Dec. 10, 2024

Professor Gouzoules quoted in Bloomberg Law

Professor Alexander Gouzoules was quoted in a story in Bloomberg Law on X (i.e. Twitter) attempting to block the sale of Alex Jones’s social media accounts in the Infowars bankruptcy. The bankruptcy system largely relies on nonbankruptcy law to determine property rights, but that doesn’t mean the estate can sell that interest, said Alexander Gouzoules, a professor at the University of Missouri School of Law focused on law and bankruptcy. “Restrictions on the transfer of property don’t necessarily vanish just because an interest in that property became…

Dec. 10, 2024

Alumni Spotlight — Meet Arsenio Mims

By Anna Sago In between his successful three years at Mizzou Law, where he served as the first Black editor-in-chief of any law journal (the Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law), and his acceptance of a federal clerkship, Arsenio Mims was facing a difficult two months. Despite his success as a student, he had just become a full-time single parent of his son and his younger brother, and he was unable to begin employment at his clerkship until Sept. 1. But he also needed to put food on the table. “I went to [Mizzou Law financial aid adviser Jeff Turnbull’s]…

Dec. 9, 2024

Veterans Clinic Attorney Quoted in Bloomberg Law

Katie Becker, a staff attorney with the Mizzou Law Veterans Clinic, authored the brief. Katie Becker, a staff attorney in the Mizzou Law Veterans Clinic, was quoted last week in an article in Bloomberg Law about a current U.S. Supreme Court case regarding veterans benefits. Becker authored an amicus brief submitted by the clinic in the case Feliciano vs. Department of Transportation. . This landmark case addresses the entitlement of federal employee reservists to differential pay during active-duty service in a national emergency. To read Becker’s quote and the full Bloomberg Law article, visit: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/reservists-pay-case-puts-spotlight-on-financial-cost-of-service.

Nov. 22, 2024

Mizzou Law alumna is first Black female prosecutor elected in Jackson County

Melesa Johnson, ’14, made history by becoming the first Black woman to be elected as Jackson County, Mo. prosecutor. To read more, visit: https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/melesa-johnson-makes-history-as-1st-black-woman-elected-jackson-county-prosecutor…

Nov. 21, 2024

Dean Sperino publishes article in the Texas Law Review

Sandra Sperino, associate dean for research and faculty development and the Elwood L. Thomas Missouri Endowed Professor of Law, this fall published an article, “Bostock and the Forgotten EEOC” in the Texas Law Review. On June 15, 2020, the United States Supreme Court issued a historic opinion. In Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, the SCOTUS formally recognized that federal discrimination law prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The Supreme Court barely mentioned the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency charged with enforcing federal discrimination law. In her article, Dean Sperino argues that…

Nov. 20, 2024

Students Play Key Role in Briefing in Federal Courts 

This semester, students in the Mizzou Law Veterans Clinic have played key roles in advocating for veterans before major courts. Two of the Clinic’s students, Rachel Elliott, 3L, and Brady Hays, 2L, worked on cases in United States federal courts.  Rachel Elliot, who is part of the Advanced Veterans Clinic, recently authored and submitted a brief to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. After completing the necessary paperwork for admission to the Court as a law student and with the approval of the dean, Rachel was able to fully brief the case. Rachel drew on her prior experience…

Nov. 19, 2024

Following family footsteps for child and family justice

By Anna Sago Chuck and Hope Adamson have made the Child and Family Justice Clinic a family affair. Growing up, Hope Adamson has always had a close relationship with her dad, Chuck. It’s a relationship that only deepened after Hope, then a political science major at the University of Missouri, asked to shadow the elder Adamson, who heads the employment trial division at the Missouri Attorney General’s office, during a trial. “She comes out to this trial that ran six, seven days … so this was a long civil trial,” he said. “She saw everything … and at the end…

Nov. 18, 2024

Professor Ryan Vacca presents at University of Iowa conference

On Nov. 15, Professor Ryan Vacca presented on the costs associated with trade secret investigations at the Iowa Intellectual Property Law Association’s annual meeting. The meeting was held at the University of Iowa.

Nov. 14, 2024

IP Rights and AI Regulation: Finding the Right Balance

by Dennis Crouch, Judge C.A. Leedy Professor of Law I’m excited to share a new article I recently published examining the relationship between intellectual property rights and artificial intelligence regulation, recently published in Volume 89, Issue 3 of the Missouri Law Review. Before diving into the substance, I want to express my sincere gratitude to the Missouri Law Review editors and staff, not only for their exceptional editorial work on this article but also for their tremendous efforts in organizing our March 2024 symposium that I co-organized on “AI and Society: Government, Policy, and the Law.” The symposium…

Nov. 4, 2024

Mizzou Law students win Premiere Trial Competition

The Mizzou Law trial team of Grayson Henry, 2L, Grant Slusher, 1L, Grace Rowden, 3L, and Dallas Welling, 1L, who won the Premiere Trial Competition hosted by the University of Texas over the Nov. 1 weekend. Additionally, Grace Rowden, 3L, won Top Advocate for her outstanding individual performance! Thanks to Mizzou Law students Jasmine De Los Rios, Silas Glaude and Dan Altmann for serving as outstanding training partners for the team.