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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.
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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.
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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 News
Dec. 20, 2024
Associate Dean Sperino files amicus brief with U.S. Supreme Court
Professor Sandra Sperino co-authored an amicus brief in the case of Ames v. Ohio Dep’t of Youth Services. The brief argues that the statutory text of Title VII should govern the question of whether a plaintiff can prevail on a discrimination claim. Through the McDonnell Douglas framework, some courts have required plaintiffs to prove more than the statutory text demands to proceed on a discrimination claim. The brief is available on the Supreme Court’s docket here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/23-1039.html…
Dec. 19, 2024
Professor Woods publishes book review
Professor Jayne Woods, an associate teaching professor of law at Mizzou Law, has published a new book review, “Process, not Product” in the Fall 2024 Journal of the Association of Legal Writing Directors: Legal Communication & Rhetoric. Professor Woods reviews John Warner’s book on writing education, “Why They Can’t Write: Killing the Five-ParagraphEssay and Other Necessities,” (Johns Hopkins University Press 2018). To read the full review, visit: https://www.alwd.org/lcr-archives/jalwd-blog/92-fall-2024-volume-21/782-process-not-product…
Dec. 18, 2024
Associate Dean Sperino Quoted in Bloomberg Law
Associate Dean Sandra Sperino last week was quoted in Bloomberg Law regarding a recent ruling by the US Supreme Court. To read the full story, visit: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/circuit-courts-develop-broader-standard-for-workplace-bias-harm