Feb. 24, 2026

Mizzou Law Mock Trial teams excel in regionals

Mizzou Law mock trial teams excelled at the recent National Trial Competition regional, hosted by Washburn University in Kansas. Mizzou Law’s two teams, Team Black and Team Gold competed against 24 teams from law schools across six states, including Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas and New Mexico. Team Black, featuring Rachel Carlson, Steven Flanders and Jordan Vitiello, won its first four trials, making it all the way to the Final Four before being narrowly defeated. Mizzou Law Team Black finished in the final four of the competition. Team Gold, featuring Grant Slusher, Dallas Welling and Grayson Henry, also…

Feb. 23, 2026

Pancakes for Roger supports Mizzou Law Veterans Clinic

Mizzou Law and the Veterans Clinic are celebrating their annual Pancakes for Roger event all February to support the clinic. Pancakes for Roger is a nationwide campaign held each February in honor of Major General Roger E. Combs, who served our country for more than 39 years in the Marine Corps, Army, and Air Force. Throughout the month of February, Combs and Company makes a donation to the Mizzou Law Veterans Clinic for every photo shared using the hashtag #PancakesForRoger. Additionally, Mizzou Law is grateful for a generous donation from Gary and Carol Smith this year as…

Feb. 19, 2026

Mizzou Law alumnus nominated by president for Eighth Circuit judge seat

Mizzou Law alumnus Justin Smith, ’10, has been nominated to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Smith has served as Deputy Counsel for the Missouri Governor’s Office, General Counsel for the Missouri Department of Agriculture and currently works for Justin Otis Law Group in St. Louis. Smith graduated from Mizzou Law as a member of the Order of the Coif, Order of the Barristers and Order of the Scribes. Smith’s appointment comes on the heels of two other federal appointments of Mizzou Law alumni: Judge Cristian Stevens was appointed as…

Feb. 19, 2026

Professor Wechsler analyzes new Trafficking Survivors Relief Act

Professor Rachel Wechsler published analysis of the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act, a federal statute enacted on January 23, 2026, on the Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog. This new law is directly related to her article, “The Non-Punishment Principle and Restorative Justice,” recently published in the Penn Law Review.  Read Professor Wechsler’s blog post here. …

Feb. 16, 2026

Professor Gamage quoted in New York Times on his work designing the “billionaire tax”

Professor David Gamage was recently quoted extensively in a New York Times article discussing his work designing the “billionaire tax” on the upcoming California ballot. “Last, meet the wealth tax architects: Brian Galle (UC Berkeley), David Gamage (University of Missouri), and Darien Shanske (UC Davis).These men are some of the most-cited tax law scholars in the country. They’ve drafted regulations at the state and federal level. They’ve been cited by the Supreme Court in tax cases. One of them — Galle — was a federal prosecutor specializing in criminal tax cases and enforcement. Another — Gamage — was one…

Feb. 9, 2026

Professor Wechsler publishes article in Penn Law Review

Professor Rachel Wechsler recently published a new article in the Penn Law Review titled, “The Non-Punishment Principle and Restorative Justice.” In the article, Professor Wechsler examines state and federal laws protecting human trafficking victims from criminal liability for offenses they commit as a consequence of being trafficked.  She highlights the gaps within these legal frameworks and argues that the U.S. should employ restorative justice as a non-punitive response to harm resulting from trafficking victim-defendants’ unlawful conduct to better realize its international legal obligations regarding the “non-punishment principle.”  To read the full article, click here.  …

Feb. 5, 2026

Professor Wechsler’s article highlighted in JOTWELL

Professor Rachel Wechsler’s article, “Intimate Partner Violence: Access to Protection Beyond the Pandemic,” was recently highlighted in JOTWELL as one of the best works of recent scholarship relating to Dispute Resolution Law. In the JOTWELL piece, Cynthia Alkon writes: “Professor Wechsler’s article is a wonderful example of looking at one specific area, civil protection hearings for survivors of intimate partner violence, and examining COVID-19-generated lessons that could improve the process moving forward. The article is grounded in original empirical research with survivors and legal services providers and focuses on procedural justice, empowerment, and access. Although civil protection orders…

Feb. 4, 2026

Professor Hintz presents at distinguished faculty workshop

Professor Charles Eric Hintz presented at the Marshall M. Criser Distinguished Faculty Workshop at the University of Florida Levin College of Law.  He presented his paper, “Mistaking Good Faith,” which argues that we should use the criminal law doctrine of mistake as an organizing principle to explain the Fourth Amendment’s exclusionary rule and constrain it from transforming into a version of legal deference akin to qualified immunity or Chevron for police.  …

Feb. 2, 2026

Mizzou Law team competes in ABA national competition

Mizzou Law 2Ls Jake Hall and Ethan Uhrlaub competed in the ABA Negotiation Competition National Finals last weekend in Chicago. The Mizzou Law team, coached by Professor Don Seitz, finished the first round of the national competition with the highest score of all the teams. They finished the competition following the second round. The team qualified for the national competition by winning the 2025 American Bar Association regional negotiation competition, beating out teams from top law schools across the Midwest.

Jan. 28, 2026

Professor Lambert speaks on the Trump administration’s antitrust regulators

Professor Thom Lambert recently appeared on an episode of the Tech Policy Podcast to discuss the Trump II administration’s new right antitrust regulators. The conversation stems from a recent article Professor Lambert wrote on the subject in ProMarket, the publication of the Stigler Center at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. To listen to the podcast in full, click here.