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Oct. 29, 2026
From Candidate School to the courtroom, Caroline Kirby is just getting started
By Tanner O’Neal Riley At 4 a.m. on summer mornings, most University of Missouri students are asleep. This past summer, Caroline Kirby was getting ready for the day. During Officer Candidates School, Kirby would wake before dawn, put her hair into a regulation bun and prepare for another day of physical training, leadership evaluations, academic testing and the uncertainty of not knowing exactly what would come next. For 10 weeks, she trained to become a Marine officer. She came home with blisters, a faster three-mile time, a new community and a commission as a second…
Sep. 29, 2026
Thompson Coburn Scholarship Puts New Focus on Leadership at Mizzou Law
A scholarship that has supported University of Missouri School of Law students for more than 30 years is getting a new focus. The former Coburn & Croft Scholarship Fund has been renamed the LSF Thompson Coburn Leadership Scholarship, reflecting the law firm’s evolution and placing a greater emphasis on leadership among Mizzou Law students. The scholarship was established in 1992 and under the renewed partnership between Thompson Coburn and Mizzou Law, preference will be given to incoming 1L students who demonstrate outstanding leadership and exemplary academic achievement. For students, the scholarship provides more than financial assistance.
Aug. 27, 2026
Mizzou’s Own Legally Blonde
By Tanner O’Neal Riley Tabitha Crain has given a 20-minute speech with 15 minutes’ notice. She’s raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for survivors of domestic violence. She’s stood on stages in ball gowns and walked into Hulston Hall in sweatpants the next morning, and she’ll tell you — without blinking — that the two rooms aren’t as different as people think. “I honestly feel like the closest thing to being a practicing attorney is being Miss Missouri,” she said. “And that probably sounds pretty ridiculous.” It isn’t. It’s the whole story, actually. This…