2024 CALI Award Winners

The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) Excellence for the Future Awards recognize students with the highest grade in each course at Mizzou Law. Below are the CALI Award winners for the 2023 calendar year. SPRING 2023 Tate Cooper Emily Geissal Peyton Rosencrants Logan Moore Andrew Behrens Tyler Miller Lauren Nichols William Oelze Elizabeth Smith Hannah Eastland Alaina Valdes Matthew Swords Allie Widick Sidne Fonville Annaleigh Hobbs Mariana Larson Christian Witte Eric Humphrey Jared Gillen Kelly Hooper Eric Humphrey…

Mizzou Law students finish second in national moot court competition

Mizzou Law 3Ls Isaac Keller and Macgyver “Mac” Newton finished second overall in the national Thurgood Marshall Memorial Moot Court Competition hosted by the Federal Bar Association. Keller and Newton competed against 40 teams from top law schools across the country. In addition to their runner-up finish, Mac Newton received the “Best Oralist” honor in the final round and second-best oralist in the preliminary rounds of the competition.

Mizzou Law 3L Wins National Writing Competition

Mizzou Law 3L Isaac Keller just won the 2023 American Journal of Mediation National Dispute Resolution Writing Competition. His article, “Tables Turning: How Companies Should Respond to the “Mass Arbitration” Phenomenon and Abernathy v. DoorDash, Inc.” was selected first place by the American College of Civil Trial Mediators in a national competition. Keller won a $5,000 prize for finishing first place. Keller’s winning article abstract is as follows: Over the last four decades, mandatory pre-dispute arbitration has become an increasingly common method for resolving disputes between corporations and consumers or employees. Despite its harm to smaller…

Mizzou Law student wins entrepreneur competition, $15,000 in seed funding

On top of his responsibilities as a law student, parent and president of the University of Missouri Graduate Professional Council, Mizzou Law 3L Parker Owens sets aside time for one of his favorite hobbies: Lego. However, Owens does more than just play — in July, he created Parker’s Brick Builds, a business which offers custom Lego kits to retailers and online to individuals. Owens said that he has enjoyed Lego since he was a child, so making the leap to creating his own models was a natural progression. “I grew up building with Lego, so I decided to make my…

Joshi, ’23, Wins ABA Best Advocate Award

Congratulations to 2023 graduate Hirsh Joshi, who received the American Bar Association award for Best Advocate, 5th Place from the 2022-2023 Oklahoma City Regional.   We believe this is the first time a Mizzou Law student has won this award! Dean Paul Litton and Professor Chuck Henson presented the award.