Sep. 17, 2025

Professor Gamage presents at economic symposium

On Sept. 16, Professor David Gamage presented at the Anthropic Economic Futures Symposium in Washington DC, along with the CEO of Anthropic: Dario Amodei, co-founder of Anthropic: Jack Clark, and a number of others.  Anthropic is one of the leading AI companies, the maker and owner of Claude AI. The symposium featured policymakers, researchers, and industry leaders examining artificial intelligence’s profound impact on economic futures. It included presentations from awardees selected through our symposium application process, alongside insights from leading voices in academia, the policy community, and technology. The symposium was co-hosted with the McCourt School of Public Policy at…

Sep. 16, 2025

Mizzou Law faculty member named Curator’s Distinguished Teaching Professor

Anne Alexander, a teaching professor of law at Mizzou Law was just named a Curator’s Distinguished Teaching Professor by the University of Missouri Board of Curators. Professor Alexander is one of 10 Mizzou faculty members across campus elevated to this title in 2025. The designation is the highest and most prestigious academic rank the Board of Curators awards. It is awarded to a select few outstanding scholars with established reputations. Professor Alexander is known for her innovative approach to teaching and her deep commitment to student learning. Since joining Mizzou in 2012, she has taught courses in…

Sep. 15, 2025

Professor Hintz presents paper at AALS conference

Professor C. Eric Hintz presented his forthcoming paper, “The Plain Solution to Federal Habeas,” at the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Criminal Procedure Section Junior Scholars Conference. Professor Hintz’s paper has been accepted for publication in the Utah Law Review some time in early 2026. The article argues that the current federal habeas system is broken and fails to serve any of its core purposes due to a myopic focus on limiting review through excessive procedure. To fix the problem, the paper proposes that much of the existing habeas structure be scrappped and replaced with a more…

Sep. 11, 2025

Professor Emeritus Esbeck Quoted in Christianity Today

Carl Esbeck, the R.B. Price Professor Emeritus of Law and the Isabella Wade & Paul C. Lyda Professor Emeritus of Law, was quoted in a recent article in Christianity Today. The article addressed potential legal issues with the Trump White House issuing a suggestion that all Americans pray for at least one hour a week. Carl Esbeck teaches constitutional law at the University of Missouri School of Law and has authored Supreme Court briefs on many religious liberty cases over the years. He recently published an essay about some of the recent state laws requiring the display of…

Sep. 11, 2025

Faculty Spotlight – Meet Bailey Barnes

by Tanner O’Neal Riley When it comes to underdog stories, people often think of mismatches: the tortoise versus the hare, Rocky versus Apollo Creed, or Mizzou versus Kansas basketball this past December. These are the stories where the odds lean heavily in one direction until the right person, with the right amount of determination, changes everything. Bailey Barnes, a first-year law professor at Mizzou Law and a civil rights scholar, is one of those people. “I don’t like bullies. That probably comes from being from small-town Appalachia—scrappy,” Barnes said. “When it’s government agents harming people in the government’s name,…

Sep. 10, 2025

Professor Gamage publishes article on how states should respond to corporate profit shifting

Professor David Gamage, along with co-author Darien Shanske of the University of California-Davis School of Law, published an article in the September issue of Tax Notes State. In their article, Gamage and Shanske explore how states should respond to the persistent challenge of corporate profit shifting. To read the full article, click here.

Sep. 9, 2025

Professor Sperino publishes new article on employment discrimination

Sandra Sperino, the Elwood L. Thomas Missouri Endowed Professor of Law, recently published a new article in the Washington University Law Review titled “When Is Discrimination Harmful?” The article discusses the wide-ranging effects of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Muldrow v. St. Louis. The decision likely restructures employment discrimination law, including potentially collapsing the distinctions between harassment and non-harassment discrimination.  Read the article here.

Sep. 8, 2025

Professor Bailey Barnes publishes op-ed in KC Star

Professor Bailey Barnes published an op-ed article in the KC Star discussing constitutional concerns with President Trump’s use of the National Guard as a police force in urban areas. Professor Barnes argues that those forces are not accountable to lawsuits if they violate citizens’ civil rights. Read the full article here.

Aug. 27, 2025

Associate Dean Lietzan named to Best Lawyers list

For the 11th straight year, Erika Lietzan, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, William H. Pittman Professor of Law & Timothy J. Heinsz Professor of Law at Mizzou Law, was named a Best Lawyer in FDA Law and for the 16th straight year as a Best Lawyer in Biotechnology & Life Sciences Law for 2025.

Aug. 20, 2025

Professor Wechsler wins Best Scholarly Article Award

Professor Rachel Wechsler has won the AALS Section of Dispute Resolution’s 2024 Best Scholarly Article Award for her article, Intimate Partner Violence:  Access to Protection Beyond the Pandemic, which was published in 65:7 BOSTON COLLEGE LAW REVIEW 2267 (2024). Professor Wechsler’s research was highlighted last year when she first published the article.