Dec. 12, 2025

Professor Sperino spends week training federal judges

This week, Professor Sandra Sperino performed multiple trainings for federal judges on employment discrimination law. On Dec. 9, Professor Sperino provided a five-hour interactive training sessions on labor and employment law at the United States District Court for the District of Maryland as part of that court’s Titus Employment Law Seminar. She discussed the structure of discrimination law, recent Supreme Court cases in the field, causation doctrine, and the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act. On Dec. 12, Professor Sperino served as a faculty member for the Federal Judicial Center in Washington D.C. She provided…

Dec. 5, 2025

Prof. Rhodes Publishes Article on Tort Causation’s Constitutional Dimensions

Professor Charles “Rocky” Rhodes and his co-author, Professor Cassandra Burke Robertson, have published a new article in the Texas A&M Law Review entitled “Causation’s Due Process Dimensions.” This article argues that the Supreme Court’s punitive damages and personal jurisdiction due-process decisions provide a framework for navigating the tension between tort compensation for victims of mass harms and fairness to defendants when causation is difficult to prove. The Supreme Court’s due-process holdings regarding both punitive damages and personal jurisdiction emphasize the relationship between a plaintiff’s harm, the defendant’s conduct, and the state’s regulatory interests. The authors contend that this…

Dec. 4, 2025

Professor Henson quoted in St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch quoted Professor Renee Henson, a University of Missouri School of Law expert in products liability, insurance law, and AI risk and regulation, in its recent coverage of Bayer’s lawsuit against AIG. In the article, Professor Henson called the lawsuit “a fascinating case” and noted that “there is so much on the line, potentially,” given the scale of the Roundup and PCB litigation. Read the full article here.

Nov. 19, 2025

Faculty Spotlight – Charles W. “Rocky” Rhodes

By Tanner O’Neal Riley When it comes to constitutional scholars, few blend intellect and accessibility quite like Charles W. “Rocky” Rhodes. A nationally recognized expert on constitutional law, Rhodes joined the University of Missouri School of Law this fall as the Edward H. Hunvald Professor of Law and Wall Fellow in Constitutional Law. For Rhodes, Mizzou represents a fitting culmination of a lifelong conversation about justice, power, and the meaning of the foundational elements of the law that shape our society. “It’s a rare opportunity,” Rhodes said. “Mizzou Law has an exceptional balance of scholarship, teaching, and service to the…

Nov. 14, 2025

Professor Boyack quoted in article on mobile home property rights

Professor Andrea Boyack was quoted extensively in a feature story in the Columbia Missourian discussing property rights for mobile home owners and the land their homes sit on. Read the full story here.

Nov. 10, 2025

Professor Sperino presents on employment discrimination law

Last month, Professor Sandra Sperino gave a presentation on recent changes in employment discrimination law to judges and law clerks in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She also discussed two recent Supreme Court cases and their far-reaching implications for the structure of employment discrimination law as part of the Alabama Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Section annual CLE.

Nov. 4, 2025

Professor Trachtenberg lectures his way through Asia

Professor Ben Trachtenberg spent the end of October giving lectures in Seoul, South Korea and Tokyo, Japan. In Korea, Professor Trachtenberg spoke at Seoul National University on the topic, “Grand Juries in the United States: A Real or Illusory Check on Prosecutors?” In Tokyo, Professor Trachtenberg spoke to law faculty at Sophia University on “The Current Situation and Challenges of Legal Education in the United States.”…

Oct. 30, 2025

Law and Learning in the Age of AI

by Tanner O’Neal Riley Artificial intelligence is changing the world faster than most professions can keep up. At the University of Missouri School of Law, however, it’s not an afterthought — it’s a foundation. As part of a pioneering group of law schools integrating AI into legal education, the University of Missouri and Mizzou Law are positioned as an “AI-forward institution.” From chatbot tutors to negotiation simulations powered by large language models, the technology transforming the legal industry is also transforming how Mizzou Law students learn. The goal: give students hands-on experience with ethical and effective AI use that is…

Oct. 29, 2025

“Billionare tax” designed by Mizzou Law professor added to California ballot

A tax reform measure designed to tax the ultra wealthy in order to help fund Medicaid has been added to the ballot in California. The measure was developed by Professor David Gamage along with co-designer Professor Darien Shanske of the UC-Davis School of Law. The measure proposes a one-time, emergency 5% tax on billionaires in the state of California. The funds would be used to help prevent a statewide healthcare system collapse and to stop emergency rooms from closing their doors due to pending cuts to federal Medicaid funding.  “With federal tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy now squeezing health…

Oct. 24, 2025

Professor Woods featured on California Appellate Law podcast

Few lawyers and LRW instructors write and think more about Artificial Intelligence than Professor Jane Woods of Mizzou Law, who offers this most important AI advice: If you haven’t read the case, don’t cite the case. The Boies Schiller Cautionary Tale: That would have saved Boies Schiller’s bacon. We discuss the high-profile Scientology/Masterson appeal, and whether the Court of Appeal is going to strike plaintiff’s respondent’s brief because of the Boies Schiller attorneys hallucinated cases and otherwise wrong legal citations. AI’s Ideal Applications: Most effective AI uses include drafting standard legal sections, style polishing, fact organization, and processing large…