Feb. 10, 2025

Emeritus Professor Esbeck publishes blog post on law of church autonomy

Carl Esbeck, the Isabella Wade and Paul Lyda Professor Emeritus and R.B. Price Professor Emeritus, recently published a blog post on the Federal Society website discussing the recent ruling of Markel v. Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America and its impact on the law of church autonomy.

Jan. 31, 2025

Professor Boyack’s article highlighted on JOTWELL

Professor Andrea Boyack’s recent publication in the Iowa Law Review, Abuse of Contract: Boilerplate Erasure of Consumer Counterparty Rights, was highlighted and reviewed in JOTWELL by Nancy Kim, one of the most well-known of consumer contract scholars. In the article, Kim writes: “Boyack’s article is valuable not only because she examines the terms and conditions of companies in an array of industries but because of her knowledge regarding how they fit within the larger context of consumer rights law.” To read the full JOTWELL article on Professor Boyack’s work, visit: https://contracts.jotwell.com/debunking-the-market-based-myths-of-boilerplate/…

Jan. 16, 2025

Professor Oliveri publishes first-ever casebook on fair housing

Professor Rigel Oliveri, along with coauthors Florence W. Roisman and Stacy E. Seicshnaydre, has published “The Right to Fair Housing: Cases, Statutes, and Context,” the first casebook ever published on fair housing. The new casebook presents constitutional, statutory, regulatory, and sub-regulatory legal standards in the contexts of sales and rentals of housing; lending, appraisals,and homeowners’ insurance; affordable housing and community development; zoning; and related programs. The federally protected characteristics—race, color, national origin,religion, sex, disability, and familial status—are covered extensively, with “sex” including sexual orientation and gender identity. The book presents historical and contemporary perspectives illustrating the ways in which…

Jan. 14, 2025

Professor Rana presents on two AALS panels

Professor Shruti Rana, the assistant provost for strategic faculty initiatives at Mizzou, presented on two panels at the 2025 AALS Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Panel 1: Making 303 Matter: Implementation in a Changing Landscape, AALS Annual Meeting Panel, Jan 8, 2025 Professor Rana participated with fellow panelists Dean Brenda Dantley (SLU School of Law), Dean Patricia K. Kinney (Indiana University McKinney School of Law), Dean Carmia Caesar (GWU Law), Dean Stephanie Pearlman (University of Nebraska College of Law).  Panel 2:  Teaching in the Crosshairs,  AALS Annual Meeting Panel, Jan 8, 2025, Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies Panel, Co-Sponsored by Disability Law,…

Jan. 13, 2025

Professor Henson presents at AALS Annual Meeting

Professor Renee Henson recently presented her latest research at the AALS Section on Internet and Computer Law Works-in-Progress session. Her article, Government-Backed Insurance for Unpredictable Technologies, addresses the pressing challenge of compensating for harms caused by AI-enabled tools. Traditional insurance models often fail to manage the unique and unpredictable risks associated with AI, leaving significant gaps in coverage for diverse and unforeseen damages. In this paper, Professor Henson examines: The complexities of quantifying AI-related harms. The limitations of existing insurance models in addressing AI risks. A proposal for a government-backed insurance framework inspired by the Price-Anderson Act, which addressed…

Jan. 6, 2025

Professor Lietzan speaks on new drug exclusivities at BRG Institute Webinar

Last month, Professor Erika Lietzan participated in a webinar hosted by the Eira Initiative, a new research initiative in biopharmaceutical innovation and entrepreneurship policy. The initiative, which is a project of the BRG Institute (founded and led by Prof. David Teece of the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business), seeks to cultivate an international community of researchers committed to evidence-based approaches to assessing and developing public policies to facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship in the U.S. and global biopharmaceutical ecosystem.  The webinar — which featured a small panel of experts — presented the vision for this new initiative and discussed…

Jan. 3, 2025

Professor Gamage ranked third all time in tax scholarship downloads

Professor David Gamage, the Law School Foundation Distinguished Professor of Tax Law & Policy, ranks third all time in the total number of SSRN downloads of his tax law scholarship. The updated rankings were released by Paul Caron’s TaxProf Blog at the end of 2024. As of Dec. 31, 2024, Professor Gamage’s total body of scholarship has been downloaded an incredible 130,870 times from SSRN. Professor Gamage also ranks 11th in total tax law scholarship downloads in the last 12 months.

Dec. 20, 2024

Associate Dean Sperino files amicus brief with U.S. Supreme Court

Professor Sandra Sperino co-authored an amicus brief in the case of Ames v. Ohio Dep’t of Youth Services. The brief argues that the statutory text of Title VII should govern the question of whether a plaintiff can prevail on a discrimination claim. Through the McDonnell Douglas framework, some courts have required plaintiffs to prove more than the statutory text demands to proceed on a discrimination claim. The brief is available on the Supreme Court’s docket here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/23-1039.html…

Dec. 19, 2024

Professor Woods publishes book review

Professor Jayne Woods, an associate teaching professor of law at Mizzou Law, has published a new book review, “Process, not Product” in the Fall 2024 Journal of the Association of Legal Writing Directors:  Legal Communication & Rhetoric. Professor Woods reviews John Warner’s book on writing education, “Why They Can’t Write: Killing the Five-ParagraphEssay and Other Necessities,” (Johns Hopkins University Press 2018). To read the full review, visit: https://www.alwd.org/lcr-archives/jalwd-blog/92-fall-2024-volume-21/782-process-not-product…

Dec. 18, 2024

Associate Dean Sperino Quoted in Bloomberg Law

Associate Dean Sandra Sperino last week was quoted in Bloomberg Law regarding a recent ruling by the US Supreme Court. To read the full story, visit: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/circuit-courts-develop-broader-standard-for-workplace-bias-harm