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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

Sep. 17, 2025
Professor Gamage presents at economic symposium
On Sept. 16, Professor David Gamage presented at the Anthropic Economic Futures Symposium in Washington DC, along with the CEO of Anthropic: Dario Amodei, co-founder of Anthropic: Jack Clark, and a number of others. Anthropic is one of the leading AI companies, the maker and owner of Claude AI. The symposium featured policymakers, researchers, and industry leaders examining artificial intelligence’s profound impact on economic futures. It included presentations from awardees selected through our symposium application process, alongside insights from leading voices in academia, the policy community, and technology. The symposium was co-hosted with the McCourt School of Public Policy at…

Sep. 16, 2025
Mizzou Law faculty member named Curator’s Distinguished Teaching Professor
Anne Alexander, a teaching professor of law at Mizzou Law was just named a Curator’s Distinguished Teaching Professor by the University of Missouri Board of Curators. Professor Alexander is one of 10 Mizzou faculty members across campus elevated to this title in 2025. The designation is the highest and most prestigious academic rank the Board of Curators awards. It is awarded to a select few outstanding scholars with established reputations. Professor Alexander is known for her innovative approach to teaching and her deep commitment to student learning. Since joining Mizzou in 2012, she has taught courses in…

Sep. 15, 2025
Professor Hintz presents paper at AALS conference
Professor C. Eric Hintz presented his forthcoming paper, “The Plain Solution to Federal Habeas,” at the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Criminal Procedure Section Junior Scholars Conference. Professor Hintz’s paper has been accepted for publication in the Utah Law Review some time in early 2026. The article argues that the current federal habeas system is broken and fails to serve any of its core purposes due to a myopic focus on limiting review through excessive procedure. To fix the problem, the paper proposes that much of the existing habeas structure be scrappped and replaced with a more…