Category: Faculty News
September 17, 2024
Faculty Spotlight — Meet Eric Hintz
To poet John Donne, no man is an island. To Eric Hintz, one of Mizzou Law’s newest professors, no area of the law is, either. With an undergraduate degree in economics and a graduate degree in global security studies, Hintz has always enjoyed approaching academic questions from a trans-substantive… Read More
September 13, 2024
Faculty Spotlight — Meet Ryan Vacca
When Ryan Vacca, ‘04, gave his first guest lecture to students studying the entertainment business at St. Louis Community College, the then-attorney at Stinson LLP began considering going back to school — as a professor. “I could see the light bulb was going off [for students,]” Vacca recalled. “They understood… Read More
August 23, 2024
Dean Sperino cited by U.S. Court of Appeals
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit cited two of Associate Dean Sandra Sperino’s articles in a case involving how causation principles apply to a statute. The Third Circuit cited Statutory Proximate Cause, 88 Notre Dame L. Rev. 1199 (2013) and The Causation Canon… Read More
August 22, 2024
Professors Woods and Alexander Present at the LWI Bienniel Conference
Professors Anne Alexander and Jayne Woods each presented separately at the Legal Writing Institute’s Biennial Conference this summer in Indianapolis, Ind. At the national conference for legal writing professors, Professor Alexander presented on inclusive teaching practices and Professor Woods presented on teaching legal research in an engaging way.
August 19, 2024
Professor Oliveri Speaks at Human Rights conference
On Monday, August 12, Professor Oliveri spoke at the 75th annual conference of the International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies. The conference was held in St. Louis and featured attendees from Human Rights agencies across the country. Professor Oliveri spoke on the History of Housing Discrimination, Redlining, and Affordable… Read More
August 15, 2024
Professor Lietzan Named to “Best Lawyers in America”
For the 11th straight year, Erika Lietzan, 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 17th straight year as a Best Lawyer in Biotechnology & Life Sciences Law for 2025.
August 14, 2024
Professor Jayne Woods featured in story about AI and legal education
Professor Jayne Woods was quoted in a story by Missouri Lawyers Media about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in legal education. “It is going to change it in the way that calculators changed math classes,” Woods said. “It is going to take some tasks that we used to… Read More
August 13, 2024
Professor Erika Lietzan Reappointed to ACUS
Erika Lietzan, the WIlliam H. Pittman and Timothy J. Heinsz Professor of Law, has been reappointed to a third term as a public member of the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS). ACUS is a federal agency charged by Congress with studying the efficiency, adequacy, and fairness of the… Read More
August 6, 2024
Dean Sperino cited by Supreme Court of Connecticut
The Supreme Court of Connecticut cited Associate Dean Sandra Sperino’s article, Revitalizing State Employment Discrimination Law, 20 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 545 (2013), in its discussion of whether to adopt the federal standard for defining supervisor for purposes of vicarious liability for employment discrimination. O’Reggio v. Commission on Human Rights… Read More
August 5, 2024
Prof. Gary Myers elected vice president of SEALS
Gary Myers, the Earl F. Nelson Professor of Law at the School of Law, was elected to serve as vice president of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS). SEALS is a regional association of law schools which hosts an annual meeting every summer. As a part of… Read More