Amos N. Guiora is a Professor (Lecturer) at the S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah, directing the Bystander Initiative. His expertise spans complicity law, counterterrorism, criminal justice reform, and religious extremism. He holds an A.B. from Kenyon College (1979), J.D. from Case Western Reserve University (1985), and Ph.D. from Leiden University (2013). Affiliations: Distinguished Fellow, Consortium for the Study of Holocaust & Law (Chicago-Kent); Non-Resident Fellow, George Washington University Program on Extremism. Research focuses on bystander complicity, ecosystems of abuse, and legal accountability for enablers. Key contributions include legislation criminalizing bystander inaction in Utah (2021) and authoring books like Armies of Enablers and The Crime of Complicity . Awards include the Bennion Center Distinguished Faculty Service Award (2023) and 2024 Outstanding Professor honor. Teaches courses on counter-terrorism, criminal procedure, and the bystander phenomenon. Leads the Bystander Initiative, advocating legal mechanisms to combat institutional complicity. Serves on boards for the Lauren McCluskey Foundation and S.E.S.A.M.E., addressing educator misconduct.








