January 30, 2024

Prof. Gary Myers Publishes on AI and Transformative Use

Gary Myers, the Earl F. Nelson Professor of Law at Mizzou Law, has published a new article on Artificial Intelligence. His paper, “Artificial Intelligence and Transformative Use After Warhol,” was published in Washington & Lee Law Review. Prof. Myers’ article evaluates the interaction between copyright law’s fair use doctrine… Read More

January 19, 2024

Professor David Gamage Joins Mizzou Law Faculty

Officials at the University of Missouri School of Law are excited to announce Professor David Gamage has joined Mizzou Law, starting this January as the Law School Foundation Distinguished Professor of Tax Law & Policy. Professor Gamage joins Mizzou Law from Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law, where he… Read More

January 11, 2024

Dean Sperino Cited in Eleventh Circuit Opinion

Associate Dean Sandra Sperino’s article, Rethinking Discrimination Law, 110 Mich. L. Rev. 69 (2011), was cited in a concurring opinion by Judge Newsom of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The case is Tynes v. Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, 88… Read More

January 3, 2024

Prof. Andrea Boyack writes in Bloomberg Law about her forthcoming publication

In a newly published piece in Bloomberg Law, Mizzou Law’s Andrea Boyack suggests a new framework for consumer contracts that prioritizes consumers’ agency over a blind agreement to a company’s boilerplate terms. “Companies have long claimed that their online boilerplates must be afforded contractual status, or else the world of… Read More

December 6, 2023

Dean Sperino Quoted in Bloomberg Law

Sandra Sperino, associate dean and Elwood L. Thomas Endowed Professor of Law, was quoted in Bloomberg Law about oral arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court on a work discrimination case. Narrowing the issue leaves out biased employer decisions on topics like when and where employees work, which job functions… Read More

November 27, 2023

MU law professor pushes to redefine modern contracts, advocate for consumer protections

By Courtney Perrett, Show Me Mizzou Whether you’re subscribing to a dating app, getting a gym membership, visiting a website or purchasing a product, you’re probably entering into a consumer contract. As widely used as these agreements are, people rarely read, understand, or know the content of them. Although there… Read More

November 17, 2023

Mizzou Law Professors Quoted in ABA Journal

Mizzou Law professors Ben Trachtenberg and Richard Reuben were recently quoted in an ABA Journal article covering a recently disbarred Missouri attorney. Their quotes address ethical and legal questions surrounding the case of an attorney who broke local statute by remaining on a city council while no longer… Read More

November 15, 2023

Professor David English Named to the Estate Planning Hall of Fame

David English, the William F. Fratcher Missouri Endowed Professor and the Edward L. Jenkins Professor of Law at Mizzou Law, was named to the Estate Planning Hall of Fame in a special ceremony on Nov. 14. Professor English is one of only seven estate planning professionals to receive this… Read More

October 4, 2023

Professor Boyack Publishes Casebook on Real Estate Transactions

Professor Andrea Boyack joins with Professors Jim Kelly (Notre Dame), Robin Paul Malloy (Syracuse) and Jim Smith (Georgia) in authoring the 6th edition of one of the nation’s most popular real estate law casebooks: Real Estate Transactions: Problems, Cases and Materials (Aspen 2023). This casebook is concise and user… Read More

September 26, 2023

Professors Renee Henson and Andrea Boyack present new papers

Renee Henson, visiting assistant professor of law at Mizzou Law, presented her new paper on AI law at the Central States Law Schools Association Conference at the University of Oklahoma College of Law. Her paper, “I am Become Death, The Destroyer of Worlds”: Applying Strict Liability to Artificial Intelligence… Read More