Aug. 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 procedures used by administrative agencies and with developing recommendations for improvement.  These recommendations are issued to administrative agencies, the President, Congress, and the Judicial Conference of the United States, and often result in important procedural reforms. Members of ACUS develop these recommendations in committee, and the agency then meets in plenary session…

Aug. 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 and Opportunities, 2024 WL 3628514 (dissenting opinion). …

Aug. 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 his election, Professor Myers will serve as vice president for a year and then take office as president of SEALS in 2025.

July 18, 2024

Professor Renee Henson Presents on AI

Professor Renee Henson made a presentation titled “AI: The Next Frontier?” to the National Conference of Court Public Information Officers. Professor Henson co-presented with Judge Scott Schlegel of the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal…

July 17, 2024

Clinical Professor Emerita Angela Drake named GMLF Woman of the Year

Clinical Professor Emerita Angela Drake received a Greater Missouri Leadership Foundation Woman of the Year award this summer. Professor Drake was one of four women celebrated at an awards ceremony in July for their outstanding contributions to citizens of the state. Specifically, the Foundation selected Angela as the 2024 GMLF Inspirational Leader of the Year due to her work as the founder of our Veterans Clinic. Read more about the award here: https://greatermo.org/women-of-the-year/  …

July 17, 2024

Professor Oliveri presents at US HUD leadership meeting

This week, Professor Rigel Oliveri gave a presentation for U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 2024 Office of General Counsel Leadership Meeting, which was held in St. Louis. Her presentation was entitled “A Brief History of Housing Discrimination, Redlining, and Affordable Housing in St. Louis.”

July 8, 2024

Professor Rigel Oliveri Quoted in USA Today

Professor Rigel Oliveri, the Isabelle Wade and Paul C. Lyda Professor of Law, was quoted in a USA Today story about the U.S. Department of Justice pursuing legal action against landlords who sexually harass tenants. Oliveri, an expert in housing discrimination, discussed the hows and whys of the DOJ’s pursuit of landlords with criminal charges. To read the full story, visit: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/07/08/doj-prosecutes-landlords-sexually-harassing/74089455007/

July 2, 2024

Professor Emeritus Carl Esbeck publishes blog for Federalist Society on Louisiana’s Ten Commandments Statute

This summer, the governor of Louisiana signed into law House Bill No. 71, requiring all Louisiana K-12 public schools, charter schools, and state post-secondary institutions place in their classrooms a poster-size copy of the Ten Commandments (“10Cs”). Carl Esbeck, the R.B. Price Professor Emeritus and the Isabelle Wade & Paul C. Lyda Professor Emeritus, wrote a blog post about the new statute on the Federalist Society’s website. You can read his full article here: https://fedsoc.org/commentary/fedsoc-blog/louisiana-s-ten-commandments-statute-and-the-establishment-clause.

June 25, 2024

Professor Boyack to publish article on abuse of boilerplates in contracts

Andrea Boyack, the Floyd R. Gibson Endowed Professor of Law at Mizzou Law, recently had an article, “Abuse of Contract: Boilerplate Erasure of Consumer Counterparty Rights,” accepted in the Iowa Law Review. In her article, Professor Boyack examines the potential abuse of contracts through boilerplate design as well as suggests how data from a recent study of companies’ online terms and conditions can assist advocates in more effectively protecting and empowering consumers. To read the full article, visit:…

June 20, 2024

Professor David Gamage Cited in Supreme Court Concurrence

Professor David Gamage was cited by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in her concurrence to the decision in the Moore case that was issued on June 20, 2024. In her opinion, Justice Brown Jackson cited the amicus brief co-authored by Professor Gamage and John R. Brooks, which pointed out that an artificial limit on Congress’s taxing power appears nowhere in the Sixteenth Amendment. For more on the decision, visit: https://www.theusconstitution.org/news/in-narrow-ruling-supreme-court-rejects-baseless-effort-to-shield-corporate-derived-income-from-taxation/.