University of MissouriMU School of Law

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Troy A. Rule

Troy A. Rule
  • Renewable Energy Law
  • Land Use
  • Secured Transactions
  • Sales & Leases
  • Law & Economics
  • Commercial Real Estate Transactions
Associate Professor of Law

BS summa cum laude (2001), Brigham Young University
JD cum laude (2005), University of Chicago

  • Phone Number: (573) 882-6753
  • Room Number: 313 Hulston Hall
  • E-Mail Address:

Professor Rule joined the law faculty as an Associate Professor of Law in 2009. Prior to entering law teaching, he was an attorney at K&L Gates LLP in Seattle, where his practice focused primarily on commercial real estate transactions and wind energy development.

Professor Rule graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in economics from Brigham Young University in 2001. He graduated with honors from the University of Chicago Law School in 2005, where he served on the Chicago Journal of International Law and was awarded a John M. Olin Student Fellowship in Law & Economics.

Before attending law school, Professor Rule was a credit manager at a finance company and taught a preparation course for the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). Professor Rule’s research focuses primarily on renewable energy and property law. He teaches Land Use, Secured Transactions, and Sales & Leases.

Recent Publications

Academic Journals

Shadows on the Cathedral: Solar Access Laws in a Different Light, 2010 U. ILL. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2010).
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A Downwind View of the Cathedral: Using Rule Four to Allocate Wind Rights, 46 SAN DIEGO LAW REVIEW 207 (2009).
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