March 23, 2026

Mizzou Law students shine in international negotiation competition

Two teams of Mizzou Law students excelled at the recent National Black Law Students Association Nelson Mandela International Negotiation Competition. The team of Shyann Sampson and Josie Johnson finished in third place out of 20 teams from across the country, while Mackenzie White and Samiat Solebo finished in the quarterfinals.

March 3, 2026

Mizzou Law teams excel in national moot court competition

Two Mizzou Law teams competed in the Global Antitrust Institute’s Moot Court Competition, which both teams reaching at least the quarterfinals. Competing against teams from some of the top law schools in the country, 2L Andrew Durham and 3L Thomas Yang reached the quarterfinals in the competition and also won the award for best brief in the entire competition. 3Ls Paige Harris and Luke Nutwell defeated a team from the University of Michigan to advance to the semi-finals, where they argued in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. That team lost to the eventual champion…

Feb. 24, 2026

Mizzou Law Mock Trial teams excel in regionals

Mizzou Law mock trial teams excelled at the recent National Trial Competition regional, hosted by Washburn University in Kansas. Mizzou Law’s two teams, Team Black and Team Gold competed against 24 teams from law schools across six states, including Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas and New Mexico. Team Black, featuring Rachel Carlson, Steven Flanders and Jordan Vitiello, won its first four trials, making it all the way to the Final Four before being narrowly defeated. Mizzou Law Team Black finished in the final four of the competition. Team Gold, featuring Grant Slusher, Dallas Welling and Grayson Henry, also…

Feb. 2, 2026

Mizzou Law team competes in ABA national competition

Mizzou Law 2Ls Jake Hall and Ethan Uhrlaub competed in the ABA Negotiation Competition National Finals last weekend in Chicago. The Mizzou Law team, coached by Professor Don Seitz, finished the first round of the national competition with the highest score of all the teams. They finished the competition following the second round. The team qualified for the national competition by winning the 2025 American Bar Association regional negotiation competition, beating out teams from top law schools across the Midwest.

Nov. 13, 2025

Students compete in national veterans moot court competition

Claire Kelly and Jesse Alford, Mizzou Law students in the Mizzou Law Advanced Veterans Clinic advanced to Washington, DC, for the National Veterans Law Moot Court Competition. After months of preparation, they submitted a written brief that tackled constitutional law issues and an intricate web of federal veterans regulations and statutes.  The team then traveled to George Washington University School of Law to present oral arguments before panels of judges. Over the course of the competition, Claire and Jesse were required to argue both sides of the case—first advocating for the government and then for the veteran. The judges consistently…

Oct. 28, 2025

Mizzou Law team wins regional ABA negotiation competition

Mizzou Law 2Ls Jake Hall and Ethan Uhrlaub won the 2025 American Bar Association regional negotiation competition, beating out teams from top law schools across the Midwest. Jake and Ethan’s victory earned them a spot in the national ABA negotiation competition in Chicago in January. The team is coached by Professor Don Seitz.

June 5, 2025

Rising 3L speaks at KC Student Law Academy

Myuah Hamilton, a rising 3L at Mizzou Law, presented this summer at the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Foundation Student Law Academy for high school students. Hamilton spoke about her my journey through undergraduate and into law school to the newest cohort of the academy, which consists of 25 high school students from KC Metro schools who are considering a profession in the law. This was full circle moment for Hamilton, considering that she sat in the same seats as the scholars six years ago as an attendee of the Student Law Academy herself. “Being on the other side of…

May 16, 2025

3L Graduate Spotlight — Joseph Link

It’s graduation week at Mizzou Law, and while we are celebrating all of our amazing graduating 3Ls, we are highlighting a few students who have lined up amazing first jobs out of law school! Today, we meet Joseph Link. What will you be doing once you finish graduation and take the Bar? I will be practicing estate planning at Lewis Rice in downtown St. Louis. How do you feel Mizzou Law has prepared you to begin your career in the legal field? Mizzou Law has given me the practical experience via the Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic, Board of Advocates competitions,…

May 14, 2025

3L Graduate Spotlight — Liz Eastlund

It’s graduation week at Mizzou Law, and while we are celebrating all of our amazing graduating 3Ls, we are highlighting a few students who have lined up amazing first jobs out of law school! Today, we meet Liz Eastlund. What will you be doing once you finish graduation and take the Bar? After graduating and taking the bar, I am moving to Chicago to work in Sidley Austin’s M&A and Private Equity practice group. How do you feel Mizzou Law has prepared you to begin your career in the legal field? Mizzou Law has best prepared me to begin…

May 13, 2025

3L Graduate Spotlight — Tom Langdon

It’s graduation week at Mizzou Law, and while we are celebrating all of our amazing graduating 3Ls, we are highlighting a few students who have lined up amazing first jobs out of law school! Today, we meet Tom Langdon! What will you be doing once you finish graduation and take the Bar? After graduation and the Missouri Bar Exam, I will be clerking at the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in Kansas City, Missouri. Following my clerkship, I will be moving to Washington, D.C., to practice intellectual property law at Rothwell, Figg, Ernst, and Manbeck.