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October 17, 2025
Mizzou Tax Law Colloquium hosts Georgia professor
On Oct 22 (Wednesday), Assaf Harpaz (Georgia), will present the draft paper, “Artificial Intelligence and Taxation’s Goals”, 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… Read More
October 16, 2025
Professor Lietzan presents at two French conferences
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Oct. 14, 2025
Professor Dennis Crouch Presents on Jungian Themes in Patent Law
Professor Dennis Crouch recently spoke at a student/faculty workshop hosted by the University of Michigan School of Law, led by renowned intellectual property scholars Professors Jessica Litman and Rebecca Eisenberg.Professor Crouch presented his work exploring how Carl Jung’s concepts of synchronicity, shadow, and archetypes can illuminate key dynamics within the modern patent system. Drawing parallels between simultaneous invention and Jung’s notion of meaningful coincidence, he discussed how a puer aeternus mindset—driven by youthful idealism and discovery—shapes innovation culture. Jung used these tools to help draw meaningful connections for individual psychology. In his work, Crouch argues…
Oct. 14, 2025
Faculty Spotlight — Meet Taylor Gamm
by Tanner O’Neal Riley For Walls Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Law Taylor Gamm, the path to the classroom began with a lifelong curiosity about how rules and systems shape everyday life. Gamm earned her undergraduate degree in economics from Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky, where she also played and later captained the university’s women’s soccer team. She went on to earn her J.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Law, graduating summa cum laude and second in her class. During law school, she served as Notes and Comments Editor for the University of Cincinnati Law Review and received book awards in property, contracts, ethics, and lawyering.
Oct. 13, 2025
Professor Crouch gives keynote at Houston IP Law Institute
Professor Dennis Crouch recently delivered the keynote address at the 41st Annual Fall Institute on Intellectual Property Law, co-sponsored by the Houston Intellectual Property Law Association (HIPLA) and the University of Houston Law Center. His keynote, titled “Intellectual Property Rights under President Trump (2025),” explored the sweeping changes to U.S. patent and copyright policy since President Trump’s inauguration earlier this year. Professor Crouch discussed the heightened politicization of the USPTO and Copyright Office, the administration’s promotion of AI-driven innovation, and the renewed emphasis on patent-holder rights across key federal agencies. A nationally recognized scholar of patent law and editor…
Oct. 13, 2025
Professor Wechsler presents on human trafficking and immigration panel
Professor Rachel Wechsler participated as a panelist on a webinar hosted by the American Bar Association’s Immigration and Human Trafficking Committee. Professor Wechsler and coauthor Professor Julie Dahlstrom, published a blog on the Oxford Human Rights Hub last spring discussing implications of President Trump’s enforcement of U.S. immigration laws. Panelists on the ABA webinar discussed the implications of this change in enforcement and challenges it creates for lawyers representing human trafficking victims, undocumented workers and businesses that rely on immigrant workers.
Oct. 10, 2025
Mizzou Tax Law Colloquium to host San Diego professor
On Oct 15 (Wednesday), Miranda Perry Fleischer (San Diego), will present the draft paper, “Equality of Opportunity and a Universal Child Allowance”, 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…
Oct. 8, 2025
Professor Gamage’s paper highlighted as one of best recent works in Trusts and Estates
Professor David Gamage, along with coauthors Brian Galle and Bob Lord, had their recent paper, “Taxing Dynasties,” highlighted in Jotwell as one of the best recent scholarly works relating to Trusts and Estates. In his review in Jotwell, Kent Schenkel writes that Gamage et. al “proposed a meticulous, politically savvy, and technically brilliant prescription” for keeping the wealthy from avoiding estate taxes. Read the full piece here.
Oct. 7, 2025
Professor Sperino presents at CLE for the US District Court
In early October, Professor Sandra Sperino presented New Issues In Employment Discrimination Law as part of the Bench and Bar CLE Seminar for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. The presentation covered changes in the adverse action doctrine and a recent Supreme Court opinion clarifying the proper framework for analyzing reverse discrimination claims. Professor Sperino also provided training on employment discrimination law for the law clerks in the Northern District of Mississippi.