Information in Court, ed. Jeffrey Botkin, William McMahon, and Leslie Francis (American Psychological Association, 1999).
• Liberalism, Groups and Democracy, ed. L. May, C. Sistare & L. Francis ( in press, University of Kansas Press, 1998). I am also the author of the introduction to section III of the volume, "Group Rights."
• Sexual Harassment: Ethical Issues in Academic Life (in press, Rowman and Littlefield, 1998).
• Date Rape: Feminism, Law and Morality, edited volume. Penn State University Press, 1996.
• Ethical Issues in the Professions, (with Appleby, Battin, Landesman, and Windt). Prentice Hall, 1989.
• Should Medical Care Be Rationed by Age?, edited with Margaret Battin, Bruce Landesman, and Tim Smeeding. Rowman and Allenheld, 1987. In addition to coediting the volume, I am coauthor (with Tim Smeeding) of the Introduction.
• Ethical Issues in Negotiation and Mediation, teaching materials edited with John K. Morris. Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution, 1986.
• Dissertation: Impartiality and the Justification of Moral Principles
  Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 1974.

  Edited volumes:

• Liberalism, Groups and Democracy, ed.L.May, C. Sistare &l. Francis (forthcoming University of Kansas Press, 1998). I am also the author of the introduction to section III of the volume, "Group Rights."
• Genetics and Criminality, ed. J. Botkin, L. Francis & W. McMahon (forthcoming American Psychological Association, 1999).

  Chapters in Books:

• "Assisted Suicide: Are the Elderly a Special Case," forthcoming in Battin, Rhodes, & Silvers, ed., Physician Assisted Suicide, Routledge, 1998.
• "Rape (including Date Rape)," in The Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics, ed. Naomi Henning (Academic Press, 1998)
• "Liberalism in Law," in The Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Law, ed. Christopher Gray (with Bruce Landesman).
• "Eminent Domain," in The Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Law, ed. Christopher Gray (with John G. Francis)
• "The Public/Private Distinction," The Encyclopedia of Business Ethics, ed. Patricia Werhane (Basil Blackwell, 1996).
• "Police in the Emergency Room," Ethical Issues in Emergency Medicine, ed. Deborah Mathieu and Kenneth Iserson (Galen Press, 1995).
• "Institutional Review Boards and Conflicts of Interest," in Conflicts of Interest in Clinical Medicine, ed. Roy Spece (Oxford University Press, 1995).
• "Abortion as an Ethical and Constitutional Issue," in Contemporary Constitutional Issues ed. Gary Bryner (Brigham Young University Press, 1993).
•  "Expectations and the Design of a System of Universal Health Care," in What if We Change to a System of Universal Health Care? ed. Margaret Battin & Robert Huefner (University of Utah Press, 1992).
• "In Defense of Affirmative Action," in Affirmative Action in Academia: A Reexamination, ed. Stephen Cahn (Temple University Press, 1992).
• "Rationing of Health Care in Britain: An Ethical Critique of Public Policymaking," (with John Francis) in Should Medical Care Be Rationed by Age? (1987).
• "Legitimate Emergencies, Experimentation and Scientific Civil Disobedience," in Organ Transplants and Implants: Ethical Issues, ed. Allen Buchanan and Deborah Mathieu, Westview Press, 1988.
• "Nuclear Threats and the Imposition of Risk," In Realism and Morality: International Ethics in the Nuclear Age, ed. Kipnis & Meyers, Westview Press, 1987.
• "Poverty, Age Discrimination, and Health Care," in Poverty and Law, ed. George Lucas (1985).
• "Responses to Rawls from the Left," in Rawls in Perspective, ed. Elizabeth Smith, Ohio University Press (1980).
• "Assisting Suicide," in Suicide: The Philosophical Issues, ed. D. Mayo and M.P. Battin, St. Martin's Press (1980).

  Articles:

