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.”

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/

Oliveri, Crouch and Henson win annual Mizzou Law faculty awards

Each year, three Mizzou Law faculty members receive awards: one for a scholarly work, one for teaching, and one for the administration of justice. I am writing to announce this year’s recipients. The Husch Blackwell Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award is awarded for teaching excellence, and the recipient is chosen by the Missouri Law Review editorial board. This years’ awardee is Rigel Oliveri, the Isabelle Wade and Paul C. Lyda Professor of Law.       The Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Excellence in Research Award is presented each year for excellence in research based on a published article. The recipient…

Prof. Rigel Oliveri Speaks at Columbia Fair Housing Event

Rigel Oliveri, the Mizzou Law Isabelle Wade and Paul C. Lyda Professor of Law, will speak at the Columbia Housing Authority fair housing event titled “Creating & Preserving Affordable Housing in Existing Neighborhoods on April 13. Read more about the event here.

Professor Oliveri participates in NAACP public housing forum

On Dec. 7, Rigel Oliveri, the Isabelle Wade and Paul C. Lyda Professor of Law at Mizzou Law, participated in a forum hosted by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s Thurgood Marshall Institute on Protecting and Expanding Public Housing. The invitation-only forum was held at the NAACP’s offices in New York and Washington, DC. The forum, which included former HUD Secretary Julian Castro, brought together scholars, advocates, and other experts to discuss ways to reimagine public housing to better provide for the…

Prof. Oliveri Quoted in USA Today

Rigel Oliveri, the Isabelle Wade and Paul C. Lyda Professor of Law at Mizzou Law, was quoted in USA Today last week. Prof. Oliveri’s quote was in regards to the state of Missouri’s trigger law regarding a potential overturning of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court. “Some more action would have to be taken in order for people to start assuming Plan B is covered by the abortion law – that is not an obvious reading of it,” Oliveri said. To read the full story, visit: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/05/19/fact-check-plan-b-still-missouri-after-roe-draft-opinion-leak/9800332002/…

Professor Oliveri Named Women’s and Gender Studies Alumnae Anniversary Award

Rigel Oliver, the Isabelle Wade and Paul C. Lyda Professor of Law at Mizzou Law, was honored March 15 with a 2022 MU Women’s and Gender Studies Alumnae Anniversary Award. The award was given by the MU Department of Women’s and Gender Studies for Prof. Oliveri’s impressive networking and advocacy work across campus. Congratulations to Prof. Oliveri!.

Professor Oliveri Wins Outstanding Volunteer Service Award

Rigel Oliveri, the Isabelle Wade and Paul C. Lyda Professor of Law at the University of Missouri School of Law, has received the 11th Howard B. Lang, Jr. Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service to the City of Columbia. Professor Oliveri earned the award due to her involvement with fair and affordable housing programs and services, which includes her work with the Columbia Housing Authority and other agencies and programs. She currently serves on the Columbia Housing Authority Board and works on providing support services for low-income, public housing residents in Columbia in order to help them improve the quality of…

Prof. Oliveri co-edits affordable housing legal guide

Prof. Rigel Oliveri, the Isabelle Wade and Paul C. Lyda Professor of Law, recently published a book on which she served as co-editor. This important book, The Legal Guide to Affordable Housing Development, Third Edition is a practitioners guide to the legal field of affordable housing development. To learn more about the book, visit: https://www.americanbar.org/products/inv/book/420065732/.  

Prof. Oliveri’s publication cited by Connecticut Supreme Court

Prof. Rigel Oliveri, the Isabelle Wade and Paul C. Lyda Professor of Law, recently had her publication, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination Claims Under the Fair Housing Act After Bostock v. Clayton County (Kansas Law Review, 2021) cited favorably by the Connecticut Supreme Court in Comm’n on Hum. Rts. & Opportunities v. Edge Fitness, LLC, — A.3d —, 2022 WL 222020, at *2 n.2 (Conn. Jan. 25, 2022): This appeal presents a significant question of first impression with respect to whether the Public Accommodation Act, General Statutes § 46a-64, contains an implied customer gender privacy exception to its general…