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November 10, 2025
Mizzou Tax Law Colloquium hosts professors presenting on taxing AI
On Nov. 12, David Elkins (Netanya) + Mirit Eyal (Alabama) will present the draft paper, “Toward AI Tax Personhood”, 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… Read More
November 10, 2025
Professor Sperino presents on employment discrimination law
November 4, 2025
Professor Trachtenberg lectures his way through Asia
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Nov. 3, 2025
Mizzou Tax Law Colloquium hosts Tulane professor
On Nov. 5, Steven Sheffrin (Tulane) will present the draft paper, “Taxpayer Realization and Economic Welfare”, 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 the draft paper. Anyone who…
Oct. 30, 2025
Law and Learning in the Age of AI
by Tanner O’Neal Riley Artificial intelligence is changing the world faster than most professions can keep up. At the University of Missouri School of Law, however, it’s not an afterthought — it’s a foundation. As part of a pioneering group of law schools integrating AI into legal education, the University of Missouri and Mizzou Law are positioned as an “AI-forward institution.” From chatbot tutors to negotiation simulations powered by large language models, the technology transforming the legal industry is also transforming how Mizzou Law students learn. The goal: give students hands-on experience with ethical and effective AI use that is…
Oct. 29, 2025
“Billionare tax” designed by Mizzou Law professor added to California ballot
A tax reform measure designed to tax the ultra wealthy in order to help fund Medicaid has been added to the ballot in California. The measure was developed by Professor David Gamage along with co-designer Professor Darien Shanske of the UC-Davis School of Law. The measure proposes a one-time, emergency 5% tax on billionaires in the state of California. The funds would be used to help prevent a statewide healthcare system collapse and to stop emergency rooms from closing their doors due to pending cuts to federal Medicaid funding. “With federal tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy now squeezing health…
Oct. 28, 2025
Mizzou Law team wins regional ABA negotiation competition
Mizzou Law 2Ls Jake Hall and Ethan Uhrlaub won the 2025 American Bar Association regional negotiation competition, beating out teams from top law schools across the Midwest. Jake and Ethan’s victory earned them a spot in the national ABA negotiation competition in Chicago in January. The team is coached by Professor Don Seitz.
Oct. 24, 2025
Mizzou Tax Law Colloquium hosts speakers on tariffs
On Oct. 29 (Wednesday), Susie Morse (Texas) + Shuyi Oei (Duke) + Diane Ring (Boston College) will present the draft paper, “The Constitutionality of Trump’s Tariffs: A Tax Analysis”, 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…
Oct. 24, 2025
Professor Woods featured on California Appellate Law podcast
Few lawyers and LRW instructors write and think more about Artificial Intelligence than Professor Jane Woods of Mizzou Law, who offers this most important AI advice: If you haven’t read the case, don’t cite the case. The Boies Schiller Cautionary Tale: That would have saved Boies Schiller’s bacon. We discuss the high-profile Scientology/Masterson appeal, and whether the Court of Appeal is going to strike plaintiff’s respondent’s brief because of the Boies Schiller attorneys hallucinated cases and otherwise wrong legal citations. AI’s Ideal Applications: Most effective AI uses include drafting standard legal sections, style polishing, fact organization, and processing large…
Oct. 23, 2025
Professor Rhodes publishes new constitutional law book
Professor Charles “Rocky” Rhodes and his co-author, Professor Renee Knake Jefferson, have published a new constitutional law book, “Constitutional Law: Foundations, Interpretations, and Commentaries,” through West Academic. Rhodes’ text melds the story of constitutional historical development with modern resulting doctrine by interspersing foundations chapters throughout the book detailing the development of constitutional law across typical doctrinal categories before thoroughly studying the resulting modern doctrine in detail. The book incorporates author commentaries and frameworks that introduce carefully selected and edited Supreme Court cases and explanatory materials. The book includes all the topics typically covered in constitutional law required courses…