February 21, 2024

Mizzou Law 3L and Entrepreneur Opens Pop-Up Shop

Parker Owens, a Mizzou Law 3L student, entrepreneur and winner of the Mizzou Entrepreneur Quest Student Accelerator competition last fall, is opening a pop-up store for his business, Parker’s Brick Builds. The store will open from 9:30 a.m.- 2 p.m. on Feb. 21 in the Center for Entrepreneurship and… Read More

May 5, 2023

Graduation Spotlight — Meet Avery Welker

Law school can be many things: exciting, stressful, scary, competitive— but only a select few would describe the experience as “fun.” And yet, that was the word that came to 3L Avery Welker’s mind when describing his three years at Mizzou Law. “I started my undergraduate career in fall of… Read More

April 24, 2023

Graduation Spotlight — Meet Wensdai Brooks

When soon-to-be law school graduate Wensdai Brooks began looking for a college to attend, she decided to heed her grandfather’s advice and move from her hometown of Santa Cruz, California to an out-of-state university. That’s how Brooks ended up in Columbia, Missouri— and after four years of undergraduate studies followed… Read More

March 15, 2023

Mizzou Law 3L Named National Jurist “Law Student of the Year”

Mizzou Law student Brandon Bethel (3L) has been named a 2023 Law Student of the Year by the National Jurist Magazine. Brandon has made a remarkable impact on Hulston Hall in his nearly three years as a Mizzou Law student. “Since the day he stepped onto campus, Brandon has… Read More

June 15, 2022

Two Rising Mizzou Law 2Ls are Prestigious 2022 Rural Summer Legal Corps Fellows

Robert Lass and Autumn Westhoff, rising Mizzou Law 2L students, have been selected and are currently participating in the 2022 Rural Summer Legal Corps Fellowship. Each summer, Equal Justice Works selects 40 highly qualified law students from 36 law schools across the country to serve in the program. Read More

June 1, 2022

Mizzou Law Chapter of ACS Named “Student Chapter of the Year”

The American Constitution Society (ACS) has named the Mizzou Law student chapter of ACS as the “Student Chapter of the Year.” In their newsletter announcement of the award, the ACS said the Mizzou Law chapter won by exhibiting “the greatest strength in meeting ACS’s mission and goals.” Rising Mizzou… Read More

May 18, 2022

Mizzou Law Hoods 98 Students in Class of 2022

On May 15, Mizzou Law celebrated the graduation of 98 students, 92 with Juris Doctor (JD) degrees and six with Master of Laws (LLM) degrees. Here is a little more about this amazing graduating class: The six LLM graduates come from three states (Alabama, Tennessee and Michigan) and five countries… Read More

May 11, 2022

Seizing opportunities

Mnotho Ngcobo has always been ambitious, hardworking, motivated and optimistic. But even he was surprised by the positive chain of events that led him to the University of Missouri en route to a master of laws degree. Ngcobo’s Tiger story started in May 2021 with the news that he had… Read More

April 6, 2022

Making a Difference One Can of Paint at a Time

Painting walls, refinishing furniture, building bookshelves: activities not commonly associated with earning a legal education. For Mizzou Law 2L Brandon Bethel however, working to improve his environment is something that comes second nature to him. “It really serves as a creative outlet for me,” Bethel said. “Much of law school… Read More

March 21, 2022

Mizzou Law 3L in Washington DC to Support Confirmation of Supreme Court Judge

Niya Young, a Mizzou Law 3L, is spending the week in Washington to support the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the next U.S. Supreme Court justice. Young is joining more than 100 law students from 17 law schools around the country to raise their voices in support of… Read More