Amy Wildermuth

Amy Wildermuth is the Associate Vice President for Faculty and a Professor of Law at the University of Utah. Before joining the faculty at Utah, Wildermuth clerked for Justice Stevens of the Supreme Court of the United States, Judge Guido Calabresi of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and Judge Harry T. Edwards of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Wildermuth has also served as a visiting professor at the University of Illinois College of Law.

As Associate Vice President, Wildermuth oversees a variety of faculty personnel issues, including faculty review and development. She also continues to teach and write on civil procedure, administrative law, property, and environmental law. Her articles have appeared in, among others, the Minnesota Law Review, the Fordham Law Review, the Northwestern Law Review, and the University of Illinois Law Review. She has also authored amicus briefs in several U.S. Supreme Court cases.

Wildermuth received the Early Career Faculty Award in 2007, was named Professor of the Year by the Jackie Chiles Society in 2008, was awarded the Peter W. Billings Excellence in Teaching Award in 2009, and received the S.J. Quinney College of Law Faculty Service Award in 2011. Wildermuth earned an A.B. in history and a B.S. in engineering and policy from Washington University in St. Louis, and an M.S. in environmental engineering and a J.D. from the University of Illinois.

A native of Illinois, Wildermuth spends her free time trying not to injure herself while snowboarding and mountain biking.