The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) recently posted a podcast by Professor David English on cross-border recognition of guardianships and powers of attorney. It is available at https://actecfoundation.org/podcasts/cross-border-recognition-of-powers-of-attorney-guardianship/. This is the third podcast that Professor English has recorded for ACTEC. Prior podcasts, “The Uniform Trust Code and the Future of American Trust Law” and “The Uniform Guardianship,…
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Seventh edition printed of Professor Abrams’ casebook
Professor Douglas E. Abrams and his co-authors have published the 7th edition of their Children and the Law casebook (West 2020). The fully updated edition continues to cover children’s constitutional rights, representing children, abuse and neglect, foster care, crimes against children, adoption, medical decision making, financial responsibility and control, protective legislation, and…
Veterans Clinic remembers heroes this Memorial Day
Memorial Day weekend is a special time in which we honor the men and women who died serving our nation. The grave site pictured is of Joe Green, father of the Mizzou Law Veterans Clinic Founder and Director Angela Drake. He lost his life while bravely serving our nation during the Vietnam War and we will forever be grateful for…
Chalana Scales-Ferguson receives Carey Mae Carroll Award from MU Women’s Law Association
Chalana Scales-Ferguson, Director of Academic Success, has been selected by the MU Women’s Law Association as this year’s recipient of the Carey Mae Carroll Award. Each year, this honor is awarded to a faculty or staff member who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in the advancement of women. The MU WLA has selected Professor Ferguson for her commitment to students and…
Featured Alumnus: Alvin Rohrs
Alvin Rohrs is a Class of ’82 graduate of the University of Missouri School of Law and a leading expert on entrepreneurship, social impact, free enterprise and acceleration leadership. He spearheaded the national and global growth of the Springfield-based educational nonprofit, Enactus, where more than 800,000 student leaders at more than 1700 universities in 36 countries made a sustainable entrepreneurial…
Veterans Clinic working to help army veteran get his Purple Heart
Man on a mission explains how the MU Veterans Clinic is working to help former Army Specialist Justin Elmer get his Purple…
Veterans Clinic’s Brent Filbert to be on Chicago radio show
The Veterans Clinic’s Brent Filbert will be a guest on Cliff Kelley’s radio show, Game Changer, on May 16 at 5 pm, central time. The show is sponsored by the America’s Heroes Group and airs on WVON in Chicago. Filbert will discuss the Mizzou Law Veterans Clinic in general and talk about rural outreach to veterans through Tigers for…
Mizzou Law Disperses Grant to Students for COVID-19 Relief
The AccessLex Institute generously provided the University of Missouri School of Law with a grant to assist our students with COVID-19 related emergency relief. We made these funds available to all Mizzou Law students regardless of status or financial aid eligibility to provide relief with COVID-19 related expenses. The Law School awarded 35 students a total of $25,000 in emergency…
Professor Trachtenberg to present CLE on Legal Ethics and the Coronavirus
Professor Ben Trachtenberg will present a CLE on legal ethics for the Boone County Bar Association on May 13. The CLE is in lieu of the regular May meeting and will be conducted via videoconference. Prof. Trachtenberg will cover ethical issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic, including duties that lawyers have if they become ill, the duties of “diligence” and…
Fulton (Mo.) Rotary Club hears from Veterans Clinic
Professor Brent Filbert, staff attorney for the Veterans Clinic, and Sara O’Connor, support specialist, spoke to the Rotary Club in Fulton, Mo., via Zoom on April 22. An article in the Fulton Sun, Veterans Clinic offers free legal help to vets, shared details about what they explained about the services of the Veterans Clinic and its Tigers for Troops…