March 19, 2024

Professor Meyer Publishes Article in SLU Law Journal

Anthony Meyer ’18, a visiting associate professor at Mizzou Law, published an article in the Saint Louis University Law Journal this spring regarding the use of the phrase “white collar crime.” In his piece, Professor Meyer argues that although the phrase “white collar crime” is ubiquitous among lawyers, it is a euphemism that creates an arbitrary distinction among crimes and perpetuates an upper-class bias for certain types of criminal conduct while simultaneously denigrating others. To read the full article, visit: https://scholarship.law.slu.edu/lawjournalonline/127/.

March 15, 2024

Faculty Spotlight — Meet David Gamage

It’s been said that nothing in this life is certain except death and taxes — but for Mizzou Law’s newest professor, the legal implications of taxation are a fascinating “puzzle” that bridges the gap between the government and the people. David Gamage has always been interested in the worlds of academia, law and economic policy. He began his academic career by earning a bachelor’s and master’s degree in just four years and then worked in management consulting before returning to law school. ‘It didn’t actually occur to me in undergrad that one could just be a law professor,” Gamage…

March 14, 2024

Professor Andrea Boyack Publishes Article in JOTWELL

Andrea Boyack, the Floyd R. Gibson Endowed Professor of Law at Mizzou Law, published an article in the prestigious JOTWELL blog examining recent scholarly work related revisiting single-family zoning and property rights. To read the full article, visit: https://property.jotwell.com/one-hundred-years-of-solitude-a-reconsideration-of-single-family-zoning/. 

March 12, 2024

Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Russell ’83, Named a USA Today Woman of the Year

Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Russell ’83, has been named a 2024 Woman of the Year by USA Today. Read about her honor here: https://www.usatoday.com/women-of-the-year-2024.

March 8, 2024

Mizzou Law 3L Wins National Writing Competition

Mizzou Law 3L Isaac Keller just won the 2023 American Journal of Mediation National Dispute Resolution Writing Competition. His article, “Tables Turning: How Companies Should Respond to the “Mass Arbitration” Phenomenon and Abernathy v. DoorDash, Inc.” was selected first place by the American College of Civil Trial Mediators in a national competition. Keller won a $5,000 prize for finishing first place. Keller’s winning article abstract is as follows: Over the last four decades, mandatory pre-dispute arbitration has become an increasingly common method for resolving disputes between corporations and consumers or employees. Despite its harm to smaller…

March 7, 2024

Professor Rachel Wechsler Speaks with Good Morning America

Mizzou Law professor and family law expert Rachel Wechsler spoke with Good Morning America about a Missouri law regarding divorce and pregnancy. Read that story here: https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/wellness/story/missouri-law-puts-spotlight-divorce-pregnancy-amid-abortion-107819960

March 7, 2024

Professor David Gamage Publishes Article in California Law Review

David Gamage, the Law School Foundation Distinguished Professor of Law, has had a forthcoming article accepted for publication in the California Law Review. The article, “Money Moves: Taxing the Wealthy at the State Level,” relates to Professor Gamage’s work on state-level tax reforms for which he testified recently in front of the Vermont House Committee of Ways and Means. His article is co-written by Brian Galle of the Georgetown University Law Center and Darien Shanske of the UC-Davis School of Law. The full article is available to be read here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4722043.

March 5, 2024

David Gamage in the News

David Gamage, the Law School Foundation Distinguished Professor of Law at Mizzou Law, is a national leader in tax law and health law policy. He has appeared in dozens of media outlets in recent years as an expert in these areas. Here are some of his recent media appearances. 2023: Research profiled “Moore v. United States and the Original Meaning of Income,” Law and Humanities Blog ( 08-02-2023 ); Cited in “A New Supreme Court Case Could Make It Even Harder to Tax the Superrich,” Jacobin ( 06-30-2023 ); Quoted in Moore Cert Spurs Bets on Supreme Court’s Intention,” Tax Notes…

March 5, 2024

Alumni Spotlight — Meet Maggy Carlyle

Growing up, Maggy Carlyle ’11, was always surrounded by football. She remembers cheering first for the Dallas Cowboys and later for the Chiefs after she and her family moved to Kansas City. After receiving a degree in strategic communications from the University of Missouri and spending time working as a teacher, Carlyle never saw herself working in sports — especially after she made the decision to return to Columbia to attend the University of Missouri Law School. “I didn’t go to law school thinking I would go into sports law. My only experience with law was litigation and criminal justice…

Feb. 22, 2024

Professors Trachtenberg and Alexander Publish Free Criminal Procedure Casebook

Professors Ben Trachtenberg and Anne Alexander have published “Criminal Procedure: A Free Law School Casebook” with the CALI eLangdell series. The series includes casebooks made available at no charge for digital files, and at the cost of printing for paper books. Authors include faculty from law schools such as Yale, Texas A&M, and the University of Washington. The book is available now for free download: https://www.cali.org/books/criminal-procedure-trachtenberg-alexander. CALI will soon make paper books available for purchase. In their book, Professors Trachtenberg and Alexander described the purpose of their project: “Universities exist to promote the search for knowledge and to transmit human knowledge to future…