Faculty & Research
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Challenging, Practical, Supportive
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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Highly Reputed Faculty
Faculty Scholarship
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.
Exploring New Scholarship
Faculty Speaker Series
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
May 27, 2026
Professor Gamage quoted in New Republic story
Professor David Gamage was quoted extensively in a New Republic story on the California Billionaire Tax ballot measure. A measure Professor Gamage helped draft through his academic scholarship. Read the full story here.
May 18, 2026
Associate Dean Lietzan’s article highlighted in The Regulatory Review
Associate Dean and Professor Erika Lietzan‘s new article forthcoming in the SMU Law Review, “FDA After Loper Bright,” was recently reviewed in “The Regulatory Review.” The Review article highlights Professor Lietzans argument that the Loper Bright decision “may not be nearly as devastating” for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as many scholars believe it will be. Read the full The Regulatory Review article here.
May 11, 2026
3L Graduate Spotlight— Meet Jasmine De Los Rios: Survivor. Warrior. Advocate.
By: Tanner O’Neal Riley The first time Mizzou Law 3L Jasmine De Los Rios learned what survival meant, she was a child standing in the aftermath of violence. “When I was a minor, my biological father beat my mom so badly she ended up in the ER—she was nearly dead,” she said. “When the police arrived, they saw me… I had bruises all over my legs.” For a brief stretch of time, there was quiet. “He was gone for about a year… and during that time, we were able to breathe.” But the quiet didn’t last—it rarely does in homes…