Professor Gary Myers recently spoke on a panel, “Trademark Morality: The Cultural and Expressive Implications of Regulating Immoral and Offensive Trademarks,” at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) annual meeting. He also spoke at a Missouri Bar seminar, “2017 United States Supreme Court Highlights.” Professor Myers was named as a new member of the SEALS Moderators Committee, and continues…
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Assistant Dean Bailey Serves on Drafting Committee for Model Veterans Treatment Court Act
Act Passed by Uniform Law Commission Assistant Dean Emeritus Bob Bailey has served on the Model Veterans Treatment Court drafting committee for two years. At the 2017 annual meeting of the Uniform Law Commissioners, the Conference passed the Model Veterans Treatment Court Act. The drafting committee was charged as follows: Veterans’ courts have been created in a number of judicial…
Professor Abrams’ Endowment Buys Therapy Dog For MU Children’s Hospital
With royalties from his Children and the Law and Family Law casebooks, Professor Doug Abrams created the Happiness For Health program at the MU Women’s and Children’s Hospital in 2001. Happiness For Health is a permanent endowment that provides toys, stuffed animals and games for sick and injured children at the Hospital, as well as parties for children who are…
The New Handshake: Professor Schmitz Co-Writes New Book on Online Dispute Resolution
Professor Amy Schmitz recently published a book that seeks to explain how online dispute resolution (ODR) can expand access to remedies for consumers, with co-author Colin Rule, the mastermind behind the ODR systems of eBay and PayPal. In the past, when buying goods in person, deals could be sealed with a handshake. Now with the ability to buy things online…
Members of Mizzou Law Community Recognized at Law Day
Outstanding members of the law school community were recognized at the 2017 Law Day Awards Ceremony, held on April 21 in Hulston Hall. The evening’s honorees included: Citation of Merit Rodney E. Loomer, ’74 Rhonda C. Thomas, ’73 Distinguished Recent Graduate Award Darryl M. Chatman, ’08 Distinguished Non-Alumnus Award Professor Joan Krauskopf Entrepreneurship Award Chad A. Troutwine, ’97 Judge L.F.…
Law School Center Secures Grant to Study Reasoning in Arbitration
The law school’s nationally-recognized Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution was recently awarded a $25,000 grant from the AAA-ICDR Foundation (the charitable arm of the American Arbitration Association and the International Center for Dispute Resolution) to study arbitral reasoning in various contexts and in comparison to judicial reasoning. The project, “Reasoning in International Commercial Arbitration: Comparisons Across the Common…
Members of Mizzou Law Community Recognized with Women’s Justice Awards
Missouri Lawyers Media recently announced the honorees for its 19th Annual Women’s Justice Awards. Thirteen members of the Mizzou Law community will be recognized at the awards ceremony, to be held on April 27 in St. Louis. They are: Woman of the Year Patricia A. Breckenridge, ’78 Public Service Practitioner Award Cynthia J. Hyde, ’87 Public Official Award Terry Daley…