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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
Aug. 7, 2026
Professor Sperino quoted in Law360
Professor Sandra Sperino was quoted in a Law360 article on circuit courts’ use of bias tests. Read the full article here.
July 31, 2026
Professor Woods presents at DWI conference
Professor Jayne Woods gave the plenary CLE presentation, “Who’s in the Driver’s Seat: AI and Ethics in DWI Practice,” at the 2026 Bernard Edelmen DWI Science and Law Conference put on by the Missouri Bar.
July 31, 2026
Professor Sperino quoted in Bloomberg Law
Professor Sandra Sperino was recently quoted in a Bloomberg Law story regarding caps on how much money workers can actually recover when juries award them significant damages in employment discrimination cases. “Jurors considering Title VII cases aren’t told about the caps beforehand. So we end up with this sort of odd scenario where the jury is actually assigning damages and then, unbeknownst to the jury, after the verdict is rendered, then the judge is reducing the damages. Some remedies, such as back pay, aren’t subject to the caps. Those can be a large part of the recovery for…