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Professor MJ Durkee Awarded Best Edited Volume by ABILA

By STL Record |
We are pleased to announce that one of Professor MJ Durkee’s latest works was named the 2024 Best Edited Volume by the American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA).
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Dean Sperino provides employment law training this fall

By STL Record |
In October, Sandra Sperino, associate dean for research and faculty development, traveled to the United States District Court for the District of Maryland to provide training about employment discrimination law at the Titus Employment Law Seminar.
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Supreme Court of Missouri order - Court Operating Rule 12 Rules of Practice and Procedure Before the Missouri Judicial Finance Commission

By STL Record |
Court Operating Rule 12 Rules of Practice and Procedure Before the Missouri Judicial Finance Commission.
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Dean Sperino publishes article in the Texas Law Review

By STL Record |
Sandra Sperino, associate dean for research and faculty development and the Elwood L. Thomas Missouri Endowed Professor of Law, this fall published an article, “Bostock and the Forgotten EEOC” in the Texas Law Review.
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WashU Law Professor Susan Appleton Participated in the Sixth Roundtable on Nonmarriage and the Law at the University of Virginia

By STL Record |
Susan Frelich Appleton, the Lemma Barkeloo & Phoebe Couzins Professor of Law, participated in the Sixth Annual Roundtable on Nonmarriage and the Law.
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Help inspire the next generation by volunteering as a judge for Show Me the Constitution

By STL Record |
The Missouri Bar is seeking volunteers to judge the Show Me the Constitution mock congressional hearing competition.
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Mizzou Law alumna is first Black female prosecutor elected in Jackson County

By STL Record |
Melesa Johnson, ’14, made history by becoming the first Black woman to be elected as Jackson County, Mo. prosecutor.
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Attorney General Bailey Announces Lawsuit Against Jackson County for Second Amendment Violations

By STL Record |
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey notified Jackson County of anticipated litigation over their newly-passed ordinance that violates Missourians’ right to keep and bear arms.
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Celebrating 150 Years of Minor v. Happersett: Washington University Law Review Symposium Examines the Past and Future of Women’s Rights

By STL Record |
WashU Law hosted a significant event to commemorate the sesquicentennial anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court case Minor v. Happersett.
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Professor Crum Honored with Distinguished Scholarship Award

By STL Record |
WashU Law proudly celebrates Professor Travis Crum, who recently received the 2025 AALS Distinguished Scholarship Award in Election Law.
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Students Play Key Role in Briefing in Federal Courts

By STL Record |
This semester, students in the Mizzou Law Veterans Clinic have played key roles in advocating for veterans before major courts.
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Meet your new YLS District 4 representative: Cody Wiegers

By STL Record |
The Missouri Bar Young Lawyers’ Section Council recently elected Cody Wiegers to represent District 4, which encompasses Cass, Clay, Johnson, Lafayette, Platte, and Ray counties.
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Crimes Against Humanity Initiative Featured in The New York Times Magazine

By STL Record |
Linda Kinstler of The New York Times Magazine recently published an in-depth look at the current debate over the term “genocide” and its use in describing both historic and ongoing conflicts in Gaza, Myanmar, and elsewhere. Professor Leila Sadat, James Carr Professor of International Criminal Law, and the Crimes Against Humanity Initiative here at WashU Law are both featured in the story.
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Matt Nevola Discusses Hearsay Admissibility in ABA Article

By STL Record |
Thompson Coburn associate Matt Nevola wrote a recent article in the American Bar Association’s Litigation Section on the issue of hearsay admissibility, the role of cross-examination, and the importance of trial preparation.
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Ryan Russell Kemper, Paul Sonderegger Named to 2024 Environmental Law Power List

By STL Record |
For the third year in a row, Ryan Russell Kemper and Paul Sonderegger have been named to the Missouri Lawyers Weekly Power List for Environmental Law.
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Armstrong Teasdale Adds Counsel Nicole Behnen, Associate Joey Bartholomew

By STL Record |
Armstrong Teasdale announces the addition of Counsel Nicole C. Behnen and Associate Joey Bartholomew to the firm’s St. Louis office.

Automated civil case initiation to expand to nine new counties

By STL Record |
Missouri judiciary will continue rolling out a new feature designed to give attorneys and the public faster access to new civil cases.
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Mickes O’Toole Attorneys Named Super Lawyers and Rising Stars for 2024

By STL Record |
We are thrilled to announce that nine Mickes O’Toole attorneys have been selected as Super Lawyers or Rising Stars by Super Lawyers Magazine for Missouri and Kansas in 2024.
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Distinguished Teaching Professor Cash Nickerson Publishes “The Seven Tensions of Negotiation”

By STL Record |
WashU Law celebrates the release of “The Seven Tensions of Negotiation” by Distinguished Teaching Professor Cash Nickerson, MBA ’95, JD ’85.
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SUPER LAWYERS profiles TGH Partner Andy Hirth

By STL Record |
Andy Hirth wanted to be a man of the people, but, as an adjunct professor of English at the University of Missouri, the people he found himself surrounded by were often the fictional type.

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