A team of researchers at Mizzou, including Paul Litton, the associate dean for faculty research and R. B. Price Professor of Law at Mizzou Law, have discovered that people tend to give more praise to someone for their good deeds as an adult after discovering that person has also had to overcome adversity or suffering earlier in life, such as…
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Mizzou Law Professor Participates in Panel on Presidential Pardons
Frank Bowman, the Floyd R. Gibson Missouri Endowed Professor of Law at Mizzou Law, participated in a panel on the future of the presidential pardon power at Ohio State University in September. The panel: “Set the stage for the two subsequent panels about the future of presidential pardoning, by asking basic questions about the role of a regular pardon process…
Prof. David Mitchell Honored with the Spurgeon Smithson Award by the Missouri Bar Foundation
S. David Mitchell, the Ruth L. Hulston Professor of Law and co-director of the Michael A. Middleton Center for Race, Citizenship and Justice, was one of three people honored with the 2021 Spurgeon Smithson Award by the Missouri Bar Foundation. Established in 1976, the Spurgeon Smithson Awards recognize judges, law teachers, and/or lawyers who have provided outstanding services toward the increase and…
Prof. Lietzen named Best Lawyer in America in FDA and Biotechnology & Life Sciences Law
Professor Erika Lietzan has again been named a “Best Lawyer in America” in both FDA Law and Biotechnology & Life Sciences. This marks the eighth year in a row for FDA Law and the fourteenth year in a row for Biotechnology Law. The Best Lawyers honor is meant to identify the top 5 percent of attorneys in the United States,…
Director of the Mizzou Law Innocence Clinic Earns Missouri Bar Award for Appellate Advocacy
Emily Danker-Feldman, the director of the Innocence Clinic at Mizzou Law, was one of three lawyers recognized with the 2021 David J. Dixon Appellate Advocacy Award. This award was created by The Missouri Bar Foundation to recognize outstanding achievement in appellate practice by young lawyers practicing in the state. From the Missouri Bar: “Danker-Feldman’s dedication to her work is evident…
Prof. Dennis Crouch and Mizzou Law student present at 2021 BYU symposium
On August 19, Professor Dennis Crouch and Dr. Homayoon Rafatijo (MU Law 3L) jointly presented their manuscript titled “States Can Infringe upon Your Intellectual Property Rights with Impunity in the Era of ‘New Federalism,” at the 2021 BYU Copyright and Trademark Symposium. The article criticizes the Supreme Court’s 2020 sovereign immunity decision in Allen v. Cooper, looking primarily through a…
Professor-Emeritus Robert Jerry Publishes Article on Post-Pandemic Insurance
Mizzou Law Professor-Emeritus Robert Jerry published an article, “Insurance in a Post-Pandemic World,” in the ABA tort trial and insurance practice section publication The Brief’s summer issue. In the article, Jerry discusses how the pandemic may change the insurance claim and litigation environment moving…
Professor-Emeritus Robert Jerry Publishes Op-Ed on Champlain Tower Collapse
Mizzou Law Professor-Emeritus Robert Jerry published an op-ed piece in the Tampa Bay Times on Aug. 2. In his article, Professor Jerry argues that the collapse of the Champlain Towers condominium collapse in Florida in June can be blamed on regulatory failure. To read Professor Jerry’s full article, visit:…
Professor Bowman’s Impeachment Expertise Sought by National & International Media
Frank O. Bowman, III is a Floyd R. Gibson Missouri Endowed Professor of Law and an expert on the impeachment of the president and other federal officers. In his recent book, High Crimes and Misdemeanors: A History of Impeachment for the Age of Trump (Cambridge University Press), Professor Bowman offers unprecedented clarity to the question of impeachment, tracing its roots…
Mizzou Law Faculty and Alumna Honored by Mizzou Alumni Association in 2020
The Mizzou Alumni Association included two Mizzou Law faculty members and one alumna among the recipients of the 2020 Faculty-Alumni Awards. R. Wilson Freyermuth – 61st Annual Distinguished Faculty Award Justice Patricia Breckenridge, ’77 – 2020 Faculty-Alumni Award Recipient Frank O. Bowman, III – 2020 Faculty-Alumni Award Recipient “We are honored to recognize Mizzou’s best and brightest, both in and…