June 11, 2026

Associate Dean Lietzan named ACUS Senior Fellow

Associate Dean and Professor Erika Lietzan was recently appointed as a Senior Fellow of the Administrative Conference of the United States. Dean Lietzan was previously a Public Member of the ACUS and also served as co-chair of the Joint Ad Hoc Committee of the Committee on Adjudication and Committee on Administration and Management this past year. The Administrative Conference of the United States is a federal agency within the executive branch dedicated to improving administrative law and federal regulatory processes. It conducts applied research, and provides expert recommendations and other advice, to improve federal agency procedures. Its…

June 10, 2026

Professor Henson publishes article on AI in the Boston University Law Review

Professor Renee Henson’s latest article, “Artificial Intelligence, Judicial Evolution, and Insurance,” has been published in the Boston University Law Review. The article examines how courts are increasingly permitting certain algorithmic injury claims to proceed and explores the insurance implications of that development. As AI-related litigation continues to evolve, existing insurance products may leave significant gaps in coverage for certain AI-related harms, raising important questions about compensation, risk allocation, and the future development of insurance markets. Click here to read the article.

June 9, 2026

Professor Rana presents at Law and Society Conference

In late May, Professor Shruti Rana presented on the “Leading Through Crisis and Uncertainty” panel at the Law and Society Annual Conference in San Francisco, discussing ways to support faculty, law schools, and universities with co-panelists Dean Austen Parrish, Professor Meera Deo, Kaisa Goodman, and Ben Hur. (Picture attached) She also served as a faculty mentor as part of the Law & Society Early Career Workshop and moderated the panel “Life Beyond Academia” with Professors Dee Smythe and Thalia Gonzales during the workshop. …

June 8, 2026

Professor Myers and recent Mizzou Law graduate publish new casebook

Professor Gary Myers and Meghan McAuliff, ’25, have published a new casebook that refocuses tort law for the NextGen Bar Exam. McAuliff, who is a current law clerk for Missouri Supreme Court Judge Paul Wilson, along with Professor Tracy Pearl of the University of Oklahoma, worked with Professor Myers publish “Experiencing Tort Law,” which takes a blended approach to learning tort law, incorporating traditional cases and restatement provisions with new cases highlighting modern applications of tort law to new and novel issues. The book also includes experiential exercises and practice multiple choice questions at the end of each section, allowing ample…

June 2, 2026

Professor Rana speaks at Global Law & Political Economy Workshop

In late May, Professor Shruti Rana spoke at the 2026 Global Law & Political Economy Workshop on “Reconstructing State Capacity” at the UC Berkeley School of Law. She presented her paper, “Weaponizing State Inaction: Theorizing the Care Crisis in International Law from the Pandemic to the Present,” and was featured on the Plenary Panel on Building Capacity, Constraining Contradiction: Legal Architecture of Governance.  The workshop was co-sponsored by the Law and Political Economy Collective and the UC Berkeley School of Law.

June 1, 2026

Professor Gouzoules publishes article in Minnesota Law Review

Professor Alexander Gouzoules published an article on non-Article III adjudication in the Minnesota Law Review. The article challenges modern assumptions about judicial independence and constitutional structure by recovering the historical role of judges appointed during Senate recesses, many of whom exercised judicial power before receiving Senate confirmation. The article examines the implications of this historical record for non-Article III courts, such as bankruptcy courts.

May 28, 2026

Professor Oliveri speaks at UN women’s panel

Professor Rigel Oliveri of the University of Missouri School of Law participated in a joint UN Women panel on women’s empowerment and safe housing, held at the World Urban Forum in Baku, Azerbaijan, alongside global human rights advocates, municipal officials, and academics. She discussed how the sexual harassment of low-income women by their housing providers is a product of a chronic shortage of affordable housing and leads to further instability for affected households. The panel, titled “ONE UN – Beyond shelter: adequate, safe, resilient housing for gender equality and women’s empowerment,” explored how women—particularly in developing and transition states—are affected by…

May 27, 2026

Professor Gamage quoted in New Republic story

Professor David Gamage was quoted extensively in a New Republic story on the California Billionaire Tax ballot measure. A measure Professor Gamage helped draft through his academic scholarship. Read the full story here.

May 18, 2026

Associate Dean Lietzan’s article highlighted in The Regulatory Review

Associate Dean and Professor Erika Lietzan‘s new article forthcoming in the SMU Law Review, “FDA After Loper Bright,” was recently reviewed in “The Regulatory Review.” The Review article highlights Professor Lietzans argument that the Loper Bright decision “may not be nearly as devastating” for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as many scholars believe it will be. Read the full The Regulatory Review article here.

May 6, 2026

Professor Lietzan edits book on pharmaceutical marketplace

Professor Erika Lietzan edited a new book just published in French, titled “Le marché pharmaceutique, de l’aporie à une dialectique commerce international/santé.” The book, published by European publisher Mare & Martin, discusses the pharmaceutical marketplace and a wide range of issues relating to reconciling the importance of medicine to global public health with its nature as a commodity like any other. The chapters were written from a range of academic perspectives by scholars around the world. Professor Lietzan also wrote a chapter herself on the prospects for the U.S. government to play a role in the pharmaceutical marketplace. Read more…