• "Legal rights to health care at the end of life" JAMA 282: 2079 (Dec. 1, 1999).
• "Affirmative Action In Health Care," forthcoming in Mt. Sinai Journal of Medicine, 1998.
• "Elderly Immigrants: What Should They Expect of the Social Safety Net?" The Elderlaw Journal, Winter 1998.
• Battin, P., Botkin, J., Jacobson, J.: Quick Easy Questions for Analyzing Medical Ethical Cases. APA Newsletter. 97:1 Fall (1997).
• Jacobson, J.A., Kasworm, E.M., Battin, M.P., Botkin, J.R., Green, D., Johnson, S.: Advance Directives in Utah: Information From Death Certificates and Informants. Arch Int Med. 156:1862-1868 (1996).
• Jacobson, J.A., Kasworm, E.M., Battin, M.P., Green, D., Grammes, C., VanRiper, J., Gully, J.: Dialogue to Action: Lessons Learned From Some Family Members of Deceased Patients at an Interactive Program in Seven Utah Hospitals. J Clin Eth. 8(4):359-371 (1997).
• Jacobson, J.A., Kasworm, E.M., Battin, M.P., Botkin, J.R., Green,: Decedents' Reported Preferences for Physician-Assisted Death: a Survey of Informants Listed on Death Certificates in Utah. Journ Clin Ethics 6(2): 149-157 (1995).
• "Realism in Law," Southern Methodist University Law Review (1997).
• "Land Use in European and North American Communities: Limits to Autonomy," (with John G. Francis), in "Challenges to Law at the End of the 20^th Century: Rights," Proceedings of the 17^th International Conference on Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR), ed. Rex Martin & Gerhard Springer. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1996.
• "Title IX: Equity for Women's Sports?" In Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 21: 32-48 (1994).
• "Philosophy and Law: From Skepticism to Value Theory," Loyola (L.A.) Law Review(1993).
• "Advance Directives and Voluntary Active Euthanasia: A Volatile Combination?" in the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (1993).
• "The Role of the Family in Health Care Decisionmaking," Utah Law Review (spring, 1992).
• "Consumer Expectations and Access to Health Care," University of Pennsylvania Law Review(May, 1992).
• "Virtue and the American Family: Mary Ann Glendon's Abortion and Divorce in American Law." Harvard Law Review (review essay), December 1988.
• "The Evanescence of Living Wills," Journal of Contemporary Law, 1988, reprinted in a revised version, Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal, Spring 1989.
• "Recent Developments in Genetic Diagnosis: Some Ethical and Legal Implications," 1986 Utah Law Review.
• "Eminent Domain Compensation in the Western States: A Critique of the Fair Market Value Model," Utah Law Review (1984).
• "Artificial and Transplanted Organs: Movable Parts and the Unmoving Law," Journal of Contemporary Law (1984).
• "Response to David Thor," Bulletin of the International Society for Research on Aggression(1981).
• "Comment, Penn Central v. City of New York: Easy Cases Make Uncertain Law," Utah Law Review (Spring 1980), reprinted in Zoning Law Anthology, Vol. 11 (1979-80).
• "Some Animals are More Equal than Others" (with Richard Norman), Philosophy, (1978).
• "Nozick's Theory of Rights: A Critical Assessment." (with John G. Francis, Western Political Quarterly, (1976).

  Book Reviews:

• Review of Matthew Kramer, In The Realm of Legal and Moral Philosophy, forthcoming in Ethics.
• Review of Milton Regan, Alone Together, forthcoming in Ethics.
• Review of Blumstein and Sloan, eds., Organ Transplantation Policy, Jurimetrics (fall 1990).
• "Review of Sher, Teaching Ethics," Teaching Philosophy (1987).
• "Review of Dombrowski, The Philosophy of Vegetarianism, and Frey, Rights, Killing, and Suffering," Queen's Quarterly (1985).
• "Review of Regan, The Case for Animal Rights," Queens Quarterly (1984).
• "Review of Permissiveness and Control," Ethics (1981).
• "Review of Goodpaster & Sayre, Ethics in the 21st Century," Environmental Ethics, (Fall 1980).

  Works in Progress:

• A Moral and Political Theory of Land Use Planning (with John G. Francis), to be published by Lynne Reimer Press (due at the publisher, June 2000).
• Legitimate Expectations, book mss. in draft articles in draft on the elderly and access to health care, and medical treatment of AlzheimerÌs patients at the end of life.

Professional Presentations:

