June 12, 2025

Professor Vacca quoted in Bloomberg Law

Professor Ryan Vacca was quoted in a Bloomberg Law article about the Federal Circuit taking the Trump tariff case en banc without a prior panel decision.  “They have the authority to do this, but petitions for initial hearing en banc are super rare, and a court doing it sua sponte is even more rare,” Vacca said. Read the full story here: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/trump-tariff-dispute-gets-rare-review-by-full-federal-circuit…

June 11, 2025

Professor Jayne Woods presents on AI

Professor Jayne Woods presented “Using AI to Prepare for Moot Court” at the AI & Legal Skills: Innovation, Impact, and Integrity Virtual Conference hosted by the Legal Writing Institute and the University of Wisconsin Law School in early June.

June 10, 2025

Melissa Cullman Cosgrove ,’13, named U.S. Supreme Court Fellow

Melissa Cullman Cosgrove, ’13, was named a 2025-2026 U.S. Supreme Court Fellow assigned to the Federal Judicial Center, the education and research agency for the federal courts. Cosgrove joins the Supreme Court Fellows Program from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, where she was a career law clerk for the Honorable Stephen R. Welby. She previously clerked for the Honorable Stephen R. Clark and the Honorable E. Richard Webber of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. She was also an Assistant Attorney General in the Missouri Attorney General’s Office. Cosgrove…

June 10, 2025

Child and Family Justice Clinic welcomes new staff attorney

The Mizzou Law Child and Family Justice Clinic welcomes Erika LeFauve, ’25, as a new staff attorney. LeFauve just graduated from Mizzou Law in May and has begun work with the clinic in a limited capacity while she studies for the Missouri Bar Exam. Once she passes the exam, she will begin full-time work as an attorney for the clinic in it’s new Roots of Resilience program. The Roots of Resilience: Rural Families Initiative is the new program the clinic is starting in August, which will expand the CFJC’s service area to include Audrain, Cole, and Moniteau counties.

June 9, 2025

Professor Oliveri publishes essay on sexual harassment in housing

Professor Rigel Oliveri recently published an essay, “Legal and Policy Responses to Sexual Harassment in Housing,” in the Connecticut Law Review. Her piece was part of a symposium put on by the Connecticut Law Review on the subject of Fair Housing in the 21st Century. To read the full essay, visit: https://connecticutlawreview.law.uconn.edu/2025/06/03/legal-and-policy-responses-to-sexual-harassment-in-housing/

June 5, 2025

Rising 3L speaks at KC Student Law Academy

Myuah Hamilton, a rising 3L at Mizzou Law, presented this summer at the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Foundation Student Law Academy for high school students. Hamilton spoke about her my journey through undergraduate and into law school to the newest cohort of the academy, which consists of 25 high school students from KC Metro schools who are considering a profession in the law. This was full circle moment for Hamilton, considering that she sat in the same seats as the scholars six years ago as an attendee of the Student Law Academy herself. “Being on the other side of…

June 5, 2025

Professor Renee Henson presents at conference on AI

In late May, Professor Renee Henson presented at the Conference on AI, Insurance Law, and Regulation at UConn School of Law. Professor Henson participated on a panel, “How can and should insurance influence the law of AI and AI itself.”

June 4, 2025

Professor Sperino teaches at Federal Judicial Center conference

Professor Sandra Sperino served as a faculty member for the Federal Judicial Center’s 2025 National Conference for Appellate Staff Attorneys in Phoenix on June 3. Professor Sperino discussed new issues in federal discrimination law, including emerging circuit splits about what counts as a negative action that will lead to liability and the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act.

June 3, 2025

Professor Henson and her twin sister featured in Missouri Bar Journal

Professor Renee Henson was featured along with her twin, Naomi Buie, in the latest issue of the Journal of the Missouri Bar. Both Professor Henson and Buie are lawyers who have practiced in the Kansas City area. To read the full story, visit: https://news.mobar.org/double-vision-double-impact-twin-lawyers-unique-paths-converge/

June 3, 2025

Professor Myers presents on AI across the country

Throughout the spring, Professor Gary Myers has presented at several conferences and training programs on legal issues surrounding artificial intelligence. March 2025 – Texas Court of Appeals, Ft. Worth – Annual Training/CLE Program — Spoke on “How to Regulate Artificial Intelligence” at the invitation of Chief Justice Bonnie Sudderth May 2025 – Arizona State Law School (ASU) GETS Conference – Spoke on “How AI Can Make Government More Efficient & Responsive” – 4th consecutive year presenting at this prestigious technology conference May 2025 — Law and Society Annual Conference – Spoke on “Deploying Mindfulness in Difficult Times: Law…