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Professor Reuben: Study Should Start a Bigger Conversation About Mindfulness in Legal Education

In a recent Law.com article, Ahead of the Curve: Measuring Mindfulness in Law School, Professor Richard Reuben talked about the empirical study that he and Mizzou psychology professor Kennon Sheldon conducted in 2013 about mindfulness in the law school context. The study, titled, “Can Mindfulness Help Law Students With Stress, Focus, and Well-Being? An Empirical Study of 1Ls at a Midwestern…

Mizzou Law leads the way nationally to create a more sustainable planet by signing the pledge to reduce academic marketing waste 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 24, 2019 Aurora Meyer 573-884-7833 meyerad@missouri.edu  THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SCHOOL OF LAW LEADS EFFORT TO REDUCE ACADEMIC MARKETING WASTE Mizzou Law leads the way nationally to create a more sustainable planet by signing the pledge to reduce academic marketing waste  COLUMBIA, MO. – In honor of the International Day of Climate Action today, the University…

Professor Myers Presents at SEALS Conference

Professor Gary Myers served as a speaker on three programs at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) Annual Meeting in Boca Raton, Florida. He spoke on a panel regarding a “Supreme Court and Legislative Update (Business and Regulatory Issues),” on a discussion group where the topic was “Faculty Development Deans—Leadership, Promotion, and Mentorship,” and on a Free Speech Workshop…

Professor Bowman: White House Letter Distorts Both Law and History on Impeachment

In an October 9 article on Just Security, Professor Frank O. Bowman, III writes that the White House letter refusing all executive branch cooperation with the ongoing House impeachment inquiry includes three legal arguments that are without foundation. The letter claims the House impeachment inquiry is not valid because a full House vote has not been taken. There is no…

Professor Myers Speaks at Free Speech Discussion Forum in Hungary

Professor Gary Myers served as a speaker on “Local Media Coverage in the Modern Age: Modifying Antitrust and Competition Policy” at the Free Speech Discussion Forum held in Budapest, Hungary in June 2019. The forum was sponsored by Pázmány Péter Catholic University Faculty of Law (Hungary), the University of Luxembourg’s Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, the University of Paris…

Professor Peters Speaks at Tort Law Education Day

The American Museum of Tort Law in Winsted, Conn., hosted a Tort Law Education Day on October 5. Professor Philip G. Peters Jr. was on the program, speaking about medical malpractice. This first annual event was intended to serve as a model for future programs around the country to foster public education about the law of torts. The American Museum…

Professor Myers Shares 2019 U.S. Supreme Court Highlights with Missouri Bar and SEALS

Professor Gary Myers discussed “2019 United States Supreme Court Highlights (2018-2019 Term)” as a speaker/panelist for the Missouri Bar as part of the MobarCLE program, presented to Bar members by teleconference on August 7. He focused on cases related to antitrust, the commerce clause, intellectual property, and the U.S. census. He also spoke on a panel, “Supreme Court and Legislative…

Book Edited by Professor Esbeck Chronicles Disestablishment and Religious Dissent in the New States at America’s Founding and Early Republic

Professor Carl H. Esbeck and historian Jonathan Den Hartog are the editors of a new book containing 21 essays that detail disestablishment in the original 13 states, as well as similar events in soon-to-be-admitted states like Vermont and Kentucky, and three Catholic disestablishments including Missouri. Myths, half-truths, and downright errors surround popular notions of American church-state relations. Disestablishment and Religious…