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April 9, 2025
2024-25 CALI Award Winners
The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) Excellence for the Future Awards recognize students with the highest grade in each course at Mizzou Law. These were awarded at the annual Edna Nelson Awards Banquet this April. Below are the CALI Award winners for the 2024 calendar year. Spring 2024 CALI… Read More
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April 1, 2025
Professor Gamage testifies on wealth tax reforms before the Washington State Senate
Professor David Gamage, one of the most cited tax scholars in the world, testified this week before the Washington State Senate on proposed wealth tax reforms. “Senate Bill 5797 represents a sound policy direction for Washington State. Taxing extraordinary wealth is not only feasible but is also a necessary tool for achieving a fairer tax system and securing sustainable revenue for vital public investments like education,” Gamage said in his testimony. “The arguments against such taxes based on taxpayer flight are empirically weak and largely ignore the effectiveness of modern design features in addressing avoidance and administrative challenges.
March 24, 2025
Alumni Spotlight — Meet Bradley Craigmyle
By Anna Sago For Bradley Craigmyle ‘17, attending Mizzou Law was, at first, a question of value. As his legal career has continued, he has realized the true value of that choice. In February, Craigmyle was appointed to be Deputy General Counsel for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the federal agency that regulates communications by radio, television, wire and cable. He oversees all of the agency’s litigation Prior to that role, he worked as an attorney in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Department of Justice. Throughout his career, he has focused on administrative law. That interest was…
March 13, 2025
Emory Law professor to present at Tax Colloquium
On Wednesday, March 19th, Alex Zhang (Emory Law) will present his draft paper – “The Other Taxation”– at the Mizzou Law Tax Policy Colloquium, from 2:00 to 3:15 pm Central Time. The Mizzou Law Tax Policy Colloquium is convened by Professor David Gamage of Mizzou Law. Most sessions will be open to guest participants via zoom, from 2:00 to 3:15 pm Central Time. This session will be open to guest participants via zoom. Anyone who would like to join as a guest participant should e-mail Professor Gamage directly at dgamage@missouri.edu for details, the zoom login, and to be sent…
March 12, 2025
$1 million gift to support students in study abroad and public interest programs
As a part of the 2025 Mizzou Giving Day, Professor Emeritus Rodney Uphoff has given a generous gift of $1 million to Mizzou Law to provide important financial support to law students pursuing transformative educational and public service experiences. Professor Uphoff’s gift will create an endowment which will fund student participation in the South Africa study abroad program, offering scholarship support to law school students to help make this invaluable global learning opportunity possible. The Uphoff Scholarship program ensures that students with a passion for legal studies and international experiences can benefit from this unique opportunity.
March 11, 2025
Professor Renee Henson Presents at MU Data Science Week
Professor Renee Henson presented that the MU Institute for Data Science and Informatics’ Data Science Week. Of her time presenting, Professor Henson said: “This experience reinforced the importance of collaboration between lawyers and AI developers. It is essential for data scientists to understand the legal and ethical implications of their tools, just as it is crucial for both legal academics researching these issues and practicing lawyers to have a solid grasp of the underlying technology.”…
March 6, 2025
Indiana and UCONN professor to present at Mizzou Law tax colloquium
On Wednesday, March 12th, Goldburn Maynard (Indiana University Kelley School of Business, but moving to the University of Connecticut School of Law) will present his draft paper – “Penalizing Precarity”– at the Mizzou Law Tax Policy Colloquium, from 2:00 to 3:15 pm Central Time. The Mizzou Law Tax Policy Colloquium is convened by Professor David Gamage of Mizzou Law. Most sessions will be open to guest participants via zoom, from 2:00 to 3:15 pm Central Time. This session will be open to guest participants via zoom. Anyone who would like to join as a guest participant should e-mail Professor Gamage directly at…
March 6, 2025
Professor Shruti Rana publishes article in international journal
Assistant Provost and Professor Shruti Rana recently had new article, “Reconceiving Engagement with International Law and Institutions in a Populist Era,”accepted for publication in the Melbourne Journal of International Law, Australia’s premier generalist international law journal, forthcoming 2025. Professor Rana co-authored this piece with co-investigators on an Australian Research Council-funded grant project, entitled “Reconceiving Engagement with International Law in a Populist Era,” (https://law.anu.edu.au/reconceiving-engagement-international-law-populist-era; www.reilpop.net). The project seeks to address the fundamental problem of how to re-conceive engagement by states with the international legal order, in the face of sustained populist movements. The article proposes to develop a…