• Chair, session on "Disability," American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, 1999
• "Ethics and Genetics," presentation for "Courts and Genetics" conference for judges, Snowbird, Utah, October, 1998.
• "Affirmative Action and the Problem of Justice Under Less that Ideal Circumstances," invited symposium, American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Meetings, December, 1998.
• Comments on Schulhofer (Berger Prize symposium), APA Pacific Division, 1995
• "Roger Shiner's Norm and Nature," author meets critics invited paper, Pacific Division, APA, 1993
• Commentator, "Employer-Provided Health Insurance," Pacific Division, APA (spring, 1992).
• "Informed consent in Canadian and American Law," ASCUS fall 1989 (with John G. Francis).
• "Slicing Up American Pie," Utah Society of Gastroenterology, June 1990.
• Monthly seminars and case presentations for the Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Utah, 1988--.
• "Judicial Ethics," Utah Judicial Conference, 1989.
• "Informed Consent and the Rationing of Health Care: A Comparative Study of Britain, Canada, and the United States," presented at the Second International Conference on Health Law and Ethics, London, England, July 1989 (with John G. Francis).
• "Seniority," APA Central Division, 1989.
• "What's Really Wrong About Surrogacy?" Amintaphil, 1988.
• "Statutory Interpretation," Pacific Division, APA, March 1987.
• "Distributive Justice in Health Care," Morris Colloquium, University of Colorado, February 1987.
• "Surgery in a Squeeze: the Competing Demands of Ethics, Economics, and Law," Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery, University of Utah, October, 1986.
• Commentator, "Filial Piety," Pacific Division Meetings, APA (1986).
• "Age Discrimination and the Law," session on Law and the Elderly, Association of American Law Schools (January, 1986).
• "Law Breaking in the Interests of Science," American Association for the Advancement of Science" (1985).
• Commentator, Session on Bioethics, Pacific Division Meeting. American Philosophical Association, March 1985.
• "Poverty, Age Discrimination and Health Care," Santa Clara University, Philosophy of Law Conference, February 1985.
• "Informed Consent," Idaho State University, November 30, 1984.
• "Age Discrimination," read to Department of Philosophy, University of Utah, November, 1984.
•  "Nuclear Threats and the Imposition of Risks," read to Amintaphil, November, 1984.
• Chair, Session on Informed Consent, Southwest Judicial Conference, June, 1984.
• "Value Disputes, Expectations, and Rights," major invited symposium paper, Pacific Division Meetings, American Philosophical Association, March, 1984.
• "Legal Issues in Organ Transplantation," presented at conference on Organ Transplantation, University of Utah College of Nursing, February 1984.
• "Legitimate Expectations, and Limited Access to Medical Care," Department of Philosophy, University of Utah, November 1983.
• Chair, session on legal issues, conference on Current Developments in Perinatal Medicine, University of Utah, October, 1983.
• Chair, session on future perspectives, Conference on the Artificial Heart, University of Utah, October, 1983.
• Chair, session on Moral Philosophy, APA Pacific Division Meetings, 1981.
• Commentator, Conference on "Paternalism": September, 1980.
• Commentator, Society for Professional Ethics, APA Pacific Division Meetings, March, 1980.
• "Produced Wants and Political Justification," paper read at the Eastern Division Meetings, American Philosophical Association, 1976.

Service:

Professional:

Philosophy:

• Chair, Executive Committee, Pacific Division, American Philosophical Association, 1998-2000
• Chair, American Philosophical Association Committee for the Defense of the
• Professional Rights of Philosophers, 1996-99; ombusman, 2000-
• Member (elected), Executive Committee, AMINTAPHIL, 1993-95; program chair, 1996-98
• Chair, Kavka Prize Committee, APA, 1998--
• APA Committee on Philosophy and Law, 1986-89;Chair, 1987-92.
• APA Nominating Committee, Pacific Division;Chair, 1990.
• APA Ad Hoc Committee on diversity, 1997
• Utah Valley State College, Center for the Study of Ethics, member, advisory board

  Law:

• Commissioner, American Bar Association Commission on the Legal Problems of the Elderly, 1997-2000
• Utah Senior LawyersÌ Volunteer Project, trustee, 1997-
• Utah State Bar, Ethics Advisory Opinion Committee, 1987-1999; Chair, 1988-93.
• Utah Judicial Council, Ethics Advisory Opinion Committee, 1987--92. Consultant, ad hoc committee to revise the Utah Code of Judicial Conduct (appointed by the Utah Judicial Council).
• State of Utah, Governor's Advisory Committee on Surrogate Parenthood, 1988.
• Association of American Law Schools, Committee on Curriculum and Research, 1989-92; Chair, 1991-92.
• Law School Admissions Council, Test Development Committee and Test Audit Subcommittee, 1993-95.
• Law School Admissions Council, ad hoc committee on affirmative action, 1995.
• Legal Aid Society Board of Trustees, 1982-85, chair, Long Range Planning, 1983-84.

