Education:
BA 1969, Harvard University; JD 1972, University of Utah.
University Honors:
Note editor, Utah Law Review; Order of the Coif.
Experience:
Law clerk, Judge Ozell Trask, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1972-73; visiting professor, University of Illinois, 1979-80; legal counsel, European Area of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1982-84; board of trustees, Utah Legal Services Corporation, 1992-99; Law School externship program director, including pro bono clerkships through LAWHELP since 1999; University director, BYU's office of academic internships, 1997-2003; Founding Director, BYU's Jacobsen Center for Service and Learning, 1999-2001; Board of Directors of the Cooperative Education and Internships Association 1999-2001.
Classes Taught:
Community-based Legal Research, Advanced International Research, Externship, Pro Bono Assistance, International Research, Introduction to American Law, Property, Real Estate Finance, Water Law, Public Lands and Natural Resources, Consumer Law, Debtor-Creditor Relations, History of Mormon Lawyers (Seminar), Comparative Land Use Planning (Seminar).
Publications:
Thomas and Backman on Utah Real Property Law (1999 with annual updates, Lexis Law Publishing).
J. Backman, D. Thomas, A Practical Guide to Disputes Between Adjoining Landowners--Easements (published September 1989 with annual updates- Matthew Bender).
Questions and Answers Property (Winning in Law School Series 1987) (Spectra Publishing Co.).
Chapters in Treatises and Books
Revised Chapter 3, "Covenants and Equitable Servitudes," in James Backman and David Thomas, Disputes Between Adjoining Landowners Ceasements. (Matthew Bender 1997).
R. Powell, The Law of Real Property (revision of Chapter 60, "Covenants Respecting the Use of Lands") (Matthew Bender 1997).
Chapter 21, "Lender Liability" in Real Estate Transactions: Real Estate Financing, (Matthew Bender 1995).
Revised Chapter 1, "Express Easements," and Chapter 2, "Implied and Prescriptive Easements," in James Backman and David Thomas, Disputes Between Adjoining Landowners -- Easements. (Matthew Bender, 1995).
R. Powell, The Law of Real Property (New Chapter 92A, "Other Types of Real Property Insurance") (Matthew Bender 1994).
Chapter 2E, "Private Mortgage Insurance," in Real Estate Transactions: Real Estate Financing (Patrick Rohan, ed., Matthew Bender 1994).
Chapter 39, "Leasehold Estates," in Thompson on Real Property: Thomas Edition (Michie Co. 1994).
R. Powell, The Law of Real Property, (revision of volume on Condominiums, Cooperative and Homeowner Association Developments) (Matthew Bender 1993).
Rohan, Zoning and Land Use Controls. (New Chapter 52A, "Land Use Takings Cases: Monetary Damages") (Matthew Bender 1993).
Chapter 15, Disputes Between Residents in Common Interest Communities--Condominiums, Cooperatives and Homeowner Association Developments," in James Backman and David Thomas, Disputes Between Adjoining Landowners--Easements, (Matthew Bender, 1992).
R. Powell, The Law of Real Property (New Chapter 81, Real Estate Marketing Contracts--The Law of Vendor and Purchaser") (Matthew Bender 1992).
Chapter 28, "Condominiums, Cooperatives and Homeowner Association Developments," in The American Law of Real Property (Arthur Gaudio, gen. ed., Matthew Bender 1992).
Chapter 19, "Disputes Over Rights in Federal Public Lands and Resources," in James Backman and David Thomas, Disputes Between Adjoining Landowners--Easements, (Matthew Bender 1991).
R. Powell, The Law of Real Property (revision of Chapter 39, "Governmental Security Interests") (Matthew Bender 1992).
R. Powell, The Law of Real Property (revision of Chapter 82A, "Lis Pendens") (Matthew Bender 1991)
R. Powell, The Law of Real Property (revisions of Chapters 36 and 37, "Voluntary Security Interests") (Matthew Bender 1987).
R. Powell, The Law of Real Property (revisions of Chapter 56, "Waste"; and Chapter 57, "Fixtures") (Matthew Bender 1986).
Chapter 36, "Financing," in Purchase and Sale of Real Property (Holtzschue, ed., Matthew Bender 1987).
Articles:
The Practical Location of Boundaries--The Need for a Remedy through Adverse Possession, 1986 B.Y.U. Law Review 957.
Public Land Law Reform: Reflections from Western Water Law, 1982 B.Y.U. Law Review 1.
Landlord-Tenant Law: A Perspective on Reform in Utah, 1981 Utah Law Review 727.
"The Ins and Outs of Bankruptcy," Readers Digest Family Legal Guide 101 (1981).
The Tenant As a Consumer? A Comparison of Developments in Consumer Law and in Landlord/Tenant Law, 33 Oklahoma Law Review 1 (1980).
Consumer Credit and the Learned Professions of Law and Medicine, 1976, B.Y.U. Law Review 783.
Utah's Proposed Federally-Based Individual Income Tax, 1971 Utah Law Review 493.
Comment, Testing Devices and Equal Employment Opportunity: Role of the Courts in Achieving Compatibility, 1970 Utah Law Review 646.
Book Review, "Modern Mortgage Law and Practice" by Robert Kratovil and Raymond Werner (2nd ed 1981) in Real Estate Law Journal (1982).
Book Supplements:
Supplements to Powell on Real Property (Thirteen-volume set published by Matthew Bender). (Annual updates since 1992).
Supplements to Rohan, Zoning and Land Use Controls (Seven-volume set published by Matthew Bender) (Annual updates 1991-1993).
1991 Annual Supplement to Rohan, Real Estate Transactions: Financing (Five-volume set published by Matthew Bender).
Supplements to Backman and Thomas, A Practical Guide to Disputes Between Adjoining Landowners--Easements (Matthew Bender). (Annual updates since 1991).
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