Mary M. Beck
- Family violence
- Advocacy, family violence and public policy
- Client interviewing and counseling
- Child adoption law
- Putative father registry law
JD (1988), University of Missouri
- Phone Number: (573) 882-7872
- Room Number: 104 Hulston Hall
- E-Mail Address:
- Web Address: http://law.missouri.edu/beck/
Professor Beck joined the faculty in 1993 as director of the Domestic Violence Clinic. Her work history has included private law practice and consulting in adoption, assisted reproductive techniques and surrogacy, medical malpractice and health care law practice; faculty member and faculty administrator in two schools of nursing; and certified family nurse practitioner.
She has worked with clemency petitions; extraordinary writ litigation; drafting multi state and federal legislation involving adoption of children and domestic violence; multidisciplinary domestic violence research; and grantsmanship. She teaches the Family Violence Clinic, Advocacy, Family Violence and Public Policy, Client Interviewing and Counseling, Adoption Law and Policy, and Pretrial Litigation.
Recent Publications
Academic Journals| A National Putative Father Registry, Wells Conference on Adoption Law, 36 CAPITAL UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 295 (2007). | |
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| Investigating the Justice System Response to Domestic Violence in Missouri with Brandi L. Byrd, M.Meghan Davidson, Niels C. Beck, and Gregory F. Petroski, 62 JOURNAL OF THE MISSOURI BAR 222 (2007). | |
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