Judge Dustin Pead, a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Utah, will present at the World of Law discussion series on Wednesday, November 16, 2016, at noon in 205 JRCB. The World of Law series is designed to help undergraduate students explore a degree in law and to meet and interact with law school faculty and legal professionals.
Judge Pead was appointed as a United States Magistrate judge for the District of Utah in August 2012. From March 2008 to August 2012, he was employed as a United States Immigration judge, also in Utah. Judge Pead has also held the position of Assistant United States Attorney, Attorney Advisor to the Board of Immigration Appeals, and Immigration Counsel to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. He teaches Political Asylum and Refugee Law in the fall semester and the Immigration Skills Lab in the winter semester.