Faculty & Research

Mizzou Law faculty are composed of outstanding teachers and scholars with national and international reputations.

Scholarship by Mizzou Law Faculty has been cited by all levels of the federal courts – including the United States Supreme Court – as well as by the legislatures and supreme courts of several states. The faculty ranks consistently high in studies measuring scholarly productivity and impact. More than a dozen casebooks authored by Mizzou Law faculty members are used in law schools throughout the United States.
Mizzou Law faculty are committed to educating students and preparing them for the practice of law and boasts a number of award-winning teachers.
Mizzou Law faculty contribute to the profession in a number of ways. Faculty serve as Commissioners of the National Conference on Uniform State Law, as officers of the Association of American Law Schools, as State Supreme Court Fellows, as Fulbright Scholars, and as members of the American Law Institute.

Mizzou Law faculty have been published in national academic journals, called upon by media outlets around the country, and have presented around the world on a variety of legal issues.

Faculty Blogs Faculty Publications

The Mizzou Law Faculty Speaker Series explores new scholarship by Mizzou law faculty, professors from other law schools, and University of Missouri scholars whose work intersects with law.

Faculty Speaker Series

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…

Professor Renee Henson Speaks about A.I. in the Classroom

Professor Renee Henson, a visiting professor of law at Mizzou Law, spoke KBIA, the local Columbia NPR affiliate, to discuss her use of A.I. in the classroom to help students learn negotiation skills. To read and listen to the story, visit: https://www.kbia.org/kbia-news/2024-10-09/1008ailaw…

Professor Crouch Presents at IPO Conference

Dennis Crouch, the Judge C.A. Leedy Professor of Law at Mizzou Law, presented twice at the annual meeting of the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) in Chicago. His first presentation was delivered to a specially convened group of chief intellectual property counsel. The talk was derived from an ongoing research project on the role of myth and legend within intellectual property law. This talk used a Jungian frame to highlight a key shadow many attorneys face – that of perfection – and how it limits both our creativity and power. In the talk, Professor Crouch relied on the Greek…

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