  Medicine:

• Member, Medicare Coverage Advisory Panels, Executive Committee; Co-chair, Drugs and Therapeutics Panel, 1999-2003
• Member, Steering Committee, Project to Improve End of Life Care in Utah (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant, funded beginning in 2000)
• Member, Ethics Committee, Primary ChildrensÌ Medical Center, 1996-
• Member, Utah State Health Department IRB, 1998-
• Member, Advisory Board, Matheson Center, 1998--
• Organizer, Bioethics summer retreat, 1992 (with Margaret Battin)
• Member, organizing group, American Association of Bioethics

  Manuscript Reviewer: Philosophy Research Archives, Ethics, Hypatia, University of California Press, University of Utah Press, Prentice Hall, Holt Rinehart & Winston, Wadsworth, many others.

Editorial Board

• Journal for the Philosophy of Sport.

Editor (with Margaret Battin), of "Ethics in a Changing World," a book series published by the University of Utah Press.

Outside reviewer, tenure and promotion, program review, at several major universities.

University:

• Salaries and Annuities Committee, elected member 1995-98, cochair, 1996-97, 1997- 98
• University Benefits advisory group (ad hoc committee), 1998-2000
• Graduate Council, 1997-2000
• Athletics Advisory Board, 1997-2000
• Library Task Force, 1991-92
• Academic Senate, Chair, 1990-1991; elected senator, humanities, 1985-88; 1992-95; 1997-2000; Executive Committee member, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95
• Bennion Center Advisory Committee, 1988-91; Borchard Fellow, 1997-98
• Resource for Genetic and Epidemiological Research, Faculty Advisory Committee, 1987-
• Rollins Committee (drafting regulations protecting faculty in cases of program reduction or termination), 1987-88.
• University Budget Committee, 1988-92; Chair, 1991-92.
• Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee, 1985-88; Chair, 1987-88.
• University Professor, 1984-85 (special leave to improve the teaching of law to undergraduates).
• Liberal Education Council, 1984-85.
• Academic Policy Advisory Committee, 1984-1986.
• University Counselors, 1983-1985.
• Institutional Review Board for Research on Human Subjects, 1982-88; 1991-
• Internal Review Committee, Materials Science, 1992-93
• Ethnic Studies Internal Review Committee, 1983-84.
• Student-Faculty Relations Committee, 1979-81.

  College of Law:

• PRT Committee, Co-Chair, 1987-89; Chair, 1993-.
• Recruitment Committee, 1983-91; 1992-94.
• Faculty Advisor, Health Law Coalition, 1991-
• PRT Process Committee, 1984.
• Curriculum Committee, 1982-83; 1991-92.
• Moot Court Advisor, 1982-84.
• Coif Chapter Secretary, 1983-84; President, 1984-85.

  College of Humanities:

• RPT Committee, 1994-96, 1999-2000; chair, 1995-96
• Humanities Center Steering Committee Chair, 1984-87
• Liberal Education Committee, 1982-83.
• Career Development Committee, 1979-81; co-chair, 1980-81.

  Dept. of Philosophy:

• Graduate director, 1991-99; member, graduate committee
• Recruitment committee, member
• I have also served on the undergraduate committee, the applied ethics committee, and the Tanner library committee

Community:

• Childrens' Dance Theatre Board of Trustees, member, 1994--; president, 1996-97 Rowland Hall-St. Mark's School, Home & School Association president, 1997-98; Board of Trustees, member, 1998 Law School Alumnae Trustee, 1984-87.
• Legal Aid Society Board of Trustees, 1982-85, Chair, Long Range Planning, 1983-84.
• President, Wellesley Club of Utah, 1986-88.
• Community Advisory Board, AIDS Project Utah, 1988.
• Primary Childrens' Medical Center, Bioethics Committee, 1993-

  Courses Taught:

• Philosophy: Ethics, Bioethics, Environmental Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Advanced Philosophy of Law, Political Philosophy, Informal Logic, The Individual and the Law (liberal education), Law and the Enforcement of Morality (honors), Graduate Proseminar, Seminars in Ethics
• Law: Health Law, Health Law Clinic, Philosophy of Law, Legal Profession, Contracts, Sales, Introduction to Law
• Other: Scientific Integrity and the Ethical Conduct of Research, Ethics in Public Administration

Graduate students supervised:

• Ph.D.: Robert Dow, Jan van Riper, Peter Smith, Ryan Spellecy

• M.A..: June Kwang Bae, Kristin Johnson, Karthik Nadesan, Margaret Plane, Alf Seegert, Kelly Sorensen

  Grants (external):

• FIPSE (ethics across the curriculum); Utah Humanities Council (Critical Legal Studies (prize winning); Utah Conference on Ethics and Health (prize winning); Ethics in the Professions)