Aug. 12, 2024

Alumni Spotlight — Meet Keesha-Lu Abrahams-Mitra

by Anna Sago As the first female senior vice president and general counsel at State Farm, Keesha-Lu Abrahams-Mitra, ‘89, still finds herself relying on a skill she learned on her very first day of law school at Mizzou. “My very first day of law school — civil procedure,” Abrahams-Mitra said, “I happened to have Professor Carl Esbeck. My maiden name was Abrahams and he called on students alphabetically. So Pennoyer vs. Neff is indelibly etched in my mind, not necessarily positively.” Though Abrahams-Mitra can now laugh at her first-day cold call blunder, it taught her a valuable lesson that…

June 12, 2024

Mizzou Law hosting alumni happy hour events across the state this summer

This summer, Mizzou Law is hosting a series of networking happy hours for our alumni around the state of Missouri and we are coming to an area near you! See the following dates and locations to determine which happy hour event is closest to you! Registration is FREE but requested for planning purposes. We hope to see you this summer! July 9: Springfield Alumni Happy HourThe Hotel Vandivort, 305 E Walnut St, Springfield, MO 65806 July 17: St. Louis Alumni Happy HourMoonrise Hotel, 6177 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63112 Aug. 1: Columbia Alumni Happy HourLaw Library…