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Professor Boyack’s article highlighted on JOTWELL
Professor Andrea Boyack’s recent publication in the Iowa Law Review, Abuse of Contract: Boilerplate Erasure of Consumer Counterparty Rights, was highlighted and reviewed in JOTWELL by Nancy Kim, one of the most well-known of consumer contract scholars. -
Professor Lietzan speaks on new drug exclusivities at BRG Institute Webinar
Last month, Professor Erika Lietzan participated in a webinar hosted by the Eira Initiative, a new research initiative in biopharmaceutical innovation and entrepreneurship policy. -
Boston University professor to present at Health Law Colloquium
Professor Nicole Huberfeldof Boston University School of Law & School of Public Health will present her new draft paper, “Spending Programs and the New Roberts Court“, as part of the Mizzou Law Health Law Colloquium, on October 30, from 4:20 to 5:20 pm Central Time. -
Professor Oliveri presents at US HUD leadership meeting
Professor Rigel Oliveri gave a presentation for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 2024 Office of General Counsel Leadership Meeting, which was held in St. Louis. -
Professor David Gamage presents and Northwestern conference
Professor David Gamage attended a conference for Tax Professors Tenured 1-15 years at Northwestern University, where he presented his recent paper. -
Professor David Gamage’s recent article reviewed in Jotwell
Professor David Gamage recently had his article, Wage Enslavement: How the Tax System Holds Back Historically Disadvantaged Groups of Americans reviewed on the Jotwell blog. -
Mizzou Law 3L Wins National Writing Competition
Mizzou Law 3L Isaac Keller just won the 2023 American Journal of Mediation National Dispute Resolution Writing Competition. -
Dean Sperino Publishes Article on Summary Judgments in Employment Discrimination Cases
Associate Dean Sandra Sperino has published an article on the McDonnell Douglas framework in the North Carolina Law Review. -
Mizzou Law Veterans Clinic Files Amicus Brief with United States Supreme Court
Attorneys in the Mizzou Law Veterans Clinic have filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in a crucial case awaiting consideration involving veterans seeking certiorari to challenge a decision made by the Federal Circuit. -
Mizzou Law Student, Assistant Dean Emeritus, Win Carnahan Awards
Walter Jackson, 3L and Assistant Dean Emeritus Bob Bailey, will be honored , Feb. 8, with Mel Carnahan Awards. -
Associate Dean Sperino Publishes New Edition of Federal Employment Discrimination Law Book
Associate Dean Sandra Sperino has published the 10th edition of her book, “Federal Law of Employment Discrimination in a Nutshell” this February. -
Mizzou Law Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic Now Offers NIL Contract Review for Student-Athletes
Beginning this January, the Mizzou Law Entrepreneurship Clinic (ELC) will begin offering Name Image and Likeness (NIL) contract review services to all student-athletes at Mizzou and across the state of Missouri. -
Alumni Spotlight — Meet Skip Walther
Skip Walther’s attachment to Columbia and the University of Missouri began early — through selling carnations and cokes to Tiger fans on game days and watching his Uncle Butch preside over the Boone County Commission. -
Faculty Spotlight — Meet Professor Andrea Boyack
Skydiving, visiting all 50 states, running the New York City Marathon, and writing a law school casebook — Floyd R. Gibson Endowed Professor Andrea Boyack has crossed off a number of her bucket list items in the last 20 year -
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, to sit at University of Missouri School of Law in Columbia
The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, is scheduled to convene court Wednesday, November 8, 2023, at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law. -
Judge Lynch reacts to Chief Justice Wilson's concern for access to justice, diversity in Bar
Wilson: The lack of access to adequate representation is not going to go away -
Lawmakers may avoid responding to Sunshine Law requests under bill
An amendment inserted in a bill changing Missouri's Sunshine Law could be used by legislators to avoid responding to requests when the legislature is not in session, one of its supporters admits. -
Woman wins discrimination action, claimed she was sacked for being 'ugly'
A jury's finding of discrimination in the case of a female grocery store employee who claimed she was sacked for being ugly reveals the defendant's actions must have been deeply egregious for the plaintiff to overcome Missouri's employer-friendly labor statutes, according to one law professor. -
MU law student calls on Missouri lawmakers to address MPPA abuse
COLUMBIA – Missouri lawmakers need to address longstanding abuse of the state's consumer protection law, a student at University of Missouri's School of Law said in a blog post published in April. -
Law professor: Allegations of generic drug price fixing 'as bad as it gets'
JEFFERSON CITY – Drug companies agreeing not to compete and to fix prices of generic prescription medications is as "bad as it" can get under anti-trust rules, according to one legal expert in corporate law.