News Archive
September 15, 2025
Professor Hintz presents paper at AALS conference
Professor C. Eric Hintz presented his forthcoming paper, “The Plain Solution to Federal Habeas,” at the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Criminal Procedure Section Junior Scholars Conference. Professor Hintz’s paper has been accepted for publication in the Utah Law Review some time in early 2026. The article… Read More
September 12, 2025
Mizzou Tax Law Colloquium hosts Loyola professor
September 11, 2025
Professor Emeritus Esbeck Quoted in Christianity Today
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Sep. 11, 2025
Faculty Spotlight – Meet Bailey Barnes
by Tanner O’Neal Riley When it comes to underdog stories, people often think of mismatches: the tortoise versus the hare, Rocky versus Apollo Creed, or Mizzou versus Kansas basketball this past December. These are the stories where the odds lean heavily in one direction until the right person, with the right amount of determination, changes everything. Bailey Barnes, a first-year law professor at Mizzou Law and a civil rights scholar, is one of those people. “I don’t like bullies. That probably comes from being from small-town Appalachia—scrappy,” Barnes said. “When it’s government agents harming people in the government’s name,…
Sep. 10, 2025
Professor Gamage publishes article on how states should respond to corporate profit shifting
Professor David Gamage, along with co-author Darien Shanske of the University of California-Davis School of Law, published an article in the September issue of Tax Notes State. In their article, Gamage and Shanske explore how states should respond to the persistent challenge of corporate profit shifting. To read the full article, click here.
Sep. 9, 2025
Professor Sperino publishes new article on employment discrimination
Sandra Sperino, the Elwood L. Thomas Missouri Endowed Professor of Law, recently published a new article in the Washington University Law Review titled “When Is Discrimination Harmful?” The article discusses the wide-ranging effects of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Muldrow v. St. Louis. The decision likely restructures employment discrimination law, including potentially collapsing the distinctions between harassment and non-harassment discrimination. Read the article here.
Sep. 9, 2025
Mizzou Tax Law Colloquium hosts UCI and UNC professors
On Sep. 10, Josh Blank (UCI) and Leigh Osofsky (UNC), will present the draft paper, “Audit Guides and the Administrative State”, at the Mizzou Law Tax Policy Colloquium, from 2:00 to 3:15 pm Central Time. The Mizzou Law Tax Policy Colloquium is convened by Professor David Gamage of Mizzou Law. Most sessions will be open to guest participants via zoom, from 2:00 to 3:15 pm Central Time. This session will be open to guest participants via zoom. Anyone who would like to join as a guest participant should e-mail Professor Gamage directly at dgamage@missouri.edu for details, the zoom login, and to be sent…
Sep. 8, 2025
Professor Bailey Barnes publishes op-ed in KC Star
Professor Bailey Barnes published an op-ed article in the KC Star discussing constitutional concerns with President Trump’s use of the National Guard as a police force in urban areas. Professor Barnes argues that those forces are not accountable to lawsuits if they violate citizens’ civil rights. Read the full article here.
Sep. 4, 2025
Mizzou Tax Law Colloquium hosts Albany Professor
On Sep 8 (Monday), Zhaoyi Li (Albany) will present the draft paper, “The Fiscal Theory of Corporate Governance” , at the Mizzou Law Tax Policy Colloquium, from 2:00 to 3:15 pm Central Time. The Mizzou Law Tax Policy Colloquium is convened by Professor David Gamage of Mizzou Law. Most sessions will be open to guest participants via zoom, from 2:00 to 3:15 pm Central Time. This session will be open to guest participants via zoom. Anyone who would like to join as a guest participant should e-mail Professor Gamage directly at dgamage@missouri.edu for details, the zoom login, and to be sent…
Aug. 27, 2025
Associate Dean Lietzan named to Best Lawyers list
For the 11th straight year, Erika Lietzan, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, William H. Pittman Professor of Law & Timothy J. Heinsz Professor of Law at Mizzou Law, was named a Best Lawyer in FDA Law and for the 16th straight year as a Best Lawyer in Biotechnology & Life Sciences Law for 2025.