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Mizzou Law faculty are composed of outstanding teachers and scholars with national and international reputations.
- Scholarship by Mizzou Law Faculty has been cited by all levels of the federal courts – including the United States Supreme Court – as well as by the legislatures and supreme courts of several states. The faculty ranks consistently high in studies measuring scholarly productivity and impact. More than a dozen casebooks authored by Mizzou Law faculty members are used in law schools throughout the United States.
- Mizzou Law faculty are committed to educating students and preparing them for the practice of law and boasts a number of award-winning teachers.
- Mizzou Law faculty contribute to the profession in a number of ways. Faculty serve as Commissioners of the National Conference on Uniform State Law, as officers of the Association of American Law Schools, as State Supreme Court Fellows, as Fulbright Scholars, and as members of the American Law Institute.
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Mizzou Law faculty have been published in national academic journals, called upon by media outlets around the country, and have presented around the world on a variety of legal issues.
Exploring New Scholarship
Faculty Speaker Series
The Mizzou Law Faculty Speaker Series explores new scholarship by Mizzou law faculty, professors from other law schools, and University of Missouri scholars whose work intersects with law.
Faculty News
March 4, 2026
Professor Gouzoules presents at financial restructuring roundtable
Professor Alexander Gouzoules presented in New York City at the 2026 Financial Restructuring Roundtable, which is co-sponsored by the law firm Sidley Austin, the Chicago Booth School of Business, USC Gould School of Law, Duke University School of Law, and Wake Forest School of Law. Professor Gouzoules participated on a panel, titled “Supreme Court: Tectonic Shifts,” which focused on bankruptcy developments and trends at the appellate and Supreme Court level.
March 3, 2026
Mizzou Law teams excel in national moot court competition
Two Mizzou Law teams competed in the Global Antitrust Institute’s Moot Court Competition, which both teams reaching at least the quarterfinals. Competing against teams from some of the top law schools in the country, 2L Andrew Durham and 3L Thomas Yang reached the quarterfinals in the competition and also won the award for best brief in the entire competition. 3Ls Paige Harris and Luke Nutwell defeated a team from the University of Michigan to advance to the semi-finals, where they argued in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. That team lost to the eventual champion…
Feb. 26, 2026
Prof. Lambert speaks at George Mason antitrust symposium
Professor Thom Lambert spoke at the 2026 George Mason Law Review Annual Antitrust Symposium. At the symposium, he participated in a panel, “Boundaries of Refusal to Deal & Predatory Tying/Bundling” where he discussed how antitrust law should distinguish between three similar business practices that are subject to different legal treatment: tying, bundling, and refusals to deal.