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April 16, 2026
Dean Emeritus Dessem publishes op-ed on state and federal ethics investigations
Dean Emeritus R. Lawrence Dessem published an op-ed piece in the Kansas City Star where he argues that the federal Department of Justice should stay out of state bar ethics investigations. Read the full piece here. Read More
April 15, 2026
Professor Lambert sits on panel in Rome
April 14, 2026
Professor Conklin publishes essay in History Now
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April 14, 2026
Professor Lietzan presents at WashU Ideas Lunch
Professor Erika Lietzan presented her paper, “Solutions Still Searching for a Problem: A Call for Relevant Data to Support ‘Evergreening’ Allegations,” at a recent “Ideas Lunch” for the Cordell Institute for Policy in Medicine & Law at Washington University in St. Louis. Professor Lietzan’s paper, published in a 2023 issue of the Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal, audited a dataset being offered to support allegations of evergreening. She also discussed ongoing work Professor Lietzan and her coauthor, Kristina Lybecker are doing in that area.
April 10, 2026
Professor Lietzan publishes op-ed on drug patents
The narrative that brand-name drugmakers manipulate the patent system to block lower-cost generics has gained traction in recent years. But the evidence doesn’t support that claim. In a new @IPWatchdog, Inc op-ed, Professor Lietzan examines the data — and explains why developing new versions of existing products isn’t patent abuse. It’s how innovation works in every industry. You can read the full piece here.
April 8, 2026
CALI Winners Awarded at 2026 Edna Nelson Banquet
The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) Excellence for the Future Awards recognize students with the highest grade in each course at Mizzou Law. These were awarded at the annual Edna Nelson Awards Banquet this April. Below are the CALI Award winners for the 2025 calendar year. A full list of all Edna Nelson award winners can be found here: Edna Nelson Program Spring 2025 CALI Winners Summer 2025 CALI Winners Fall 2025 CALI Winners…
April 8, 2026
Professor Snyder participates in roundtable on constitutional interpretation
Professor Ryan Snyder recently sat on a roundtable discussion on constitutional interpretation, which featured his article, “Historical Practice at the Founding,” which is forthcoming in the University of Chicago Law Review. Read the full roundtable article here.
April 7, 2026
Mizzou Law 3L publishes paper in American Bankruptcy Institute Journal
Brynna Smith, a 3L at Mizzou Law, recently published a paper in the student galley of the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, which is a significant organization in the bankruptcy field. Her paper, “Detroit v. Everybody: Governance Reform and the Limits of Chapter 9” explores Detroit’s descent from a thriving industrial city to the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. The piece suggests that Detroit’s experience may be especially significant at a time of increased debt and economic uncertainty. It analyzes how Chapter 9’s treatment of municipal bankruptcy contrasts with Chapter 11’s treatment of business…
April 6, 2026
Harbingers of Peace: 25 Years of the LL.M. in Dispute Resolution
by Tanner O’Neal Riley In 1999, the University of Missouri School of Law established the first LL.M. in dispute resolution program in the United States. At a time when most graduate law degrees focused on tax, finance or intellectual property, Missouri charted a different path: training lawyers not just to litigate disputes, but to resolve them. The choice was radical. The program grew out of intellectual groundwork laid years earlier at the Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution, founded in 1984. Under leaders such as Len Riskin and later Professor John Lande, the center pushed legal education to confront…
March 26, 2026
Prof. Gouzoules publishes article in NYU Law Review Online
Professor Alexander Gouzoules has published a new article, “Teaching Evolution After Kennedy and Mahmoud,” in the New York University Law Review Online. In his article, Professor Gouzoules analyzes how the Supreme Court’s rapidly-changing doctrine on education and religious freedoms may empower opponents of the teaching of evolution. Read his article here.