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January 13, 2026
Professor Snyder presents at Federalist Society Faculty Conference
Professor Ryan Snyder presented a paper on the Young Legal Scholars Panel at the 27th Annual Federalist Society Faculty Conference in January. The presenters were all competitively selected as part of the Young Legal Scholars Paper Competition, which is limited to unpublished papers by junior faculty members who… Read More
January 8, 2026
Professor Sperino’s article highlighted in JOTWELL
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Dec. 18, 2025
Professor Rana publishes new article on how populist governments engage with international bodies
Assistant provost and professor Shruti Rana recently published a new article in the Melbourne Journal of International Law examining how populist governments in constitutional democracies often challenge, de-legitimize, or withdraw from treaty-based and other international bodies. Rana’s article, written alongside co-authors Peter Danchin, Jeremy Farrall and Imogen Saunders, proposes a conceptual framework for analyzing contemporary patterns of state engagement and disengagement with international law and institutions amid rising populist backlash against the post-1945 liberal order. To read the full article, click here.
Dec. 18, 2025
Professor Boyack connects scholarship and real-world legal challenges
by Tanner O’Neal Riley Professor Andrea Boyack continues to advance legal scholarship that bridges theory, teaching and practical policy challenges, with a focus on housing, consumer protection and economic inequality. Her work – including her two current book projects, classroom engagement innovations, op-eds, and comparative research – offers insights into how law shapes everyday life. Professor Boyack is writing an ambitious book called Framing Housing Law and Policy, a project based on collaborative research with retired Professor Tim Iglesias of San Francisco. The book will examine how the way legal rules are conceptualized (or “framed”) affects both policy and…
Dec. 15, 2025
Associate Dean Lietzan speaks at Food and Drug Law Institute conference
Associate Dean Erika Lietzan spoke at the annual Enforcement, Litigation, and Compliance conference of the Food and Drug Law Institute earlier in December. She addressed the likely impact on FDA of several recent Supreme Court administrative law cases, including SEC v. Jarkesy (relating to an agency’s ability to adjudicate civil money penalties administratively) and Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (which overruled the Chevron decision and established that courts must consider questions of law de novo rather than deferring to an agency’s interpretation of the statute it administers). Among other things, Professor Lietzan discussed her new paper on the impact of Loper Bright (available…
Dec. 15, 2025
Mizzou Law Veterans Clinic featured in Missourian article
The Mizzou Law Veterans Clinic was recently featured in an article in the Columbia Missourian. The story highlighted a specific veteran’s case and how the clinic helped him receive the Veterans Affairs benefits he earned through his service. To read the full story, click here.
Dec. 12, 2025
Professor Sperino spends week training federal judges
This week, Professor Sandra Sperino performed multiple trainings for federal judges on employment discrimination law. On Dec. 9, Professor Sperino provided a five-hour interactive training sessions on labor and employment law at the United States District Court for the District of Maryland as part of that court’s Titus Employment Law Seminar. She discussed the structure of discrimination law, recent Supreme Court cases in the field, causation doctrine, and the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act. On Dec. 12, Professor Sperino served as a faculty member for the Federal Judicial Center in Washington D.C. She provided…
Dec. 5, 2025
Prof. Rhodes Publishes Article on Tort Causation’s Constitutional Dimensions
Professor Charles “Rocky” Rhodes and his co-author, Professor Cassandra Burke Robertson, have published a new article in the Texas A&M Law Review entitled “Causation’s Due Process Dimensions.” This article argues that the Supreme Court’s punitive damages and personal jurisdiction due-process decisions provide a framework for navigating the tension between tort compensation for victims of mass harms and fairness to defendants when causation is difficult to prove. The Supreme Court’s due-process holdings regarding both punitive damages and personal jurisdiction emphasize the relationship between a plaintiff’s harm, the defendant’s conduct, and the state’s regulatory interests. The authors contend that this…
Dec. 4, 2025
Professor Henson quoted in St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch quoted Professor Renee Henson, a University of Missouri School of Law expert in products liability, insurance law, and AI risk and regulation, in its recent coverage of Bayer’s lawsuit against AIG. In the article, Professor Henson called the lawsuit “a fascinating case” and noted that “there is so much on the line, potentially,” given the scale of the Roundup and PCB litigation. Read the full article here.