On March 29, Mizzou Law 2L Katherine Frerking and Professor Angela Drake, director of the MU Veterans Clinic, filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court for an upcoming case. The case, Skaar v. McDonough, is a putative class action involving hundreds of veterans who were exposed to large amounts of radioactive plutonium dust when they participated in a…
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Leveraging justice: Mizzou law sets the stage for women breaking boundaries in law school and beyond
The University of Missouri School of Law is driving forward equality in the legal profession by cultivating an ever-growing number of successful women lawyers. Out of 422 judges in Missouri, 138 are women. That’s just over 30%. Three of those women — all Mizzou Law graduates — sit on the bench of the state’s supreme court. Others serve on the…
Missouri Law Review Hosts Successful Symposium on New York Times v. Sullivan
On March 10, Mizzou Law and the School of Journalism had the honor of welcoming back former dean and renowned media law scholar Lyrissa Lidsky, alongside nine other panelists, for a Missouri Law Review Symposium about the future of New York Times v. Sullivan. This symposium, which comes less than a year after the landmark decision to overturn Roe v.…
Professor David Mitchell awarded the 2023 Kemper Award for Teaching Excellence
Latha Ramchand, University of Missouri provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs, and Steve Sowers, CEO Missouri Community Markets today awarded a 2023 William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence to S. David Mitchell. Mitchell is the Ruth L. Hulston Professor of Law and co-director of the Michael A. Middleton Center for Race, Citizenship and Justice. Interim Dean of…
Mizzou Law 3L Named National Jurist “Law Student of the Year”
Mizzou Law student Brandon Bethel (3L) has been named a 2023 Law Student of the Year by the National Jurist Magazine. Brandon has made a remarkable impact on Hulston Hall in his nearly three years as a Mizzou Law student. “Since the day he stepped onto campus, Brandon has single-handedly improved the physical space of Mizzou Law, improving the lives…
Alumni Spotlight — Meet Phelan Simpkins
Anyone who’s been through the law school application process knows it can be a daunting task. From choosing when and how to study for the LSAT to crafting the perfect personal statement, it can be confusing and hectic even for the most qualified applicants. First-generation students face an even greater challenge of going through this process without a close family…
MU Innocence Clinic, Midwest Innocence Project Helps Overturn Conviction of Innocent Man
Thanks to students from the University of Missouri School of Law Innocence Clinic and work from attorneys at the Midwest Innocence Project, the 1995 convictions of Lamar Johnson have been overturned. “Lamar Johnson’s exoneration shows how incredibly difficult it is to overturn a wrongful conviction and how there is a role for everyone in that process,” said Chelseá Mitchell, director…
Mizzou Law Hires New Executive Director of Advancement
Chelsea Coursey joins the University of Missouri School of Law on March 1 as Executive Director of Advancement. In this role, Coursey will lead all fundraising and alumni engagement initiatives at Mizzou Law. With nearly ten years of experience in higher education fundraising, she comes to Mizzou from Purdue University where she was the Chief Development Officer of the College…
Three Mizzou Law Alumnae Now on Faculty
The University of Missouri School of Law has a 150-year history of producing top-notch lawyers and legal professionals. We can now add top-notch teachers and scholars to the list of impressive accomplishments our alumni have achieved. Even more, several Mizzou Law alumni are now on faculty at Mizzou Law, sharing knowledge and paying forward to future students the great legal…
Mizzou Law Launches Online LLM Program in Spanish
Mizzou Law and the MU Center for Study of Dispute Resolution (CSDR) have a history of setting precedent. With that history, and some fortuitous timing, the center at Mizzou Law launched the first fully online, asynchronous LLM program in dispute resolution just before the pandemic began in 2020. The program was intended to make the LLM accessible to those who…