Third-year law student Brian Thompson recently joined Professor S.I. Strong at a session of Working Group II (Arbitration and Conciliation) of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) in New York. Thompson and Strong attended the meeting as non-governmental observers (NGOs) affiliated with the American Society of International Law (ASIL). The primary topic under discussion at the Working…
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School of Law to Co-Host Inaugural Southeastern Regional Tax Challenge
The School of Law will join with the MU School of Accountancy to host the Inaugural Southeastern Regional Tax Challenge at Hulston Hall on February 10 and 11. Fourteen teams of law and accounting students from throughout the Southeastern Conference (SEC) will travel to Columbia to present their solutions to a complicated tax transaction in front of a panel of…
Professor Conklin Presents at Arbitration Seminar
Professor Carli N. Conklin was invited to present her research at a works-in-progress seminar, “Development of Arbitration and Mediation in the 17th and 18th Centuries”, held on January 23, 2017, at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) at London University. Professor Conklin presented on research methodology in arbitration history and the History of Arbitration Database Project, a joint collaboration…
School of Law Hosts International Works in Progress Conference
The law school recently hosted an international works in progress conference in association with the American Society of International Law (ASIL) and the MU International Center. The event saw 30 participants from 19 different countries come to the law school to discuss their scholarship. Presentations were also made by Lady Justice Joyce Aluoch of the International Criminal Court in the…
Veterans Clinic Faculty, Students File Brief with U.S. Supreme Court Challenging the Presumption of Competency
The School of Law Veterans Clinic recently participated in the submission of an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States. Clinic director Angela Drake was the counsel of record, while 3L Matt Mueller and 2L Tony Meyer contributed to the brief. The Veterans Clinic worked with four other law school veterans clinics in the submission of the…
Professor Lietzan Discusses Executive Order’s Possible Impact on Food and Drug Administration
Professor Erika Lietzan was quoted at length today in an article published by the Regulatory Affairs Professional Society (RAPS) about the impact of President Trump’s January 30 “two-for-one” executive order on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The executive order provides that whenever an agency promulgates a new regulation, it must identify at least two existing regulations to be…
Board of Advocates Announces Mediation Competition Champions
The Mizzou Law Board of Advocates recently announced its 2017 Mediation Competition champions, 2Ls John McCaskill and Melissa Knerr, and runners-up, 1Ls Lauren Vincent and Curtis Wilson.…
Professor Halabi Discusses Hospice Care on “This Week in Health Law”
Professor Sam Halabi was featured on episode 82 of “This Week in Health Law.” This 30-minute episode covered hospice care and further explored one of Professor Halabi’s articles, “Selling Hospice.” He discussed not only the origin of his piece, but also how people view hospice care and the trend toward corporate consolidation in the healthcare sector generally, as well as…
Professor Publishes Empirical Study on International Commercial Mediation
In late 2014, Professor S.I. Strong conducted the first large-scale empirical study focusing on international commercial mediation. The research was generated to assist delegates to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) as they considered whether to undertake a new project concerning the enforcement of settlement agreements arising out of international commercial mediation. That project is now well…
Professor Crouch’s Blog, Patently-O, Celebrates 6,000th Post
This week, Professor Dennis Crouch published his 6,000th post on Patently-O, his successful patent law blog. For the past 13 years, Patently-O has covered U.S. patent law issues on a daily basis. The site is read by most U.S. patent law professionals and has been cited in hundreds of law review articles. After being nominated as a top-100 legal blog…