March 20, 2024

Dean Trachtenberg Moderates Panel at Countering Antisemitism Conference

Associate Dean Ben Trachtenberg is moderating a panel today at the third annual Countering Antisemitism conference. Dean Trachtenberg will moderate a panel titled “Crisis on Campus: What Can Be Done?” which will explore ways to fight antisemitism on college campuses.

Feb. 5, 2024

Associate Dean Ben Trachtenberg Speaks On Chiefs’ Fan Death Case

Associate Dean Ben Trachtenberg spoke with People Magazine about potential criminal charges in well-known Kansas City Chiefs’ fan death case. To read the full story, visit: https://people.com/chiefs-fan-deaths-criminal-charges-possibility-experts-weigh-in-8558256.  

Nov. 17, 2023

Mizzou Law Professors Quoted in ABA Journal

Mizzou Law professors Ben Trachtenberg and Richard Reuben were recently quoted in an ABA Journal article covering a recently disbarred Missouri attorney. Their quotes address ethical and legal questions surrounding the case of an attorney who broke local statute by remaining on a city council while no longer living within that municipality. “Not every lie is going to get a lawyer in trouble. There’s ordinary dishonesty, like telling your children there’s a Santa Claus, and then there’s deeper deceit, such as defrauding the public. That kind of deceit can get you in trouble even when you are acting…

Jan. 11, 2021

Professors Freyermuth and Trachtenberg elected to American Law Institute

Professor R. Wilson Freyermuth and Associate Dean Ben Trachtenberg were recently elected as members of the American Law Institute (ALI). They join 13 current or emeritus members of the Mizzou Law faculty who are ALI members: Larry Dessem, David English, William Fisch, David Fischer, Bob Jerry, Thom Lambert, Lyrissa Lidsky, Erika Lietzan, David Mitchell, Gary Myers, Phil Peters, Richard Reuben, and Dale Whitman. According to information on it website, the American Law Institute is the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law. ALI drafts,…

Jan. 7, 2021

Ben Trachtenberg appointed Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Dean Lyrissa Lidsky has appointed Professor Ben Trachtenberg, Isidor Loeb Professor of Law, as associate dean for academic affairs at Mizzou Law effective January 1. Trachtenberg replaces Professor S. David Mitchell, Ruth L. Hulston Professor of Law, who recently became one of the two inaugural co-directors of the Michael A. Middleton Center for Race, Citizenship & Justice at Mizzou. Mitchell had served as associate dean since 2015. Professor Trachtenberg joined the law faculty in 2010. In 2012, he received the Gold Chalk Award for excellence in teaching from the University of Missouri Graduate Professional Council. In 2014,…