Category: News
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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.
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Oct. 28, 2024
Veterans Clinic secures more than $500,000 for veterans in a single month
Martha Bradley Kleinhesselink and Carter Brooks Templeton, staff attorneys at the Mizzou Law Veterans Clinic, recently secured more than half a million dollars in retroactive payments for two veterans within the span of one month. These significant wins not only highlight the clinic’s dedication to advocating for veterans but also contribute to the more than $20 million in awards that the clinic has secured for veterans since its inception. One of the victories involves a veteran who received a $373,000 retroactive payment for a heart condition, which was determined to be 100% service-connected back to 2013. The $373,000 payment is…
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Oct. 25, 2024
Boston University professor to present at Health Law Colloquium
Professor Nicole Huberfeldof Boston University School of Law & School of Public Health will present her new draft paper, “Spending Programs and the New Roberts Court“, as part of the Mizzou Law Health Law Colloquium, on October 30, from 4:20 to 5:20 pm Central Time. The Mizzou Law Health Law Colloquium is convened by Professor David Gamage of Mizzou Law. Some of the speaker sessions will be closed to only Professor Gamage and his Mizzou health law students. Other sessions will be open to guest participants via zoom. This presentation will be open to guest participants via zoom. Anyone who…
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Oct. 24, 2024
Mizzou Law Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic helps jump start student-run businesses
From customizable hats and sneakers to lotus-infused energy drinks, the products available from Mizzou student-run storefronts this year run the gamut. Aided in setting up their businesses by the students and faculty in the Mizzou Law Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic, several Mizzou undergraduate students have earned the opportunity to open storefronts in Missouri Student Center and beyond. This annual hands-on experience is sponsored by Griggs Innovators Nexus (GIN), Missouri Student Unions and U.S. Bank, offering innovative Tigers an opportunity to showcase their products and receive mentorship. To support their retail efforts, each student entrepreneur receives $2,000 for startup…
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Oct. 16, 2024
Veterans Clinic Files Amicus Brief in SCOTUS in Support of Reservists’ Rights
Katie Becker, a staff attorney with the Mizzou Law Veterans Clinic, authored the brief. The University of Missouri School of Law Veterans Clinic has filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Feliciano v. Department of Transportation. This landmark case addresses the entitlement of federal employee reservists to differential pay during active-duty service in a national emergency. The case centers on Nick Feliciano, a Coast Guard reservist employed by the Federal Aviation Administration as an air traffic controller. Feliciano was called to active duty for several periods from 2012 to 2017, during which…
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Oct. 14, 2024
Professor Lietzan presents in health policy webinar
On Oct. 8, Professor Erika Lietzan participated in a Hudson Institute webinar entitled, “Do Drug Patents Cause High Prices?” with Professor Adam Mossoff from the Antonin Scalia Law School and Corey Salsberg, vice president and global head of intellectual property affairs for Novartis. They discussed the importance of evidence-based policy making, and the work that has been done to explore the connection between drug patents and drug prices. In this webinar, Professor Lietzan discussed several important empirical studies that she has published on this issue. She focused on a paper she published in 2023, Solutions Still Searching for…